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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... vol. 9 no. 103 December 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 Second Wedding, W. W. , single work short story
Pat Shanehans's tale of laughter - of Mary Anne O' Callaghan who decides to re-marry aafter her husband is drowned but whose wedding's day is reduced to a farce and ends with her husband's reappearance. Set near the Ovens River. (PB)
 (p. 183-189)
How I Went Kangarooing, Quilp , single work short story
A Melbourne haberdasher visits a station in the Gippsland bush, losing his way and his lady on a kangaroo hunt. Well written and amusing though the subject is not new. (PB)
 (p. 190-194)
Sailor's Pets, A Navy Surgeon , single work prose
On the various pets kept on board ship, including the surgeon's own 5 foot monitor lizard, monkeys and a parrot. (PB)
 (p. 194)
King Christian's Daughter : Or, Twenty-Two Years Captivity, single work short story
On the twenty-two year imprisonment of the morganatic Danish princess Leonora-Christina in 17th-century Copenhagen by her half-brother. Factual generally unimaginative narrative. (PB)
 (p. 195-198)
A Double Event, C. Weire , single work short story
An 'old maid' jilted on her wedding day two years before receives news of her still faithful lover, and her cousin and his best man make a match of it too. Pleasant tale. (PB)
 (p. 205-207)
Art in the higher Mountains, single work prose
On painting mountain scenery and snow; includes and extensive quote from Ruskin. (PB)
 (p. 212)
Look at Home, Myra , single work prose
On the necessity of looking after your own social and moral house rather than gossipping about your neighbour's. (PB)
 (p. 213)
The Literature of Smoking, single work prose
On famous writers and their attitudes to smoking. (PB)
 (p. 213)
Mahomet's 'Flying' Visit to Heaven, single work short story
Tale of Mahomet's ascent to heaven and the marvels he saw there. Told in a highly skeptical frame. (PB)
 (p. 222)
The Miner's Holiday, A. S. Frost , single work short story
A mining manager who does much to better conditions for the miners and their families is considered a coward for not fighting his overseer - but his bravery during a mine cave-in restores him to honour. Even his fiancée had doubted him for a time. Probably Australian setting but unspecified. Generally pious rather than exciting. (PB)
 (p. 227-229)
The Husband's Vow : A Kentucky Legend, single work short story
Stewart promises his dying wife never to marry again on this earth but his attempt to subvert his vow in a subterranean Kentucky cave leads to the disappearance of the newly wedded couple. Sketchy. (PB)
 (p. 229-230)
No Irish Need Apply, Kathleen , single work short story
In household's time of trial it is only the despised Irish maid who stays and nurses the family. Set in Australia, though no specific locale. (PB)
 (p. 230)
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