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A Yellow Santa Claus single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 A Yellow Santa Claus
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When Double Bower Dick's young son, Bantam, goes missing, the locals cast suspicion upon the vegetable gardener, Ah Chung, with whom the boy had developed a friendship. Persuaded by level-headed Sydney Chester to search for the boy before acting on their decision to lynch the gardener, the locals uncover many hidden secrets as well as finding Bantam.

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains an Asian character.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Christmas on Carringa J. C. F. Johnson , Adelaide : E. S. Wigg , 1873 Z1024724 1873 selected work short story poetry An Austral Christmas Adelaide : W. K. Thomas , 1889 pg. 72-99
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Subjects:
  • Victorian goldfields area, Victoria,
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    Australia,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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