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Issue Details: First known date: 1871... vol. 6 no. 71 April 1871 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1871 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Egotistical Couple, single work prose
On married couples who have either been everywhere and done everything, or who extol each other's virtues publicly. (PB)
 (p. 427)
My First Theatrical Tour, H. Morin Humphreys , single work prose
The unfortunate first night of two amateur actors and a pianist in an up-country Victorian township. Concludes with a moral on working hard at a profession. (PB)
 (p. 428)
John Strong's Box, single work short story
A good but silent servant, John Strong, is employed by Zechariah and Mrs Dipple, the latter not being able to contain her curiosity about the contents of a box he carries. One day she arranges for another to open it, and her daughter, Selina, helps comfort John when he discovers the breach. (PB)
 (p. 430-432)
Fact and Fiction, single work short story
A poetic and a prose depiction of a fire on a US steamer and a heroic deed by 'Jim Bludso' in the poem and John Maynard in the prose. Curiosity. (PB)
 (p. 432)
Artemus Ward, James Parton , single work prose
On the life and career of this US humorist. (PB)
 (p. 445-446)
Killed in the Shaft, Waif Wander , single work short story
Recollections of tragedy on the Victorian diggings (Green Hills) in 1857. The narrator's two mates fall in love with a store-keeper's daughter which leads to jealousy, murder and madness. (PB)
 (p. 446-449)
Poor Blanche, Charles L. Money , single work short story romance
Romance of Blanche Wells, daughter of an English country doctor who marries an elderly baronet and goes with him to New Zealand. Her young lover, Jack Loring, follows her, she eventually leaves her cruel husband, but on the eve of her marriage to Loring he is killed. She dies, a wrecked woman, a few years later in Melbourne. (PB)
 (p. 450-541)
Men Who Are Not Wanted in Australia, James Ballantyne (Rev.) , single work prose
On the types of men not wanted in Victoria. E.g., men of utopian ideas, extravagant expectations, those who live fast or are without energy, etc. (PB)
 (p. 463)
Strange Banquets, Dr. Doran , single work prose
On eccentric gastronomists like Mrs Jeffreys of Bath, and strange dishes like dog. Including a brief discussion of the burial customs of 'Thibetan' nobility, and a longer one on the eating habits of Australian Aborigines. (PB)
 (p. 464-465)
Under the Knife, Mortimer Thomson , single work prose
First hand description of the pain experienced when a surgeon cuts a nerve. (PB)
 (p. 471)
How 'Hez' Got Even with the Landlord : A Yankee Trick, single work short story
Hezekiah Spaulding outsmarts the owner of a hotel in an Ohio village - eats his full breakfast and has the coach brought back to the door when he is ready. (PB)
 (p. 473)
How to Catch a Tiger, single work short story adventure
A Kentucky native catches a tiger in India with the help of his cousin Ezra, without gun or knife. (PB)
 (p. 473)
Note: With title: 'A Story of a Waistcoat'
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