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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... vol. 6 no. 64 September 1870 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1870 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Golden Days, Tom Tallfern , single work prose
Victoria in the 1870s in the midst of the goldrushes - the crowds on the roads and at the diggings of all races and creeds. (PB)
 (p. 12-13)
My First Lesson in Colonial Experience, Wanora , single work short story
A new chum makes his way to a station beyond Wilcannia in outback New South Wales where he is tried out with lambing sheep, a damper, Warrigal Billy and two shepherds. Patchy tale with a certain rough interest. (PB)
 (p. 14-15)
Putting Off, single work short story
A wife's procrastination causes her husband to lose a £2000 inheritance. Light moral tale. (PB)
 (p. 15-16)
Married for Love, M. A. P. , single work short story
An heiress disregards her father and marries for love in the English midlands. All is eventually forgiven. (PB)
 (p. 16)
The Evidence of the Grave, W. W. , single work short story
A robbery of a Victorian country post office and store results in the murder and the ultimate detection of the murderer through a detective's sharp eye. (PB)
 (p. 29-33)
Manassehi"Manasseh, lord of Judah, and the son", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 33)
Beside the Billy [No. II.], Susan Nugent Wood , single work short story
The Gold Commissioner's tale narrated while snowed in. A murder in March 1863 in Miller's Flat, N.Z., is mistakenly attributed to Job Johnson who is reprieved by his signature on a jury list. Also tales of the two other buried outside the hut who perished while seeking gold. (PB)
 (p. 34-35)
Shamrock Leaves, H. L. , single work prose
A collection from Irish tradition: the banshee; Irish love; Irish character; and Irish language. (PB)
 (p. 35-36)
The Marble Headstone, J. W. J. M. , single work short story
An Englishman takes his wife to the south of France for her health but is killed himself by their neighbour, the Chevalier de Rene. (PB)
 (p. 39-40)
Elise's Lover, Lilly Lee , single work short story
A sham meeting and courtship grows into true love which nerves Lyster to give up Elise.
 (p. 42-43)
Our Gunner's Shot, S. C. , single work short story
A ship's gunner rescues his two sons from a shark by shooting it with a ship's quarter gun. Set in the Bay of Tangier, Africa. (PB)
 (p. 45)
Biddy Twohy's Adventures in Australia : Her Caper Sauce, W. W. , single work short story
Biddy leaves her Irish home and journey's to Australia where she takes and loses a job as cook in the space of a day. Female version of the author's coarse Irish digger tales. (PB)
 (p. 49-52)
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