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Issue Details: First known date: 1869... vol. 4 no. 50 July 1869 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1869 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Last Appearance of Mrs Fanshawe, single work short story
Tale of the last appearance of a comedienne at Covent Garden Theatre towards the end of the 18th century. A nobleman has proposed to her but the dead lover of her youth beckons. (PB)
 (p. 656-657)
Bridget O'Brien's Widowhood, M. H. F. , single work short story
A tale of an Irish hotel-keeper's all too brief widowhood, and its effect on her business on the diggings in Australia. A blowsy rollicking tale. (PB)
 (p. 657-662)
A Chapter on Women, T. M. A. , single work prose
On women and their vocation as wives and mothers. (PB)
 (p. 664)
The Turkish Bath, Tom Cringle , single work prose
Introduction to the same in London in 1864 and the benefits it offers to the skin, constitution etc. The spread of the baths through England and even into Melbourne. (PB)
 (p. 666-668)
A Holiday Ride in South Australia, Duncan McKenzie , single work prose travel
Account of a ride from Adelaide to Strathalbyn including a storm, rain and wild scenery. (PB)
 (p. 670-671)
The Blessedness of Hope, Theresa Tasmania , single work prose
On the fortifying effect of hope. (PB)
 (p. 671)
The Geneva Watch, W. W. , single work short story crime
Discovery of a woman's murder in a roadside restaurant deep in the bush. A watch enlivens a paralysed man sufficiently to reveal the truth. (PB)
 (p. 674-678)
Love and Beauty, single work short story
A handsome young man wins the woman he loves only after losing his handsome looks and gay exuberance rescuing an old woman from a fire. Set in a small town. (PB)
 (p. 679-680)
The Bronze Green Fly, single work short story
The tale of a beautiful woman's sudden death in Hong Kong as a result of being bitten by a black-jupiter fly. (PB)
 (p. 680)
Round the Wharves!, Frederick Sydney Wilson , single work prose travel
Wharves of Sydney: Woolloomooloo Bay or "Cowper" Wharf; Circular Quay; 'Campbells' Wharf; "Macnamara's" at Milson's Point; "Moore's"; Cuthbert's; Darling Harbour; "Old Company's" Wharf; Illawarra Company's Wharf; the Pyrmont Bridge area. The ships, jetties, sailors and passengers are also described. (PB)
 (p. 682-684)
Granpapa's Letters, A. K. , single work prose
Fictionalised account of rose growth and gardening. (PB)
 (p. 684-685)
Story of a Dog, single work prose
Reminiscence. A tale of a dog's intelligence and the foiling of his master's attempts to do away with him. Set in Brookdale, Mobile, USA in 1852. (PB)
 (p. 687)
A Ballad of Tannai"She knelt by the dead, in her passionate grief,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 690)
Note: With title: 'The Ballad of Tanna'
Fairly Caught, B. W. N. , single work short story
An old maid is discovered in her efforts to spy on a pair of young lovers. (PB)
 (p. 690-691)
Springing a Plant : A Tale of the Early Diggings, T. M. A. , single work short story
An English emigrant leaves his job in Melbourne to try his luck on the Ballarat diggings. Eventually he sends for his wife and daughters who store his earnings in their tent until they are robbed. (PB)
 (p. 691-692)
The Boys who Fished in 'Success Pond', L. P. M. , single work short story
On the differing of two boys who caught a Naiad in a pond on Long Isalnd, and their attitudes to them. (PB)
 (p. 700-701)
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