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Issue Details: First known date: 1874... vol. 10 no. 115 December 1874 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1874 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Shakespeare, Myson , single work prose
On Shakespeare's genius, the authorship of his plays and the purity of the text. (PB)
(p. 184)
Modern Funerals, Essayez , single work prose
On the origins of funerals and the barbarism of the ostentation of contemporary funerals. (PB)
(p. 185)
A Strange Plant, W. W. , single work short story
A resentful old station hand at Newalla shoots the owner's son and casts the blame on a youth who lent him his gun. A young trooper convicts him through stolen money in the pouch of his pet kangaroo. (PB)
(p. 186-189)
Natanga, single work short story
Plain tale of a Melbourne bank clerk's visit to a country station, of the hospitable family who entertain him, and his love for the elder daughter, Rose. Uninspiring holiday account. (PB)
(p. 206-209)
Perseverance, Essayez , single work short story
On perseverance's importance to victory. (PB)
(p. 215)
Why Yankee Jim Travelled, Luke Darrell , single work short story
Two men in a bush hut find a young girl in a tree blown over by a storm and Yankee Jim promises her dying mother to look after her. He sends her to Melbourne to be educated but when he visits and finds her a lady he banishes himself overseas. Tale told by a worker to his employer during a buggy ride. Simple. Touching, in parts. (PB)
(p. 223-227)
A Legend of Killarney, M. Walsh , single work short story
A Limerick merchant's wife fearing a tragedy in their Killarney summer cottage borrows a hawker's dog only to have her presentiment fulfilled. Brief. (PB)
(p. 232)

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Includes the seventh instalment of 'The Golden Idol: A South Sea Story', pp. 218-223.
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Includes the fourth instalment of Marcus Clarke's novel, 'Chidiock Tichbourne; or, The Babington Conspiracy. An Historical Romance of the Days of Queen Elizabeth.', pp. 177-183.
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Includes final instalment of Ence Rolf's serial fiction 'Traced in the Sand', pp. 202-206.
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Includes final instalment of Luke Darrell's serial fiction 'Ethel', pp. 209-215.
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Includes twelfth instalment of A Melbournite of '38's 'The Early History of Victoria. Being Reminiscences of Bygone Days', pp. 193-199.
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