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1 Clinda Luke Darrell , 1875-1876 single work novel On the Red Hill diggings, gentle, good clinda Hilford, "the fairy of Red Hill", is abandoned by her unworthy suitor when he is recalled to England by his ailing father. Clinda is stricken to the heart and her selfish hypocritical father does not relieve her loss. Stephen Wild and the store-owner, Mrs Lovell, care for her and comfort her on the diggings. The successful and noble mine owner John Somerfield also loves her and it is to his health that Clinda's father directs his greed ... Patchy, often tedious romance of the goldfields with mainly historic interest. (PB)
1 Old Will Luke Darrell , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 10 no. 117 1875; (p. 300-303) A new chum leaves his gold mining partners, irritated by Old Will's corrections, taking his share of gold with him. He is nearly killed by thieves when the younger of his ex-partners dreams of his predicament and they set out to rescue him. Old Will is wounded and death approaches ... Set in an isolated gully not a general goldfield. Sentimental, warm tale. (PB)
1 Ben's Story Luke Darrell , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 10 no. 116 1875; (p. 276-279) Tale of a miner's widow and the pure love a fellow miner has for her and her children. Set on Growler's Flat diggings. Sentimental but has some genuine power to move. (PB)
1 Ethel Luke Darrell , 1874 single work short story Station hands on a Victorian property - ex-convicts - plot to rob the owner and overseer of money recently brought up to buy some cattle. The owner's wife Mary and her sister, Ethel, are left alone with a young boy while he goes to meet the cattle with Thornton, the overseer. Death and injury result from a skirmish that night - Ethel's marksmanship taking its toll. (PB)
1 Why Yankee Jim Travelled Luke Darrell , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 10 no. 115 1874; (p. 223-227) Two men in a bush hut find a young girl in a tree blown over by a storm and Yankee Jim promises her dying mother to look after her. He sends her to Melbourne to be educated but when he visits and finds her a lady he banishes himself overseas. Tale told by a worker to his employer during a buggy ride. Simple. Touching, in parts. (PB)
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