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1 Patty's Little Plot Delta , 1878 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 13 no. 159 1878; (p. 618-619) The orphaned daughter of an English curate loses her position as governess to an invalid girl in Victoria when the latter's wealthy parents discover that their son loves her. A change in circumstances and the invalid's schemes restores their relationship. Sketchy romance amidst Victoria's nouveau riche - pretentions exposed but fairly pedestrianly. (PB).
1 His Choice Delta , 1877 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 12 no. 142 1877; (p. 348-349) Village spinsters are annoyed when their minister becomes engaged to a woman from the neighbouring parish. An an old stigma is removed. (PB)
1 Kidnapped by Blacks Delta , 1876 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 11 no. 135 1876; (p. 646) A very young boy is kidnapped by Aborigines in Sydney in the 1840s some months after an Aboriginal child is accidentally killed in a boating accident on the Harbour. The boy is recovered nearly four years later from a tribe on the Maneroo (Monaro) Plain. [Account of the kidnapping of Charles Murray, nephew of the settler William Murray. Clearly factually based.] (PB)
1 Tit for Tat Delta , 1876 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 12 no. 136 1876; (p. 34-35) Set in the Waikato district of NZ during the Maori wars, the story of a Maori chief, Tamiti Waka, who saves a surgeon's life in return for his own. Factually based; includes an account of a military attack. (PB)
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