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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:McPhee Gribble Penguin , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Fiona Giles , single work prose (p. 1-11)
Monsieur Caloche, Tasma , single work short story satire
A Frenchman seeks work and ends up at a cattle station, where he has trouble settling into his new role. 
 (p. 11-26)
The Bunyip, Rosa Praed , single work short story
A story about a group of men camping near a creek who begin telling ghost stories and get onto the topic of the bunyip - an uncanny creature said to live in lagoons and possess a supernatural influence over its victims. At hearing a strange cry from the bush, they become convinced it's the bunyip and set off to discover it. Instead they find the body of a young girl from a nearby town with a snake twined round her (supposedly it is this which killed her). However, the young girl has been dead for some hours and they don't believe she died from a snake bite, leading them to question whether the cry was the bunyip after all.  
 (p. 27-35)
The Ghost of Wanganilla : Founded on Fact, Mrs Chads , single work short story (p. 36-43)
My Neighbour's Mystery, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 44-49)
The Spider and the Fly, Waif Wander , single work short story satire
On the fifty female applicants for a position of trust and the man who interviewed them at a Melbourne hotel. (PB)
 (p. 53-60)
The Rubria Ghost, Tasma , single work short story (p. 61-70)
Old Shilling's Bush Wedding, Rosa Praed , single work short story (p. 71-76)
The Carrying of the Baby, Ethel Turner , single work short story (p. 77-80)
Alick Trelawny: Or Our Selector, Flora Beatrice , single work short story (p. 81-88)
A Sweet Day, Ada Cambridge , single work short story (p. 91-104)
Cousin Lucy's Story, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 105-115)
A Romance of Coma, Mura Leigh , single work short story romance (p. 116-124)
Lilian, Ellen Clacy , single work short story (p. 125-131)
Doctor, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 132-141)
Products, Pistachio , single work short story (p. 145-149)
Note: Published under the name A. Rose-Soley.
His Luck, Lala Fisher , single work short story (p. 150-154)
The Bond, Louise Mack , single work short story romance (p. 155-159)
A Dreamer, Barbara Baynton , single work short story (p. 160-166)
A Box of Dead Roses, Ethel Mills , single work short story (p. 169-172)
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