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The Hawker's Story
1889
single work
short story
crime
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 24 no. 290 1889; (p. 607-608) A swagman catches a lift with a travelling bush hawker and when the latter refuses to join his criminal schemes trusses him up to rob him and hang him. Somehow the swagman gets caught in his own noose and dies a terrible death while the hawker is unable to move. -
Circus Clown's Narrative
1889
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 25 no. 292 1889; (p. 43-45) An ex-station-hand travelling to Sydney encounters a circus in a country town. Drinking with the 'Italian' circus proprietor and the clown he learns of the latter's unhappy marriage in England. Inheriting property from an uncle he foolishly marries a common spendthrift musician, finally eloping with her handsome music teacher when she has spent all her husband's money. They meet again, both with different circuses on the Continent, where he shoots her purported husband in revenge. Finally, weary of women, his circus comes to Australia and he plays the tragic clown. (PB) -
Treachery
1889
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 25 no. 293 1889; (p. 68-71) A London banker's son, already once indebted for gambling, is accused of theft from his father's office and banished to Australia. Finally his innocence is proven but his father's letter requesting him to return falls into the hands of a fellow shepherd and friend on the North Queensland sheep station where they work. His 'friend's impersonation of him fools all but the youth's betrothed - and he finally returns to her on his father's deathbed. (PB) -
Blondin's Last Performance
1889
single work
short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 25 no. 294 1889; (p. 131-132) Tale of the fatal fall of a tight-rope walker and a reformed alcoholic shanty house keeper from a rope across a ravine on a California gold fields. Describes much of the character of the former shanty keeper and of the Rocky Mountains diggings. (PB) -
1A Night with a Murderer 1860 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Southern Courier , 20 July vol. 1 no. 20 1860; (p. 4) -
2The Haunted Inn 1860 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Southern Courier , 27 July vol. 1 no. 21 1860; (p. 4) -
3The Bushranger's Vengeance 1860 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Southern Courier , 3 August vol. 1 no. 22 1860; (p. 4) -
4A Tripe Supper 1860 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Southern Courier , 10 August vol. 1 no. 23 1860; (p. 4)
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