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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... vol. 6 no. 65 October 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.
Our Jacki"Twelve years ago our Jack was lost. All night", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
The Barcoo : The Squatter's Songi"From the runs of the Narran, wide-dotted with sheep,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
Note: With title : 'Bush Lyrics : No. I : Off to the Barcoo'
Drummer's Baby, Theresa Tasmania , single work short story
A convict ship founders off the Australian coast and a baby is rescued through a convict's selflessness. When the 'baby' is 17 years old she meets the man who saved her and his family ... Moral overtones. (PB)
 (p. 86-88)
My Uncle, J. M. A. , single work prose
On a wealthy uncle with whom the narrator went hunting. (PB)
 (p. 90)
Jealousy, Lilly Lee , single work short story
A plain neglected wife murders her supposed rival in the Yarra - but has mistaken her victim.
 (p. 91-92)
The Private Madhouse, A Retired Lawyer , single work short story
An adventurer arranges for his rival for a rich girl's affections to be committed to a lunatic asylum, from whence he is able to contact the narrator, a lawyer, in hopes of gaining release. (PB)
 (p. 92-94)
The New Servant, W. W. , single work short story
A loyal wife poses as a servant in the house of her estranged parents-in-law, upsetting the marriage schemes of Isabella Braham and the financial roguery of the foppish Mark Burwood. (Probably set in Melbourne). (PB)
 (p. 94-99)
Only a Labourer's Son, single work short story
A rising lawyer, the son of a blacksmith is rejected by the woman he loves. She marries position and lives to regret it, while he finds a true wife in her cousin. (PB)
 (p. 99-100)
An Exciting Adventure, T. H. A. , single work short story
Reminiscence of a trip in an Irish mail coach from Skibbereen to Cork in 1847 - and an encounter with a murderer in a dream. (PB)
 (p. 101-102)
Sunbeams : Two Sketches, Bundarrania , single work short story
In one mansion a young wife and mother lies dead, never recovering from the shock of the death of the husband disapproved by her father. In the other mansion lies the contented wife and mother with her husband reading to her, secure in motherhood and not a bluestocking. (PB)
 (p. 102-103)
A Tobacco Leaf, Friz , single work prose
Reflections on the history, dangers and pleasures of tobacco. (PB)
 (p. 105)
The Hart Murder, W. W. , single work short story crime detective mystery
A detective's convalescence at a rural Victorian station and his perusal of the Police Gazette assist him in recognising an old woman's murderer in the new housekeeper. The idle daughter of the house is of special assistance. (PB)
 (p. 106-111)
Love Songi"Where the grassy path invites us,", Theresa Tasmania , single work poetry (p. 111)
The Floral Pilgrim, single work short story
An orphan on a visit to her aunt is sent to purchase some flowers. Through mistaking rich young Mr Chariton for the gardener she finds herself a husband. (PB)
 (p. 112-113)
Notes of a Reader, single work prose
Includes brief comments by Fanny Fern on women's rights; and 'Hints to Young Lady Writers'. (PB)
 (p. 117-118)
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