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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... vol. 8 no. 96 May 1873 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1873 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Dog Detective, W. W. , single work short story
Set on the Akhurst diggings around 1858, Jack Rigby takes Irishman Jimmy Roach as a business partner in a hotel. During a drinking bout Jimmy discovers a murdered Jewish pedlar. Eventually cleared of the murder he tracks down the guilty party with the aid of his mangy dog, Growl. (PB)
 (p. 473-479)
The Great Fairs of Europe, R. H. Horne , single work prose travel
On Bartlemy (Bartholomew); Donnsybrook and Ballinasloe Fairs; Greenwich, Farlop, and Edmonton Fairs; the Jahrmarkts of Germany; Carnivals of Rome, Naples, and Cologne; a Russian Fair, an Irish pig fair; and the London Winter Fair on Ice etc. (PB)
 (p. 496-501)
Little Fairy, E. J. B. , single work short story
A tale told by bachelors on last New Year's Eve; tragedy of a child's drowning during a fishing excursion for Murray cod from a station on the Broken River. (PB)
 (p. 501-502)
The Wrong Answer, single work short story
A young law student in the USA teaches school to support himself for several months. He promises not to flirt with any of the students but then meets Susie Auber ... Predictable romance. (PB)
 (p. 502-503)
A Lonely Night, H. L. , single work short story
A mother and child left alone for two months while the husband goes prospecting are disturbed by an intruder on their first night - a dog. (PB)
 (p. 517-518)
The Runaway Mother of Pinkievale, James Lockhart , single work short story
A woman in a decaying New Zealand gold town deserts her young son whom the narrator cares for until the child's death. Years later he meets the woman again in a shanty on the isolated Dunstan track. (PB)
 (p. 523-525)
Retrospective - My Brother Harry, An Strathalbynite , single work prose
On the character of, and practical jokes played by the narrator's elder brother, Jack, on their parents' station in the outback, e. g. a visiting parson is waxed to a seat. (PB)
 (p. 529)
Wanted, A Spinning-Wheel : A Yankee Yarn, single work short story
Gustavus Piper's quest for a spinning wheel wins him neither success nor the maiden's hand. (PB)
 (p. 530)
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