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Issue Details: First known date: 1871... vol. 6 no. 73 June 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 Story of Eskdale, W. W. , single work short story
Theft and murder on a station near Granville are solved when Mark Sinclair uncovers a ghostly presence. (PB)
 (p. 548-552)
The Man of the Period, Florian May , single work prose
On the fashionable, idle, woman-ogling lothario of the day. (PB)
 (p. 558)
The Miseries of an Upcountry Schoolmaster, single work prose
On the difficulties of teaching in a remote country town where books etc. were not supplied, school fees unpaid, and entertainment and companionship severly limited. (PB)
 (p. 559)
Lucky Joe, E. E. Carew , single work short story
How the mining owner of Bachelor's Hall gains a wife when he invites the bearer of a gift from his English mother to stay nearby. Set near the Victorian diggings in the mid 1850s. (PB)
 (p. 560-562)
Push and Pull, David (Rev.) Mitchell , single work prose
On learning when the 'push' and when to 'pull' in life. (PB)
 (p. 562)
A Tale of the Rugged Mountains, Edgar Allan Poe , single work short story
Told in 1845, a tale of Charlottesville, Virginia in 1827 and the visions and subsequent death if a young man under the influence of a mesmerist on morphine. Includes suggestions of reincarnation. (PB)
 (p. 563-565)
Work and Rest, S. G. Mee , single work prose
On the work and well-earned rest of a man in the bosom of his family. (PB)
 (p. 565)
Fashionable Receptions, Fanny Fern , single work prose
On the discomfort and boredom of this socially decreed entertainment. (PB)
 (p. 565)
A Tragedy Acted Every Night, John D. D. (Rev.) Hall , single work prose
Dramatic presentation of a mother and then a wife brought to misery and death by a drunkard's cruelty and spendthrift ways. (PB)
 (p. 566)
Prisons and Prisoners, John Buckley Castieau , single work prose
Reflections and reminiscences of Castieau's years within the prison system - from senior turnkey to governor in 15 years. Includes anecdotes and concludes with a poem. (PB)
 (p. 585-590)
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