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Two-Handed Dick the Stockman extract   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1850... 1850 Two-Handed Dick the Stockman
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  • An extract from the original story published in Household Words in 1850.

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Two-Handed Dick the Stockman : An Adventure in the Bush Two-Handed Dick the Stockman Samuel Sidney , 1850 single work short story
— Appears in: Household Words , 4 May vol. 1 no. 1850; (p. 141-144) The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser , 28 August vol. 5 no. 218 1852; (p. 1-2) The Empire , 3 September 1867; (p. 6) The Bugle Call 1918; Further Tales from Botany Bay 2005; (p. 36-44) Tales of the Bushman 2006; (p. 5-14) Tells the story of the stockman, Two-Handed Dick, and how he defeats a rampaging bull and later a group Aboriginal Australians with a musket in one hand and an axe in the other, the latter incident giving rise to his nickname.
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