For Her Sake single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 For Her Sake
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Hobart wharf in a summer in the 1880s, and a newly-married man is rescued from drowning by a half-witted rouseabout. Further, he sacrifices himself to a shark to save the groom whose mother had been kind to his family. Simple account. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 26 no. 311 April 1891 Z1035073 1891 periodical issue 1891 pg. 447-448
Last amended 27 May 2003 09:13:11
Subjects:
  • Hobart City, Central Hobart, Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1880s
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