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Issue Details: First known date: 1869... vol. 5 no. 53 October 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.
Danny Mahoney's Black Cat, Waif Wander , single work short story
Tale in the Irish dialect of the Rafferty family's efforts to remove Danny Mahoney's spell from their cows which were giving no milk. And of the meeting years later on the Australian gold diggings with Danny and his cat, and the murder that came of it. (PB)
 (p. 80-84)
About Some Men of Letters in Australia, Henry Kendall , single work essay (p. 84-85)
Agatha's Legacy, F. E. W. , single work short story
Everard Hacking falls in love with the granddaughter of a business friend but only after his wife's death does he honourably court her. His wife determined before her death that they should never be happy together ... (PB)
 (p. 90-93)
Love, W. W. , single work prose
A troopers' camp under the Boorangong Ranges in Victoria introduces them to a faithful servant and his master, dying of the madness caused by pursuing his nephew and ward to Australia and inadvertently causing their deaths ... (PB)
 (p. 98-100)
Who is to Blame?, Lilly Lee , single work short story
A woman, Rachel, marries for money not love - and it is men who prefer a well-dressed girl to a plain. But it is a poor widow's son who she drives insane.
 (p. 101-102)
The Stone House, M. H. F. , single work short story
A mysterious stone house, landmark in a colonial town's suburb, yields its secret of love and murder as its sole occupant lies dying. (PB)
 (p. 106-107)
The Family Packhorse, Fanny Fern , single work prose
On the man who bears the burdens of those who refuse to work themselves; and his wife's response. (PB)
 (p. 109-110)
Everything is for the Best, T. M. A. , single work short story
An erstwhile swain is comforted for his loss when he meets the lady years later and she is fat. (PB)
 (p. 110)
An Unwelcome Guest, J. C. , single work short story
The Demon of Nightmare persuades a selfish murderer to mend his ways before his death. (PB)
 (p. 111)
The Curse of the Country, single work prose
On Australia as a nation of drunkards. (PB)
 (p. 112)
Hindu Early Marriages, Tom Cringle , single work prose
Reminiscence. On the caste system and early marriages in India. (PB)
 (p. 114-115)
Cheap Theatricals, Frederick Sydney Wilson , single work prose
Patrons and programme at a sixpenny theatre - judged to be not improving or desirable. (PB)
 (p. 118-120)
My Uncle's Adventure, single work short story humour
A Melbourne youth with a mania for collecting door knockers is warned by his rich uncle to change his ways. When the uncle is himself arrested his opinion changes. Slight humorous sketch. (PB)
 (p. 122-123)
Ellen West's Lovers, Primrose , single work short story
Romance of a mining town past its prime, and the disruption of true love by a showy young mine manager. (PB)
 (p. 123-124)
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