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Issue Details:
First known date:
1896...
vol.
1
no.
18
22 August
1896
of
The Free-Lance
est. 1896
The Free-Lance
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This issue of the Free-Lance carries several advertising notices relating to the journal itself. One promotes the availability of a 'special poster ... designed and drawn by Australian artists, printed in three colours by Australian printers for the use of Australian agents'. Another states that the Free-Lance has the 'largest circulation of any satirical illustrated weekly in Australasia, bar the Bulletin'.
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Contains episode two of 'Van Diemen's Land Memories'.
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 1896 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Wordi"You opened the portals to bliss", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Untitledi"We had a dream the other night,", single work poetry humour (p. 10)
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Bohemia,
single work
column
(p. 10)A Free-Lance columnist relates an incident from 'the Bohemian Press days of 20 years ago': Marcus Clarke, Kyrle Bellew and George Walstab are sitting on a bridge crossing Flinders St engaging in a heated discussion. A constable approaches to ask why they are breaking the peace. Clarke replies that they are simply 'discussing the immortality of the soul'.
- A Payable 'Wash', single work short story (p. 14)
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