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Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 Twenty Great Australian Stories
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Dolphin Publications , 1946 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Learning "Colonial Experience", Marcus Clarke , single work short story

'There were three of us, Dougald M'Alister, Jack Thwaries and myself. The place was called in the grandiloquent languae of the bush, "The Dinkledoodledum Station...' (205)

(p. 11-19)
The Discovery of Christmas Reef, Joseph Furphy , single work short story (p. 20-44)
A Vignette of Port Phillip, Joseph Furphy , single work short story (p. 45-59)
John Price's Bar of Steel, 'Price Warung' , single work short story historical fiction (p. 60-70)
Note: With title: John Price's Bar of Steel
Billy Skywonkie, Barbara Baynton , single work short story (p. 71-87)
Crows, Dowell O'Reilly , single work short story (p. 88-91)
The Ta-Ta Woman, Dowell O'Reilly , single work short story (p. 92-97)
An Old Mate of Your Father's, Henry Lawson , single work short story
The narrator remembers how his father would be visited by old mates and how they sit together talking about their days on the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields.
(p. 98-102)
A Visit of Condolence, Henry Lawson , single work short story
Bill Anderson, a rough-spoken larrikin, visits Jones's Alley to tell eleven-year-old Arvie Aspinall that he will lose his job if he doesn't turn up at work at Grinder Brothers. When he learns Arvie died the night before he shows another side to his character.
(p. 103-108)
Note: With title: A Visit of Condolence
A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father, Henry Lawson , single work short story
A man and his young son do their best to hold the family together, despite the complaints of the man's lazy wife.
(p. 109-117)
A Bush Tanqueray, Albert Dorrington , single work short story (p. 118-126)
The Champion Bullock-Driver, Lance Skuthorp , single work short story humour
The ghosts of sixteen dead bullock drivers rise from the grave when they recognise the skill of a champion bullock driver.
(p. 127-130)
The Cooboo, Katharine Susannah Prichard , single work short story
Set on the wide plains of the Murndoo station, 'The Cooboo' is the story of Rose, a Wongana woman, mother, and stockwoman.
(p. 131-135)
Father and Son, Vance Palmer , single work short story (p. 136-142)
Ancestors, Vance Palmer , single work short story (p. 143-153)
The Woman at the Mill, Frank Dalby Davison , single work short story (p. 154-169)
Further West, Frank Dalby Davison , single work short story (p. 170-186)
Compensation, Gavin Casey , single work short story (p. 187-194)
Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo, Alan Marshall , single work short story (p. 195-199)
Trees Can Speak, Alan Marshall , single work short story (p. 200-205)
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