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Issue Details:
First known date:
1937...
22 December
1937
of
The Queenslander
est. 1866
The Queenslander
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* Contents derived from the 1937 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Unconsidered Triflesi"'A piece of turkey gobbler here, a half a chicken there,",
single work
poetry
humour
(p. 3)
Note: Written as Den.
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'A Fair Cop',
single work
short story
humour
(p. 13)
Tony Piker is a con man who must leave Sydney in a hurry to avoid prison. He hears of a widow who has a fortune in land and animals and who wants to marry again. She accepts his offer of marriage, but he flees when he learns her true circumstances..
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Best Loved of All Wild Animals : Australian Thrillers,
single work
review
(p. 41) Section: New BooksDescribes Wicking's Detective Greenwood as a 'likeable detective' and the dialogue as easy and natural with natural characters who 'appear for examination' by the detective.
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The Terror That is Thirst,
single work
column
(p. 44)The writer tells how he almost died from thirst whilst trying to round up horses when droving in the Northern Territory.
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