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1 Babette and Pierrot : A Warrnambool Story H. O. A. , 1893 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 28 no. 337 1893; (p. 531-533) Refugees from the Franco-Prussian war settle in Warrnambool, an elderly man and two adolescents, his son and a friend's daughter. The attentions of a handsome squatter and the couple's separation after the old man's death estrange them - a separation apparently cemented by the youth's return just as the girl was enacting a marriage tableau vivant to the squatter as a Christmas entertainment. Years later, after a terrible storm and his apparent death at sea, they are reunited. Roman Catholic faith emphasised. (PB)
1 Terence O'Donoghue H. O. A. , 1890 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 25 no. 303 1890; (p. 656) Impersonation of a ghost leads to madness in North Gippsland. A poor young Irish boy, butt of the practical jokes of a Gippsland survey party, is an innocent participant in a son's unwitting punishment of his constable cum murderer father. (PB)
1 Mad Archer H. O. A. , 1886 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 22 no. 258 1886; (p. 135-138) Romance of country Victoria. A city visitor to the house Clara Rankine and her Scottish mother is suspected of being mad - so Clara's loathed fiancee and another man are asked to stay for protection. Occasional irony eg. Clara's greater refinement than her crude Scottish relations due to her years at a Melbourne boarding school, her lover's repulsiveness etc. Also broader humour as when all but Clara are convinced the visitor is mad and attempt to remove her from the room ... One engagement is broken that evening ... Entertainingly well written; light. (PB)
1 The Biter Bit H. O. A. , 1886 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 21 no. 252 1886; (p. 482-483) Victorian country romance of April Fool's Day. A Scottish Australian lawyer's clerk Donald MacPhee has long loved pretty Nelly Vance from a distance but meets her only in passing. A Melbourne solicitor arrives in the office and proceeds to persuade her. An April Fool's joke induces McPhee to appear at her horse dressed in a kilt - but it breaks the ice and love blossoms. Light, humorously told. (PB)
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