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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Outback : Australische Kurzgeschichten
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Hamburg,
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Balladine , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Mein Einziger Mord My Only Murder, Delcomyn , single work short story
The Tramp Erwählt The Chosen Vessel, Barbara Baynton , single work short story
Following a similar thread to Henry Lawson's "The Drover's Wife" (and many believe, a direct response to it), "The Chosen Vessel" follows a young mother left alone in her outback hut who becomes growingly concerned for her own safety following the arrival of a menacing swagmen. The story also follows for a short time a man riding in to town to place his vote and his struggles with religious guilt. 
Note: With title: Erwählt
Irgendwann Some Day, Henry Lawson , single work short story
Mitchell tells of a girl he once loved.
Note: With title: Irgendwann
Hass The Jealousy of Stephen Snow, Murray M. Innes , single work short story
Note: With title: Hass
Dad und die Donovans Dad and the Two Donovans, 'Steele Rudd' , single work short story
Note: With title: Dad und die Donovans
Vermisst The Lost White Woman, Mary Gaunt , single work short story

Following a shipwreck of a vessel headed to Sydney, Ellen Hammond is stranded with three men on the Gippsland Coast. In the night, the men are murdered by a group of Aboriginal men but she is spared and brought back to their camp. 

The perspective switches to Ellen's husband, Tom Hammond, who insists to the police captain on coming along to search for Ellen, who has been leaving "E.H." scratched into trees. They track the group of Aboriginal people and creep up on their camp before storming it. In the confusion and chaos, a shot is let loose against the orders of the police captain. Ellen is found beside the fire - dying, from the fired shot. In the aftermath, the captain is certain that it was Tom Hammond himself who fired the bullet that ended up killing his wife, but they decide to keep it quiet, believing that Ellen was better off dead after what she had experienced. 

Note: With title: Vermisst
Rats, Henry Lawson , single work short story humour
Three travelling shearers encounter a swagman, 'Rats', having a fight with his swag.
Verflucht Spirit-Led, Ernest Favenc , single work short story mystery
Note: With title: Verflucht
Die Frau des Viehtreibers The Drover's Wife, Henry Lawson , Shawnee Lawrence (translator) single work short story

First appearing in The Bulletin in 1892, Henry Lawson's short story 'The Drovers Wife' is today regarded as a seminal work in the Australian literary tradition. Noted for it's depiction of the bush as harsh, potentially threatening and both isolated and isolating, the story opens with a simple enough premise: an aggressive--and presumably deadly--snake disrupts the working life of a bushwoman and her young children. Brave but cautious, the woman resolves to protect her children since her husband is, characteristically, away from home and of no help. 

As time passes within the story, tension builds, and the snake's symbolic threat takes on layers of meaning as the sleepless heroine recalls previous challenges she faced while her husband was away. A series of flashbacks and recollections propel the story through the single night over which it takes place, and by the time the climax arrives--the confrontation with the snake--readers have learned much about the heroine's strengths and fears, most of the latter involving the loss of children and dark figures who encroach upon her small, vulnerable homestead. To be sure, this "darkness" is highly symbolic, and Lawson's use of imagery invokes Western notions of good and evil as well as gendered and racial stereotypes. 

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Language: German
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