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A Desirable Immigrant single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 A Desirable Immigrant
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Short story about the author's meeting with a new immigrant who came to Australia claiming he was an agricultural labourer when he was really a fiddler. The author feels that Australia should be only be allowing migrants with 'useful' skills.

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    y separately published work icon The Sydney Mail vol. 28 no. 997 16 August 1879 Z1321087 1879 newspaper issue 1879 pg. 252
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