Atha Westbury were to be found serialised in city and regional newspapers as well as literary journals across Australia and New Zealand and as far away as England. A large number of these works were set in New Zealand and featured themes of mystery, adventure, war, crime and justice, the occult, mesmerism and romance. Another favourite theme was that of the prodigal son: the struggle of a disgraced scion of a well-to-do family to redeem himself in society and his father's eyes. Both The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook and Australian Fairy Tales were republished in 2009 and 2010. Major published works • Mater Familias. Poetry. Quiz, Adelaide, South Australia, 10 March 1905. • The Prodigal of Glencourt. Novel. Serialised in The Camperdown Chronicle, Melbourne, Australia, July–September 1901. • The Expiation of Claude Wingate. Novel. The Australian Journal, Melbourne. Published in serialised form, August 1899 – January 1900. • Australian Fairy Tales. Collected stories. London, England. Ward, Lock & Co., 1897. • The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook: A Romance of Maoriland. Novel. London, England Chatto & Windus, 1896; published in the United States by New Amsterdam Book Company, New York, 1902. (originally serialised as The Mystery of Fernbrook in Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News and The Pictorial Australian 1884–1886) • Fifty Lashes. Short Story. The West Australian Newspaper, Perth, March 1895. • De Profundis. Short story. The Australian Journal, Melbourne, Vol.28 no.335, April 1893. • Maoriland Ho. Nature’s Enchanting Wonder Isle. Novel. Serialised in The Camperdown Chronicle, Melbourne, 1893. • Paul Cranbourne's Wedding: A Christmas Story. The Australian Journal, Melbourne, Vol.28 no.331 December 1892 • Fire. Short Story. Northern Territory Times and Gazette, Darwin, 29 December 1888 • 'Gainst Wind and Tide. Short Story. Published in serialised form in Once a Week, London, November 1887 – February 1888. • Talbot Fane, Bachelor. Novel. Serialised in the literary supplement to the Pictorial Australian, Adelaide, Christmas 1885 – November 1886. • At the Threshold. Short Story. Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News, Adelaide, S.A., February 1884. • Dawn and Noon. Poetry. Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News, March 1884. • Trust. Poetry. The Leader, Melbourne, 18 January 1879. • In The Pictorial Australian, Adelaide "Atha" was also listed as the author of 'Living or Dead', 'Other People's Money', 'Brandon Westlake', 'Maoris and Pakehas', 'Australian Elves', 'Puck Piermont', 'Kiorani' and 'Gadabout Papers' (dates of publication uncertain). Notes 1.For biographical information as well as listings of his