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1 For His Daughter's Sake Ouis , 1896 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 31 no. 376 1896; (p. 665-666) Australian tale of an ex-convict turned farmer whose love for his daughter is threatened by a fellow convict from his past. The man threatens to reveal the father's murder of a convict overseas if he does not give him his daughter for his wife. She loves another and hates the blackmailer so her father chooses to die, killing his fellow ex-felon rather than give her away or spoil her memory of her father. The bodies are found in a prospector's mine shaft at Swampy Hollow, and the daughter marries her true love. Convict years are carefully shown to be due to participation in a rebellion for political independence [Scotland? Ireland?] not as a result of crime. Still important to maintain distinctions around convict origins even though some appear to be no longer shameful. (PB)
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