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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... vol. 5 no. 60 May 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.
Waiting for the Mail, Susan Nugent Wood , single work short story
Sketches - and a poem - on the different persons waiting on the mail; bushrangers, an English widow whose son has died in the Australian bush; an Irish miner whose family are suffering at home; a disappointed Melbourne girl, etc. (PB)
(p. 502-503)
Our Three Helps, single work prose
On three domestic 'helps' experienced by the narrator and her family. (PB)
(p. 514-515)
Cousin Susan, single work short story
When Frank Fuller's German wife Marguerite is believed dead after a ship is lost at sea, he asks his cousin to marry him and look after his children. On the wedding day, Marguerite appears ... Light. (PB)
(p. 517-518)
Cruelty to Animals, Utile Dulci , single work prose
On animals' entitlement to good treatment. (PB)
(p. 520-521)
The Double Cross on the Rock, W. W. , single work short story
On the killing of the bushranger, Starbeam, near the Victorian border, and the eventual recovery of his stolen herd through a cross-marked card. (PB)
(p. 524-526)
The Physician Slayer, S. C. J. , single work short story
Set in Waikato, N.Z., around 1835, the tale of a series of murders of doctors by a lunatic who believed they were delaying the transmigration of souls. (PB)
(p. 527-528)
Adeline, Theresa Tasmania , single work short story (p. 529-30)
Adelina, Theresa Tasmania , single work short story
A jilted lover takes a terrible revenge on her false fiancee - involving amateur dramatics and a tragic railway journey with his new wife. (PB)
(p. 529-530)
Larry O'Dowd's Nugget, and How He Got It, Waif Wander , single work short story
On an ugly vain 'learned' Irishman and how his nugget is found - but lost to him. Set on the Victorian goldfields. Interesting for Larry's role as poet. (PB)
(p. 533-535)
The End of It All, single work short story
A faithful English girl determines to murder her flirtatious friend for stealing away her lover, but all is resolved in a fever. Light. (PB)
(p. 536-537)
Practical Joking, single work short story
On practical jokes involving bedbugs and bottled beeswax played by officers in the US army. (PB)
(p. 537-538)
How She Paid Her Debt, single work short story
Lilias Wayland repays £100 which her brother gained through forgery by marrying the handsome victim. (PB)
(p. 539-540)
The Hop-Farmer's Daughter : An Autobiography, Primrose , single work short story
Of her childhood in Kent, short time at a Maidstone boarding school, her mother's death and father's subsequent remarriage. After her stepmother has a son she marries and migrates to Australia but her husband dies on the voyage and her stepmother intercepts her letter to her father. Finally, after his death and a time of poverty, she marries a rich husband and prospers. (PB)
(p. 544-545)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes the seventeenth instalment of Ruth Hall's 'The Bee', pp. 518-520.
Notes:
Includes the third instalment of Leon Lewis' 'The Trapper's Last Trail', pp. 507-514.
Notes:
Includes third instalment of Marcus Clarke's serial fiction 'His Natural Life', pp. 491-502.
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