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Issue Details: First known date: 1919... 6 December 1919 of The Queenslander est. 1866 The Queenslander
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* Contents derived from the 1919 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Little Heart of Fire : Being Some Reminiscences of a Queensland Luck Stone, Jean Alexander , single work short story
An opal mine in Queensland tells the story of its owner Susan and her family over her lifetime.
 (p. 3-5)
Note: In Column: Ever-Changing Tales
Besieged : A Legend of Cootharaba, A. J. B. , single work short story
A man finds beautiful timber in Cootharaba and sets up a sawmill. The Indigenous men fight for their land.
 (p. 5-6)
Bedrock, Isabel Grant , single work short story
A young English mother brought to the Queensland countryside is asked by her doctor husband to decide whether they should make their home on his family's farm or go to Sydney to a prestigious position.
 (p. 7-8)
Paul Laidlaw, Violinist, J. M. Stevens , single work short story war literature
Paul Laidlaw, whilst playing his violin for his friend Anderson, discovers a young woman stealing food from his home. His music brings them together at last.
 (p. 9)
Sunshine After Storm : A Christmas Story of Fifty Years Ago, Lumeah , single work short story
The mother of a struggling family in Queensland puts all her hopes of freedom from want in a lottery ticket.
 (p. 10-11)
"What's the use a sailor loving." Otahaii"On the beach at Otahai", E. J. Brady , single work poetry (p. 12)
Wingaree, E Clinch , single work short story
A playful little Aboriginal girl, Wingaree, 'little daughter of a long line of kings', wants to have white skin.
 (p. 12)
Getting a Bit Back, Patrick Vaux , single work short story
Captain MacFaddyen, previously convicted of smuggling, becomes tired of harassment by Australian customs.
 (p. 13, 15)
Bishop or Bullock Driver?, Hugh Campbell , single work short story
A man remembers when a bishop asked a small boy what he wanted to be when he grew up.
 (p. 15)
The New Cook, Brigalow , single work short story
A Sydney girl labels her fiance a coward for not joining the army and leaves him and her office job to take a position as a cook on a station 12 hours out of Rockhampton. Her new employer introduces her to Australian animals and birds.
 (p. 16-17)
Children's Romance, single work review
— Review of Mia Mia Mites : Drawn For and Told To 'Lyttlee,' 'Pattypan' and 'Doddie' Muriel Pornett , 1919 single work picture book ; Coppertop : The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child Harold Gaze , 1919 single work children's fiction ; (p. 20)
Trooper Gerardy's Poems, single work review
— Review of Australian Light Horse Ballads and Rhymes 'Trooper Gerardy' , 1919 selected work poetry ; (p. 20)
Adam Lindsay Gordon, single work column (p. 20)
Reforming the Angel, M. H. Arundel , single work short story children's
A thirteen year old tomboy is sent to England and later to a Paris boarding school where her Australian outspokenness gets her into trouble with a fellow French student
 (p. 46)
Note: In Column: A Page For Girls
How the Bunyip Came, Oocrab , single work short story children's (p. 49)
The Cost of Askew's Pearls : How Peter Made Good, Patrick Vaux , single work short story young adult (p. 50)
Note: In Column: A Page For Boys
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