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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... vol. 8 no. 99 August 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.
Charley Evans' Story, W. W. , single work short story
A gently-spoken London boy is transported to Australia for forgery, saving the crew and passengers on the convict ship from mutiny. Walworth, a passenger, assists the boy on his station after their arrival - but a few years later is murdered by an escaped mutineer. A convict cool and the boy help in the capture of the mutineering convict. (PB)
 (p. 653-660)
The Beautiful Miss Vavasour, single work short story
A meeting between a rich New York bachelor and a beautiful and oft-bewigged Boston belle leads to love - realised only after he loses his fortune as well as his heart. (PB)
 (p. 662-664)
The Doctor's Mad Lodger, Herbert Redcliffe , single work short story
A night with a madman determined to kill the narrator - including dinner, macabre preparations to cut the narrator's throat and a chase through the streets. (PB)
 (p. 665-668)
The Lost One, single work short story
A beautiful and reserved woman, resident in the same house as the narrator, disappears one night and never returns. (PB)
 (p. 673-675)
An Old Man's Story, E. J. B. , single work short story
An Englishman's adventures in Germany where he travels with a friend and meets and marries a village girl. His friend had loved her too and after the ceremony killed himself, the groom eventually charged with his murder. Melancholy tale, dwelling on the discovery of the ghastly skeleton found in a tower. (PB)
 (p. 677-6785)
Voice and Face : A Tale of the Narraganset, single work short story
A mysterious and beautiful mother of two is joined in the refuge she has found by her estranged husband. A fire brings forgiveness and death. (PB)
 (p. 679-681)
Grieving Over Spilt Milk, single work prose
On not sorrowing over the past. (PB)
 (p. 682)
Fiction in Fact - Romance in Reality, Frank Albert Keates , single work short story
Counterpointing of two narratives woven around a headstone in a Victorian graveyard. The first a romantic fantasy written by the narrator, the second the 'real' story of a butcher's son. (PB)
 (p. 697-699)
Going Down in the World, R. E. Lee Jnr , single work prose
Descending a gold mine shaft and waiting for a blast - for the first time. (PB)
 (p. 699-700)
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Notes:
Includes seventh instalment of Marcus Clarke's 'Long Odds', pp. 685-696.
Notes:
Includes third instalment of T. M. A.'s 'Colonial Circumstances: Or, Ups, Downs, and Ups', pp. 669-672.
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