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Issue Details: First known date: 1876... 1876 A Game of Euchre
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This work depicts three men sitting at a table, playing a game of euchre. One a Chinese man with a long plaited pigtail, opposite to him an Aboriginal man, and between them a European man.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      Melbourne, Victoria,: 1876 .
      Description: 1 print : col. wood engraving ; 38.6 x 54 cm
      Note/s:
      • In the Australasian sketcher, Dec. 25, 1876

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— Appears in: Northern Territory Literary Awards 2011 2011; (p. 93-99)

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