The Last Lemurian

George Henry Firth Scott, journalist and writer, generally known as G. Firth Scott, was the son of George Firth Scott, Land Commissioner and Emma Elizabeth (née Barnes). He was born about 1862 at Golspie, County Sutherland, Scotland.From Franklin to Nansen: Tales of Arctic Adventure (1899)He came to Australia and worked as a journalist for newspapers, including the The Hobart Mercury and the Sydney Daily Telegraph and also contributed stories to magazines including Belgravia. Was police-magistrate at Roma, Queensland and had, on a number of occasions, been Mayor of Ipswich, Queensland.George Firth Scott died on 3 January 1935 at Surrey, England. He was survived by his second wife, Gladys.Scott is best known for his novel The Last Lemurian: A Westralian Romance (1898), The Last Lemurian has been described as a "lost race romance" and has been compared with other works by Australian novelists including Ernest Favenc's The Secret of the Australian Desert (1896) and John David Hennessey's An Australian Bush Track (1896). The Last Lemurian includes pygmies, a bunyip-monster, a phosphorescent Yellow Queen (who has lived for thousands of years) and reincarnation. In the novel, the remains of the fabled Lemuria were discovered somewhere in the Australian desert.