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Issue Details:
First known date:
1866...
vol.
2
no.
53
1 September
1866
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1866 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Cousin Lydia's New Bonnet,
single work
short story
(p. 5-6)A romance begins through a misunderstanding about the ownership of a new bonnet. (PB)
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Thorns for the Rose,
single work
short story
(p. 6-7)A widow gives up her daughter to rich relatives for her benefit, but the cost is death and madness. Theme of self-sacrifice. (PB)
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Frederick V. Hedges,
single work
prose
(p. 8)Hedges' account of the sinking of the steamer Cawarra off Newcastle, NSW on 12 July 1866. He was the sole survivor. (PB)
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The Empty Sleeve at Newport : Or, Why Edna Ackland Learned to Drive,
single work
short story
(p. 13-14)Romance set in Newport, USA, the tale of a returned soldier who has lost an arm and thinks he has lost his love when he sees her drive down the street apparently without a thought of him. All is reconciled when she confesses that she learnt the 'unwomanly' art only to help him. Woman's role, honour, disability, courtship. (PB)
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Popular Fallacies No. III,
single work
essay
(p. 14)That hero worship has reached its acme today.
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Man,
single work
prose
(p. 14-15)On the varieties of men that exist. (PB)
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