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Issue Details: First known date: 1894... vol. 14 no. 774 15 December 1894 of The Bulletin est. 1880 The Bulletin (Xmas edition)
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1894 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Their Last Battle , Silas Snell , single work short story (p. 14)
Hedonic i"A stir of lillies and a great pale star;", Edwin Edwards , single work poetry (p. 15)
George Catinnun , Mahatma , single work short story (p. 15)
The Red Creek Consultationi"Red Creek Rush was not a duffer-", George Essex Evans , single work poetry (p. 15)
A Spray of Poinsettia , Grant Blair , single work short story (p. 16)
"Possy"i"Mary had a 'possum pet", Bam , single work poetry humour (p. 16)
"The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World"i"The hand that rocks the cradle moves the world", Edmund Fisher , single work poetry (p. 17)
On the Speewaai"I AM shearing on the Speewaa, where the shearers never curse;", R. F. D. , single work poetry humour (p. 18)
Saltbush Billi"Now this is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry

The character of "Saltbush Bill" is introduced in this poem as a drover of sheep along "the track of the Overland", who stretches the "the law of the Great Stock Routes" by allowing his sheep to make use of all the good grass they find. On the occasion described in the poem, Bill's sheep have spread across a squatter's property. A Jackaroo arrives and attempts to drive the sheep back into the accepted "space of the half-mile track". An argument and then fight ensues between Bill and the Jackaroo, and, while Bill concedes after a marathon fight, in the end he achieves his aim of finding his sheep a good feed.

 (p. 18)
From the Log of the Outward Bound , J. H. Greene , single work short story (p. 18)
A Ditty of Dead Men Three i"Three dead men lay in a dealer's yard,", single work poetry (p. 19)
A Dead Loss, Louis Becke , single work short story
Tom Denison is sent to investigate a situation on an unnamed island in the Southwest Pacific where a trader is alleged to have shot an Islander. When Denison and the taciturn ship's captain arrive on the island they discover the trouble is over a girl the trader brought to the island. The captain buys the girl, intending to make a profit on her.
 (p. 19)
The Two Devinesi"It was shearing time at the Myall Lake,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Little Duchess, Ethel Turner , single work short story (p. 20)
The Captain's Returni"Up the street the captain strode, stroking his grizzled beard", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 21)
A Cheap Turn-Out , E. D. , single work short story humour (p. 22)
Dispersed: A Lay of the Herberton Hot Springs i""Sixteen ten!" Jim Garbett said.", Alfred George Stephens , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Burial of Owen, Ernest Favenc , single work short story (p. 22)
A Problem in Petticoats , Phiz , single work short story (p. 23)
[Rule Nish] i"The prettiest girl in Queensland - she", Breaker Morant , single work poetry (p. 23)
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