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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... vol. 8 no. 95 April 1873 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1873 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Castaway, James Lockhart , single work short story
Set in Melbourne and on the diggings at Reedy Marsh in Tasmania - two encounters with a suicidal drunkard, the last preceded by a terrible dream. (PB)
 (p. 413-417)
The Death Grip, W. W. , single work short story
Tale of the Victorian diggings in Bendigo in the 1850s, a murder and a mine cave-in, narrated on another diggings 15 years later. (PB)
 (p. 417-419)
A Lucky Counterfeit, Judge Clark , single work short story
Set in the remote West of the USA, the narrator escapes being hung for murder through the detection of a marked counterfeit note. (PB)
 (p. 419-420)
A Girl's Experiences in Arithmetic, Fanny Fern , single work prose
Humorous sketch of an imaginative girl's difficulties with arithmetic at a lady's academy. (PB)
 (p. 436)
Bred in the Bone, Marion Harland , single work short story
Helen Glenn loses her lover through the carelessness and untidiness of her dress, house-keeping etc which she learned from her mother ... (PB)
 (p. 437-443)
An Old Colonist's Story, single work short story
On the decline in fortune of a rich farmer's son in England and his decision to bring his family to Australia where hard work and good times paid off. (PB)
 (p. 457-459)
Many a Slip - 'tween Cup and Lip, M. K. D. , single work short story
Sarah Ann Foxwood, in her 30s, at last snares a rich 70 year-old fiancee but loses him through a blotted letter in her desk. (PB)
 (p. 460)
To the Boys and Girls, single work prose
On the need to study while young and so prepare for adulthood. (PB)
 (p. 469)
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Notes:
Includes first instalment of Henry Stoddard's 'The Two Secrets', pp. 461-464.
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Includes third instalment of Marcus Clarke's 'Long Odds', pp. 445-457.
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Includes the seventh instalment of 'Mark Heber; or, a Young Maiden's Perils', pp. 421-428.
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Includes the seventh instalment of J. B. Mummery's 'Adventures in the Australian Bush', pp. 429-436.
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