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Issue Details: First known date: 1866... vol. 2 no. 55 15 September 1866 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1866 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tom Pettyman's Picnic and What Came of It, F. E. S. , single work short story
The sad tale of a flirtation between a 19 year old youth and a 30 year old woman which resulted in marriage and 8 demonical boy children. Contains studied literary allusions. Funny. (PB)
 (p. 37-38)
Women's Husbands, single work prose
On demands of women in society and the effect of women writers concentrating on their own sex, that they need to write about the 'management' of husbands and duties of the wife. (PB)
 (p. 38-40)
The Lost and the Living, single work short story
On the adjustment in the relationship between father and child with the introduction of a stepmother. (PB)
 (p. 40-41)
A Legend of Port Phillip, single work short story
Recalls a settler in the Port Phillip district who was consistently kind to the Aborigines of the area but erroneously killed 23 of them with poisoned meat left out to kill dingoes. King Billy, the tribal leader, kidnaps the settler's child as revenge and the story of the pursuit of the child and the killing of King Billy concludes the tale. (PB)
 (p. 41-44)
Popular Fallacies No. IV, Nabochalish , single work essay
That to be wise we must act wisely.
 (p. 46-47)
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