Rex : An Australian Sketch single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 Rex : An Australian Sketch
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Account of the narrator's struggle to earn a living and out of dissipation after his father's financial ruin and death in Victoria. Only a fair girl's love, her loving father's agreement to a year's trial, and a lucky win in the Beechworth Derby through a horse's loyal heart attain him comfort and a family after his struggle. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 19 no. 225 February 1884 Z1018199 1884 periodical issue 1884 pg. 298-301
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