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Issue Details: First known date: 1904... 1904 The Unselfish Mermaid
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A young mermaid sacrifices her life to save a poor blackfellow and is transformed into a she-oak.

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    y separately published work icon Fairy Tales From the Land of the Wattle Olga D. A. Ernst , Melbourne : McCarron, Bird , 1904 Z1327209 1904 selected work children's fiction children's A collection of fairy lore tales with Australian surroundings intended to be as stories told by a child to younger children. Melbourne : McCarron, Bird , 1904 pg. 47-48
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  • Yarra River, Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria,
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