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Issue Details:
First known date:
1871...
vol.
6
no.
73
June
1871
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1871 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Story of Eskdale,
single work
short story
Theft and murder on a station near Granville are solved when Mark Sinclair uncovers a ghostly presence. (PB)
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The Man of the Period,
single work
prose
On the fashionable, idle, woman-ogling lothario of the day. (PB)
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The Miseries of an Upcountry Schoolmaster,
single work
prose
On the difficulties of teaching in a remote country town where books etc. were not supplied, school fees unpaid, and entertainment and companionship severly limited. (PB)
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Lucky Joe,
single work
short story
How the mining owner of Bachelor's Hall gains a wife when he invites the bearer of a gift from his English mother to stay nearby. Set near the Victorian diggings in the mid 1850s. (PB)
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Push and Pull,
single work
prose
On learning when the 'push' and when to 'pull' in life. (PB)
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A Tale of the Rugged Mountains,
single work
short story
Told in 1845, a tale of Charlottesville, Virginia in 1827 and the visions and subsequent death if a young man under the influence of a mesmerist on morphine. Includes suggestions of reincarnation. (PB)
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Work and Rest,
single work
prose
On the work and well-earned rest of a man in the bosom of his family. (PB)
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Fashionable Receptions,
single work
prose
On the discomfort and boredom of this socially decreed entertainment. (PB)
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A Tragedy Acted Every Night,
single work
prose
Dramatic presentation of a mother and then a wife brought to misery and death by a drunkard's cruelty and spendthrift ways. (PB)
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Prisons and Prisoners,
single work
prose
Reflections and reminiscences of Castieau's years within the prison system - from senior turnkey to governor in 15 years. Includes anecdotes and concludes with a poem. (PB)
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