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A Case for the Oracle single work short story

Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry

Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 A Case for the Oracle

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Mitchell joins a group of contractors, all working for The Oracle, a bricklayer, in Western Australia. One of the labourers is O'Briar, an unpopular man who keeps to himself. When voices, both male and female, are heard coming from his tent at night the workers are perplexed, but it is Mitchell who solves the mystery.

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y The Bulletin vol. 17 no. 875 21 November 1896 Z612442 1896 periodical issue 1896
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1896
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pg. 28
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y Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson , Sydney London : Angus and Robertson Australian Book Company , 1900 Z825726 1900 selected work short story (taught in 3 units) Sydney London : Angus and Robertson Australian Book Company , 1900
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1900
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pg. 72-80
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y The Herald no. 17808 13 June 1934 Z1519203 1934 newspaper issue 1934
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1934
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pg. 19
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y While the Billy Boils : 87 Stories from the Prose Works of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Hawthorn : Lloyd O'Neil , 1970 Z1215630 1970 selected work short story Abstract Includes stories from Lawson's main collections - While the Billy Boils, On the Track and Over the Sliprails. Hawthorn : Lloyd O'Neil , 1970
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1970
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pg. 338 - 342 Section: Over the Sliprails
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y Prose Works of Henry Lawson Collected Short Stories of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Sydney : Home Entertainment Library , 1935 Z389778 1935 selected work short story Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982
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1982
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pg. 276-280
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y A Camp-Fire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 Henry Lawson , Leonard Cronin (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984 Z378657 1984 selected work poetry short story autobiography prose criticism drama biography Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984
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1984
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pg. 484-486
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y Henry Lawson's Mates : The Complete Stories of Henry Lawson Henry Lawson , Windsor : Budget Books Lloyd O'Neil , 1979 Z487806 1979 selected work short story autobiography humour Ringwood : Viking O'Neil , 1987
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1987
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pg. 337-342

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