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Issue Details: First known date: 1875... vol. 10 no. 116 January 1875 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1875 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Reefer's Wife, W. W. , single work short story
A miner's wife is unfaithful with a mining-engine driver who desires her husband's gold. The husband's murder and the suspicious of her step-son reveal their double iniquity ... Set on the diggings. (PB)
 (p. 240-244)
The Chronicles of Kensington, Containing Flakes of Snow and Gleams of Sunshine : A True Anecdotal Christmas Tale, Testator , single work short story
Patchwork tale incorporating memories of Australia (Melbourne and Ballarat) in 1853 - domestic exchanges; and of a band of travelling actors near Liverpool (UK) in December 1847 - their show and a charitable deed. Told in the Kensington Arms near Liverpool on Christmas Eve, 1865. (PB)
 (p. 244-249)
Music, Myson , single work prose
The definition of music, its influence on man and beast, and its varieties. (PB)
 (p. 250)
Friendship, Essayez , single work prose
How precious and how little prized is true friendship. (PB)
 (p. 261-262)
Dick's Pile, Edwin M. Merrall , single work short story
Dick discovers about £500 of gold while fossicking on the Bendigo diggings just after splitting with his mates Tom and Harry. Determined not to drink it all away he plants the nugget, loses it, eventually finds it again, takes a drink to celebrate and weeks later turns out to be blind, paralysed and a cripple. (PB)
 (p. 262-264)
The Hermit of the Huon, Henry Goldsmith , single work short story adventure
A young clerk in the Comptroller-General's office in Hobart-Town in the very early convict days of Van Diemen's Land is commissioned to lead an explorer's expedition (of 3) to Port Esperance. The light-hearted party meet a hermit living on the banks of the Huon, later the site of Franklin, and hear his tale of his escape from Norfolk Island and Hell's Gates ... Historical reminiscence mixed with boyish adventure. Warm. (PB)
 (p. 264-267)
Debt, Essayez , single work prose
The consequences of debt. (PB)
 (p. 272-273)
Ben's Story, Luke Darrell , single work short story
Tale of a miner's widow and the pure love a fellow miner has for her and her children. Set on Growler's Flat diggings. Sentimental but has some genuine power to move. (PB)
 (p. 276-279)
Elsie's Devotion, John F. C. , single work short story romance
Romance set in a small English coastal village involving thefts, somnambulism, concealment of identity and true devotion. Predictable. (PB)
 (p. 279-284)
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