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Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Austral Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke : Together with a Biography and Monograph of the Deceased Author
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Fergusson & Mitchell , 1890 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The 'Nelson' Gold Robbery, Marcus Clarke , single work children's fiction children's adventure

'On the evening of Friday, 2nd April, 1852, the barque "Nelson" Captain Wright, bound from Geelong to London, with 8183 ounces of gold aboard, was lying off the Williamstown Lighthouse...(184)

 (p. 184-189)
Port Arthur Revisited, 1870, Marcus Clarke , single work essay
'"You will find it difficult to get down to Port Arthur unless you've friends there!" said the genial but imperative landlady of the Ark Hotel. 'Of course, I mean friends in the Government," she added seeing that I looked askance.' (190)
 (p. 190-200)
Australian Scenery, Marcus Clarke , extract criticism biography
The narrator, in describing the Australian landscape, compares it to those of Europe, Asia, America, Africa and the Pacific and declares that 'In Australia alone is to be found the Grotesque, the Weird, the strange scribblings of Nature learning how to write'.
 (p. 203-204)
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. 205-210)
Pretty Dick, Marcus Clarke , single work short story
Story of the seven-year-old shepherd's son who gets lost in the bush and dies.
 (p. 211-221)
Poor Joe [Jo], Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 222-226)
Gentleman George's Bride, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 227-246)
An Up-Country Township Bullocktown Bullocktown : Glenorchy, Marcus Clarke , single work short story humour
A small and isolated country town without a resident preacher sees a succession of itinerant preachers, some of dubious credentials, lecturing at the pub.
 (p. 247-251)
Note: With title: Bullocktown (Glenorchy.)
Grumbler's Gully, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 252-259)
Romance of Bullocktown, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 260-266)
How the Circus Came to Bullocktown, Marcus Clarke , single work short story humour (p. 267-278)
The Romance of Lively Creek, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 279-290)
King Billy's Breeches King Billy's Breeches : A Romance of the Civil Service King Billy's Troubles : Or Government Red-Tapeism, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 291-302)
Note: With title: King Billy's Troubles : Or Governmental Red -Tapeism
Holiday Peak, Marcus Clarke , single work short story adventure (p. 303-315)
A Night with Horace 'Horace' in the Bush, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 316-323)
Squatters of the Past and Present : 'Arcades Ambo.', Marcus Clarke , single work short story
The narrator muses on the different characters that constitute the Australian squatter. He takes as an example his friends, old Robin Ruff of the Murrumbidgee, and young Dudley Smooth of Murriowooloomoolooneriangtrotolong Station, and compares their distinctly different approaches to running their businesses.
 (p. 324-327)
The Future Australian Race, Marcus Clarke , single work short story satire
The narrator declares that 'The quality of a race of beings is determined by two things: food and climate'. In musing on what the future Australian race will be like, the narrator looks to the past and the present as indicators of the likely progression that will eventuate.
 (p. 329-340)
A Modern Eldorado, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 343-361)
The Curious Experience of Anthony Venn The Mind-Reader's Curse, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 362-382)
The Doppelganger The Dual Existence, Marcus Clarke , single work short story (p. 383-401)
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