y separately published work icon Brooks's Australian Xmas Annual periodical issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1898... vol. 1 1898 of Brooks's Australian Xmas Annual est. 1898 Brooks's Australian Xmas Annual
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1898 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Australian Cinematograph, Henry Lawson , single work criticism (p. 3-6)
Lullabyi"Blessings on thee, bonnie bairn", David Grant , single work poetry (p. 6)
A Prelude of Chopini"Black night, cruel hard night, veiled in flying clouds", Alice Jane Muskett , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Butterfly, Sydney Carton , single work short story (p. 8-9)
Saltbush Bill's Game Cocki"'Twas Saltbush Bill, with his travelling sheep, was making his way to town;", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour

Saltbush Bill is again droving his sheep when he happens "on Take 'Em Down, the station of Rooster Hall." Rooster Hall is a follower of cock-fighting and Bill challenges him to a contest: his Australian bird against Hall's, a "clipt and a shaven cock, the pride of his English Game". But Bill has a trick up his sleeve and wins the contest by forfeit.

 (p. 10-11)
In Charge, J. S. Spalding , single work short story (p. 12)
Her Garden, Alice Jane Muskett , single work prose (p. 13)
Epilogues : 1897i"Deep in my hidden country stands a peak,", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: With title: [Untitled]
Alone : An Australian Poemi"The mist passes wraith-like through the trees", Frederick John Broomfield , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
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