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Issue Details: First known date: 1872... vol. 7 no. 81 February 1872 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1872 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Hazard and Haphazard; Or, Dick Drewitt's Destruction, Craven , single work short story
On the ruin of a young man and his wife through his gambling. He loses 35,000 pounds inherited from his murdered parents and then his wife's capital too, to a scheming 'sharper'.
 (p. 301-302)
Number XIII, C. D. Gardette , single work short story
The arrival of tenants for a long-deserted house on the square causes some excitement in the heart of an old maid, particularly when she meets one of them by accident. The situation changes when she discovers it is a private asylum. Set in 1862. Competent. (PB)
 (p. 312-316)
A Tale of the Land Act, Berenice , single work short story
A handsome young man settles on 250 acres of a large station in Victoria and is shot and wounded by the owner's avaricious nephew who had discovered gold there. While recovering he and the station owner's daughter fall in love ... Slight. (PB)
 (p. 331-332)
Prison Sketches in Victoria, No. II, John Brown , single work prose
Reminiscence continues of Melbourne Gaol in 1869 - the dietary of restrictions, fellow prisoners, the different yards, workshops, internal gaol punishments, insanity of prisoners, religious ministry etc. (PB)
 (p. 342-345)
How I Lost My Five Thousand Pounds, G. B. , single work prose
A new chum arrives in Sydney in 1864 and through inexperience and bad advice loses the £5000 brought with him from Devonshire for investment. Good picture of how not to manage a station. (PB)
 (p. 346-347)
The Art of Making Money, T. M. A. , single work short story
On the difficulty of doing so. (PB)
 (p. 347)
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