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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Mammon of Melbourne : George Chamier's 'The Story of a Successful Man : An Australian Romance' (1895)
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'When about to leave Melbourne - soon after Cup Day in 1895, he would have us believe - Mark Twain asks, 'And what was the origin of this majestic city and its efflorescence of palatial town houses and country seats?' He answers with a cliché - but attaches it to an aphorism more apt: ...'

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25-47 The Mammon of Melbourne : George Chamier's 'The Story of a Successful Man : An Australian Romance' (1895)small AustLit logo Journal of New Zealand Literature
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