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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... vol. 9 no. 101 October 1873 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1873 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Convict Son, W. W. , single work short story
A 'new chum' from England is hired at Circular Quay, Sydney, by the owner of a station near Mt Bulwa 95 miles from the city, as storekeeper. He discovers the secret of the squatter's depression when an escaped convict leaves him a chalked message ... Interesting portraits of ex-convicts and tramps. (PB)
 (p. 66-73)
The Hydrostatic Butter Machine : Or, Rosy's Wedding Portion, H. P. Spofford , single work short story
A penniless inventor wins the farmer's daughter with the aid of a faster butter churn. (PB)
 (p. 81-83)
The Daughter at Home, single work prose
On the improvements a daughter can accomplish - in atmosphere and decoration - at home. (PB)
 (p. 86)
Ebb and Flow, single work short story
A rich youth loves a poor girl briefly but soon marris a rich beautiful heiress. She dies and seven years later he returns to his home town ... (PB)
 (p. 87-89)
Lady Anne's Portrait, M. K. D. , single work short story
A noble-woman marries her game-keeper's son but after a few years is crippled in a hunting accident. Her husband falls in love with her maid and marries her after his wife dies. His first wife's revenge is carried out nevertheless ... Light, slight gothic note. (PB)
 (p. 94-95)
Consadine Blake of Galway : Or, Shirking a Double, single work short story
Two English gentlemen go to Galway, Ireland, for the hunting season. Staying at Consadine Blake's crumbling castle, they learn of his past and his ill-treatment of his wife and step-daughter. Romance follows, for one of the 'double' ... (PB)
 (p. 96-100)
Sadie Holman's Fortune, S. A. Frost , single work short story romance
Set in England, romance between a rich Australian, Chester Martyn, and Sadie Holman - the daughter of his business partner. When news arrives of the latter's murder Martyn returns to Australia but the murderer comes to England ... Unremarkable - though very strongly Anglo-Australian compared to usual stories which separate them. (PB)
 (p. 102-104)
The Funny Wedding Gift, An Old Contributor , single work short story
A despised rag carpet, wedding gift from a recently deceased aunt, turns out to be a treasure. Slight. (PB)
 (p. 105)
Irene : Or, Love and Treachery, E. J. B. , single work short story
A duel by an Australian lake's edge, foul play, and true love's triumph. (PB)
 (p. 105)
The Green-Eyed Young Wife, S. C. J. , single work short story
Domestic tale of a woman's mistaken jealousy. (PB)
 (p. 106-107)
The Luckless Gold-Digger, Viator (fl.1873) , single work prose
A luckless New Hampshire gold-digger's voyage to Australia in 1853 - from New York to Melbourne - full of incident and a tyrannical captain. Told in 1868 when he returns to the USA. Seems based in fact. (PB)
 (p. 107-108)
Secrecy, Myson , single work prose
The propriety and power of secrecy. (PB)
 (p. 109)
Ned Ramsay's holiday, C. S. , single work short story
Light. Romance begun on a hot day in the Australian countryside when Ned rescues a damsel from a pig ... Touches of originality and sprightliness. (PB)
 (p. 110-111)
Martha's Pride, Richmond Thatcher , single work short story
A widow at he Slab Hut Gully diggings in Australia tells of her husband's death in a cave-in after a quarrel with her. And of the death of their two children - the first in Otago, New Zealand, and the second after her husband's death. (PB)
 (p. 112-113)
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