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On the narrator's experiences as an ocean diver off the Queensland coast in the wreck of the 'Lady Barkly' and briefly in Sydney and New Zealand waters. (PB)
A murder at Wattle-tree Creek on the Melbourne to Kilmore road is revealed by a flood, and in turn uncovers a tale of elopement, disinheritance and adultery. Set on the road, in Gippsland, and in Melbourne. Well told, commonplace story with good descriptors of the Australian scene. (PB)
Edith Garland marries a poor farmer against her father's wishes and is disinherited. Her uncle leaves them an old swamp which proves to contain a crock of gold. Set in Australia but with an American flavour. (PB)
Two mates, one engaged, try their luck on the newly-opened NSW gold field. Jem is crushed in a cave-in and his mate provides a little for his fiancee. Unvarnished unsentimental tale of the gold fields. (PB)
An aunt's tale of her youthful wilfulness and its cost persuades her niece to make up a quarrel with her lover. Set in Australia but not distinctively. (PB)