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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Deep South : Stories from Tasmania
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Text Publishing , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Black Crows : An Episode of Old Van Diemen, A. Werner , single work short story crime
Tale of a white man hung for killing a convict who shot an Aboriginal man, woman and child wantonly. Jack Hepburn, the only non-convict employee on a station on Tasmania's Emu Plains, warns a convict that he considers wanton shooting of Aborigines to be murder and will shoot the convict who does so. He does, and is tried, convicted and hung - the protection of Aborigines being no defence. Concludes with the parson's judgement that Hepburn can't enter heaven if he doesn't repent - and Hepburn's inability to do so. Plain, moving tale of manly principle. (PB)
 (p. 11-20)
Nectar of the Gods, H. W. Stewart , single work short story (p. 21-29)
Death of a Ladies' Man, James McQueen , single work short story (p. 31-49)
Great-Aunt Fanny's Picnic, Hal Porter , single work short story (p. 51-69)
Faith , Hope and Charity, Philomena Van Rijswijk , single work short story

The narrator relates his childhood with his oldest sister, Dawn, who has Down syndrome. He describes how after Dawn - at their mother's insistence - underwent a surgery to remove her uterus, they went on a beach holiday. Dawn and the narrator, out from under their mother's thumb for once, learn to fish with the help of Captain Hodge, who Dawn falls in love with. When the holiday is over, Captain Hodge asks the narrator for help; the narrator gives Dawn the message that Captain Hodge is married and so cannot marry her. Now a middle-aged man with his own family, the narrator remembers that what he told Dawn was a lie.

 (p. 71-85)
The Woodpecker Toy Fact, Carmel Bird , single work short story (p. 87-95)
A Jar of Raspberry Jam, Barney Roberts , single work short story (p. 97-103)
How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His Breakfast, 'Price Warung' , single work short story (p. 105-116)
A 'Model' Dream, Theresa Tasmania , single work short story
A dream visit to Port Arthur, Tasmania - its physical beauty and the oppressive Model prison. (PB)
 (p. 117-132)
An Old Time Episode in Tasmania, Tasma , single work short story historical fiction (p. 133-152)
The Seizure of 'The Cyprus', Q. , single work prose non-fiction

'On the 9th of August, 1829, the 'Cyprus' a vessel which was employed by the Government of Hobart Town to Macquarie Harbour, was seized by the convicts and carried into the South Seas.' (112)

 (p. 153-163)
The Hermit of the Huon, Henry Goldsmith , single work short story adventure
A young clerk in the Comptroller-General's office in Hobart-Town in the very early convict days of Van Diemen's Land is commissioned to lead an explorer's expedition (of 3) to Port Esperance. The light-hearted party meet a hermit living on the banks of the Huon, later the site of Franklin, and hear his tale of his escape from Norfolk Island and Hell's Gates ... Historical reminiscence mixed with boyish adventure. Warm. (PB)
 (p. 165-183)
The Castle Morton Jerry, Nicholas Shakespeare , single work short story historical fiction (p. 185-195)
Orange Bathers, Adrienne Eberhard , single work short story (p. 197-203)
The Needle in the Shoe, Rohan Wilson , single work short story (p. 205-214)
None of the Above, Danielle Wood , single work short story (p. 215-225)
In the River, 'Tahune Linah' , single work short story (p. 227-230)
The Salted Claim, A. J. O. , single work short story (p. 231-242)
The Magistrate, Roy Bridges , single work short story (p. 269-282)
The Meat Merchant, Geoffrey Field Dean , single work short story (p. 283-288)
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