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Set in the Western District of Victoria in the 1850s, a roving miner falls in love with a widow's daughter. She is lost one night during a wild storm, goes mad and dies, her mother soon following. Straightforwrad. (PB)
Set on the worked out diggings at Sporting Flat, Dunolly, two large-hearted miners cede their claim to a poor miner and his starving family trying to eke out a living. Generous tale. (PB)
Sunset after a hot Australian day in a seaside suburb witnesses the reunion of long-time pride-separated lovers. Atmospheric focus rather than narrative account. (PB)
Phelim, an Irishman in the colonies, makes a wild ride and is mistaken for a bushranger while attempting to recapture his stolen horse. Only it is not his horse - for he was riding it himself ... (PB)
A London detective visiting friends - a banker and his son - becomes involved in solving the son's murder, and in doing so uncovers an avenging murdress responsible for a series of murders in England. Plot involves an ex-convict, the mudress' son. (PB)
A young orphans solves a Melbourne murder through information gleaned while hitching a ride behind a city 'bus'. The victim was a gold miner collecting £10000 for the sale of his mine ... Straightforward tale, well-told. (PB)
The injury of a street-child run over by a carriage brings together the two people she loves. Set in Melbourne: the first part told in the voice of the street child; the second by the beautiful betrayed woman she admires. Includes scenes in the Children's Hospital, and a sketch of the hard life of the child on the streets. Interesting in voice and form but tone conventional. (PB)
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Includes the seventh instalment of Marcus Clarke's novel, 'Chidiock Tichbourne; or, The Babington Conspiracy. An Historical Romance of the Days of Queen Elizabeth.', pp. 411-414.
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Includes the first instalment of 'Felicite', pp. 414-416.
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Includes the second instalment of M. Walsh's 'A Sketch of Killarney', pp. 417.