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- Some "Bulletin" History, single work criticism biography (p. 2-3,67)
- "The Bulletin" Stairsi"The Mecca of Bohemian men", single work poetry (p. 3)
- A `Bulletin' Scrap-Booki"As a dead poet's ballad once writ for a chap-book", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Picnic Racesi"O, to be young and nine-stone-seven", single work poetry (p. 12)
- `The Bulletin' Stairsi"When the September breeze sweeps fresh cold from the seas,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Golden Shanty A Profitable Pub, single work short story humour (p. 18-20)
- The Child We Losti"Six weeks it was till Christmas time", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Australiai"Last sea-thing dredged by sailor Time from Space,", single work poetry (p. 20)
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The Drover's Wife,
single work
short story
First appearing in The Bulletin in 1892, Henry Lawson's short story 'The Drovers Wife' is today regarded as a seminal work in the Australian literary tradition. Noted for it's depiction of the bush as harsh, potentially threatening and both isolated and isolating, the story opens with a simple enough premise: an aggressive--and presumably deadly--snake disrupts the working life of a bushwoman and her young children. Brave but cautious, the woman resolves to protect her children since her husband is, characteristically, away from home and of no help.
As time passes within the story, tension builds, and the snake's symbolic threat takes on layers of meaning as the sleepless heroine recalls previous challenges she faced while her husband was away. A series of flashbacks and recollections propel the story through the single night over which it takes place, and by the time the climax arrives--the confrontation with the snake--readers have learned much about the heroine's strengths and fears, most of the latter involving the loss of children and dark figures who encroach upon her small, vulnerable homestead. To be sure, this "darkness" is highly symbolic, and Lawson's use of imagery invokes Western notions of good and evil as well as gendered and racial stereotypes.
- The Man from Snowy Riveri"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around", single work poetry (p. 22)
- I Am Shut Out of Mine Own Heart Towards the Source : 1894-97 : 25i"I am shut out of mine own heart", single work poetry (p. 22)
- When Stock Go Byi"Ah me! how clearly they come back-", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Jack or Cranky Jack, single work short story (p. 23-24)
- Stars in the Seai"I took a boat on a starry night", single work poetry (p. 24)
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Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster,
single work
short story
humour
Mitchell relates the sorry tale of Bill, a rooster mystified by the echo of his crowing.
- The Haunted Tunnel, single work short story (p. 26-27)
- A Journalist and Two Bears, single work short story humour (p. 27-29)
- The Wreck of The Brunkencrungercrobi"The brundub thunder snarched above", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Marri'di"It's singin' in an' out,", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Harry Pearcei"I sat beside the red stock route", single work poetry (p. 29)