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The Birth of Ambition single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 The Birth of Ambition
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A girl of nearly thirteen is excited at the prospect of sailing to Brisbane and seeing the capital. When an Englishman describes the city as an 'overgrown country town' and tells her about London, she re-sets her horizon.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Flame vol. 1 no. 3 October 1936 Z1688092 1936 periodical issue 1936 pg. 53-56
    Note: Written as: Joan Moffat Heale.
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