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Two unrelated stories: the first about a young boy's jealousy of his sister's friendship with the Indigenous Australian man who works for the family, and the second about a falling out between friends over schoolwork.
Notes
Muir, in Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography, notes that there is an edition of this work that has no date listed, but that has 1885 pencilled on the title page. This is true of the attached full text version, which contains the pencil-written note '1885 1st edit 1877' on the title page.
Muir, in Australian Children's Books: A Bibliography, notes that 'Joe Wilmot's Quarrel' is 'not Australian.' However, Richardson was Australian and therefore this work is classified as Australian according to AustLit's scope.
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When Jack is fourteen, his family moves from Sydney to the Blue Mountains to try to improve the health of Jack's nine-year-old sister, Anna. Jack attends boarding school in the city, but returns to the family home on holidays. While Jack and Anna have always been close, Jack finds himself growing very jealous when Anna becomes close friends with Harry, an Aboriginal man who is employed by the children's father as a 'manservant.' One holidays, Jack and his friend Willy amuse themselves by causing a lot of strife for Harry, and Jack's jealousy seems certain to come to a head. Soon after, Jack and Willy get lost in the bush. Will they ever make it home?
George has fallen out with his friend Joe over jealousy about geography marks. George confides in his aunt, who may have an idea about how to resolve the grievance.
