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1 Black Heart Dernier Ressort , 1893 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 28 no. 336 1893; (p. 485-486) Australian bush tale of the abduction and rape of the newly married daughter of an honest old couple, discovered gagged and tied to a gum tree by her husband who kisses her passionately then kills her. He follows her rapist, near strangles him, throws him over a precipice, and falls over himself in eluding pursuers. He has gone mad. Strong elements of victim's stain. (PB)
1 Gone Home Dernier Ressort , 1893 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 28 no. 335 1893; (p. 448-450) White-Aboriginal encounter on an isolated North Australian station. After long waiting for the attack, and staving off the 'blacks' for a time, the young husband shoots his wife to save her from a fate worse than death. A constable rescues him almost immediately - but it is too late. (PB)
1 From the Jaws of Death Dernier Ressort , 1890 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 25 no. 302 1890; (p. 600-602) Australian 'pragmatic' romance. A telegraph operator saves a local squire's daughter from drowning after falling from her horse in escaping Aborigines at her father's homestead - and the inevitable follows. Practical informal narrative voice. (PB)
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