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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 3 no. 152 25 July 1868 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Jibbing Horse, T. M. A. , single work short story
The hire of a jibbing horse to take his family to a picnic results in a terrible shock to the narrator's sickly wife from which she never recovers. (PB)
 (p. 758-775)
The Ruin by the River, Waif Wander , single work short story
A reminiscence by an old settler, an ex-army officer Colonel Chester, of a fellow settler Major Darkling, his wife and daughter. Deborah Darkling was a wild girl - without a heart - who liked to hunt, to visit the Aborigines camp, and who did not know what love was. Her father gives her a chance between marriage and the lunatic asylum, but she escapes and returns only to carry out her revenge ... (PB)
 (p. 761-764)
My Civil Service Mentor, P. A. D. , single work short story
A young clerk's civil service supervisor and his proclivity for racing, pugilists and a loose woman whom he seeks to reform. (PB)
 (p. 765-766)
In Search of a Subject, May Wilson , single work prose
On trying to find a subject on which to write for a magazine, and the distractions that intervene. (PB)
 (p. 766)
A Rich Scene in Canada, single work prose
Humorous account of exchanges purported to have occurred in the Canadian House of Assembly centring on verbal misconstructions, i.e: mistaken fears of profanity. (PB)
 (p. 766)
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