George Morrison is perhaps best-known as an intrepid Australian journalist during the Boxer Rebellion, and for his walk across China., Well before this, at aged 17, he started what he called his Long Walk - over 1200 kilometres from Queenscliff in Victoria to Adelaide from late December to the end of February. Morrison wrote a candid diary of his meeting with settlers and the difficulties he found, the drama of finding food and direction when tracks were often non-existent. All on a budget...

In "An Australian in China," G.E. Morrison vividly chronicles his experiences as a journalist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, offering a richly detailed narrative that explores the social, political, and cultural landscapes of China during a transformative era. Morrison's literary style blends personal anecdotes with keen observations, striking a balance between the subjective and the objective that brings the complexities of Chinese society to life. Set against the backdrop of ...

George Ernest "Chinese" Morrison (4 February 1862 – 30 May 1920) was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during the First World War and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ever assembled.

MAINLY ABOUT MISSIONARIES AND THE CITY OK HANKOW. In the first week of February, 1894, I returned to Shanghai from Japan. It was my intention to go up the Yangtse River as far as Chungking, and then, dressed as a Chinese, to cross quietly over Western China, the Chinese Shan States, and Kachin Hills to the frontier of Burma. The ensuing narrative will tell how easily and pleasantly this journey, which a few years ago would have been regarded as a formidable undertaking, can now be done. Th...