Tom Gordon's Reformation single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1883... 1883 Tom Gordon's Reformation
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A British ex-prizefighter and temperance reformer knocks down Tom Gordon in a fight in a Victorian gold township to secure Tom's promise to abstain if beaten. He then reveals he is Tom's prospective father-in-law. Temperance tale with character, rawly competent. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 18 no. 215 April 1883 Z1017631 1883 periodical issue 1883 pg. 442-443
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