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1 The Daughter's Inheritance : An Autobiography L. Y. Barfield , 1868 single work single work novel

'Robin, a green English stripling, comes out to Victoria to join Harry, his mate, on the diggings. Harry quickly pockets his money and after only a few days they are separated. An older man, Bill, takes pity on Robin, twice saves him and advises him to return to Melbourne to be a clerk as he won't survive on the diggings.

'Robin soon discovers Harry's exploitative nature and resolves to return to England. His plans are interrupted when his and Harry's childhood guardians come to Australia – this time with a young orphaned girl. She and her companion flee to the guardians from her station where the overseer (Harry under another name) is pressing her to marry him. Robin foolishly binds himself to secrecy about Harry's true character and must watch Harry's machinations silently, assisted only by Bill, as the plot works itself out through seduction, delirium tremens and forged letters.' (PB)
1 Poor Little Archie L. Y. Barfield , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 22 August vol. 3 no. 156 1868; (p. 822-823) A tale of poverty and alcohol set on the diggings. The narrator writes, driven half-mad by constant study and the murder of her mother and baby brother by her father. She seeks her young brother Archie who was lost on the night of the murder. (PB)
1 We Were Seven L. Y. Barfield , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 19 September vol. 4 no. 160 1868; (p. 58-59) Story of a family raised indulgently, and upon whom sadness falls beginning with the rash marriage of the eldest, Ada, to a rake ... (PB)
1 The Maniac's Secret L. Y. Barfield , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 16 May vol. 3 no. 142 1868; (p. 602-604) The revenge of a lover on the father who refused him his daughter, Ethel, and the madness which followed his loss and her eventual death. Set in Australia, a fairly turgid tale told as by one in the grip of madness. (PB)
1 A Maniac's Cry (Discovered at the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum) L. Y. Barfield , 1867 single work short story
— Appears in: Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine , September 1867; (p. 33-42)
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