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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... vol. 5 no. 62 July 1870 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1870 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Mount Erebus : The Antarctic Volcanoi"A mighty theatre of snow and fire,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 621)
The Chilly Phantom, single work short story
On a ride through the New Forest in England and the ghostlike companion encountered on the way to visit friends. All is a dream. (PB)
 (p. 622)
The Sewing Machines Exhibition, Amy Randolph , single work short story
Romance begins over a sewing machine demonstrated by Rosamond Gifford in an exhibition. From earning her own living she becomes the means of uniting her mother's lost expectations with her cousin's inheritance. (PB)
 (p. 622-623)
My Son's Wife, single work short story
How a Baptist mother adjusts when her son marries an actress, and how when he falls ill she even goes to the theatre. (PB)
 (p. 624-625)
How the Morning Star Reef was Discovered, Donald Cameron , single work short story
John Watson from Devon seeks fortune for his family and his betrothed on the Victorian diggings, but ill luck follows him. In his hour of greatest need, recovering from a bout of drinking, an Aboriginal family shows him the quartz reef full of gold. (PB)
 (p. 625-626)
Two Strings to a Bow, single work short story
Arthur Gascoigne, forced to sell his commission in the British army, comes to Australia to try his fortune while waiting for some rich relatives to provide for him. Once in the Port Phillip district he plays with the affections of two eligible squatters' daughters, eventually marrying one after persuading her to elope with him. The disruption to life on the two stations, including the servants, comprises most of the tale. (PB)
 (p. 636-642)
The Wattle-Farm Tragedy, single work short story
The brutal murder of a farmer's son by the shambling farm labourer, and the grief it brings to his family. Set in up-country Victoria. (PB)
 (p. 644-648)
My First Visit to a Registry Office, A Young Wife , single work short story
On a visit to an employment office and the generally intractable and 'unsuitable' applicants for domestic service there. (PB)
 (p. 649)
Legal Murders, Fanny Fern , single work prose
On the murder of wives through cruel words, neglect and overwork. (PB)
 (p. 649)
Cousin Harry's Voyage to New Zealand as Narrated by Himself, Ivey Armytage , single work short story humour
Light generally humorous account of a voyage to New Zealand, the sleeping arrangements aboard ship and the fellow travellers. (PB)
 (p. 652-654)
A Chapter on Clock-faces, Waif Wander , single work prose
On the variety and attractions of clock-faces. (PB)
 (p. 657-658)
The Poetical Affinities of Our Language, T. M. A. , single work prose
On the affinity of sense and sound in some words of the English language. (PB)
 (p. 664)
Suffer and Be Silent, J. B. (Dr.) Waters , single work short story
Of the death-bed confession of a man outcast from society who took the blame of another man's crime so that the woman they both loved should be happy. [Probably set in the US.] (PB)
 (p. 665-666)
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Notes:
Includes the nineteenth instalment of Ruth Hall's 'The Bee', pp. 655-657.
Notes:
Includes the fifth instalment of Leon Lewis' 'The Trapper's Last Trail', pp. 627-634.
Notes:
Includes fifth instalment of Marcus Clarke's serial fiction 'His Natural Life', pp. 611-621.
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