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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... vol. 5 no. 57 February 1870 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1870 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Off Wangaproa, Equestrienne , single work short story
Two ex-lovers meet by chance on a New Zealand coasting vessel near Auckland. She is now married to another, but they are united one last time ... Light. (PB)
 (p. 323-324)
Galateai"A silver slope, a fall of firs, a league of gleaming grasses,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 324)
Note: With title: 'Acis'
The Dead Girl's Garter, W. W. , single work prose
A murdered woman is found in a small Australian country town, the only identifying features being a garter on her right leg and a new bridle rein around the bag she was in. The murderer escapes ... but only for a time. (PB)
 (p. 325-329)
An Adventure in a Tunnel, Ivey Armytage , single work short story
A group of children decide to explore the tunnels of a much-mined hill near their home in country Australia when they are trapped by a cave-in ... (PB)
 (p. 330-333)
On Good-Tempered People, F. E. S. , single work prose
On the veneer of good temper. (PB)
 (p. 334)
Sad But True, Hal Walstab , single work short story
Frederick Alton marries the younger and easier of a pair of sisters, inadvertantly breaking the elder's heart. He also pays for his choice ... (PB)
 (p. 335-337)
Mickey Mulcahy's Wake, Waif Wander , single work short story
An Irishman on the Victorian diggings takes advantage of his cousin's callowness to convince him he is dying of a snake bite, and in the ensuing spree they strike gold. (PB)
 (p. 337-341)
The Pleasures of an Editor's Life, single work prose
On the duties, difficulties and dangers of editing a periodical. (PB)
 (p. 341)
The Porter's Daughter, single work short story
A courageous young woman foils a bank robbery in an English town. (PB)
 (p. 346-349)
Commissioner Thelenef, Esther Wetherald , single work short story
A tale of Russia, of peasants' revolt against unjust owners and the love of a foster brother and sister for each other. Based on fact. (PB)
 (p. 351-355)
Swearing Off, single work prose humour
On the narrator's giving up alcohol for two years and the effect on the trade of the hotel where he once drank.
 (p. 355-356)
Humours of 'Humbug', series - author prose humour (p. 355-357)
Our Glorious Climate, Marcus Clarke , single work prose humour
The story takes the form of the diary of a day, beginning at 5am and continuing through to 11pm, in which the vagaries of the weather and its effects upon the body are noted.
 (p. 356-357)
How It Ended, Lilly Lee , single work short story
Rachel learns to love at last, but her sufferings drive her to suicide.
 (p. 357-358)
Australia Felix, Estella , single work prose
Reminiscence. Written to show another side to colonial literature and life besides ruffians, bushrangers and swindlers, the record of the author's two years in Victoria. She records her move with her husband to a small isolated up-country township, the poverty and illness suffered there, and the extreme kindness and support of their fellow townspeople. (PB)
 (p. 358-360)
Geraldine, K. S. , single work short story romance
Geraldine's lover returns from his reported death on the battlefield to claim her from her sorrow. Light. (PB)
 (p. 365-366)
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