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Issue Details: First known date: 1876... vol. 11 no. 133 June 1876 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1876 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Magnetic Chains, Garnet Eden Moore , single work short story
Charles Deveril's unscrupulous experiments with his mesmeric powers on the mind of Naomi Chester drive her to the brink of madness and hasten her mother's death. Her sister Ruth's love for the hard-working school-teacher Alan Hearne seems similarly ill-fated for a time ... (PB)
 (p. 525-529)
The Old Black House, Vae Vietis! , single work short story
The tale of a 45-year-old Edward Marton's plans to remarry, his sudden accession to his father's title, and a suspected fratricide. Tale of the Australian bush and Anglo-Australian connections - including faithful servants. (PB)
 (p. 529-535)
Love Is Stronger Than Death, Will , single work short story
Set in Australia's north, on a peninsula, the story of a frail and weary old man's love for his grandson which drives him to search the impenetrable bush on a stormy night when the boy is feared lost. (PB)
 (p. 541-543)
The Young Pianiste, L. G. , single work short story romance
Ruth Knowles supports her grandparents and invalid brother by giving music lessons. One night she agrees to play at a ball and is assisted in finding her way home by a gentleman who had earlier helped her onto a bus. On further acquaintance he proves to be her cousin ... (PB)
 (p. 543-548)
The Bushranger's Revenge (II), Patrick Shanahan , single work prose
The story is concluded by the June issue with a small portion left off by accident. An editor's note indicates that Wilson was a bushranger, but in Maitland (shot in 1857) not in Albury as the tale relates. (PB)
 (p. 548)
A Night's Skating, single work short story
A Boston miss visits her married cousin in Canada's north for skating and amusement. She receives a proposal but does not answer it until she has skated for life from a wolf, been saved and captured by an Indian, and shorn of her locks by his wife ... (PB)
 (p. 549-550)
Evelyn's Revenge, single work short story
Evelyn Lynn knowingly draws a husband's admiration to herself in the house where she is governess, careless of the dangers to her reputation in his determination to revenge the sufferings - especially by her current mistress ... (PB)
 (p. 550-551)
Covet's Corner, W. W. , single work short story
A tragedy at a bush hotel: a handsome hawker has unknowingly won pretty Emily determines revenge, and plots with Emily's stepmother to force Emily to marry him - thus allowing the stepmother to inherit the hotel. Plans go awry ... (PB)
 (p. 552-558)
Indecision, Essayez , single work prose
On the loss of desired objects through doubt and failure to attempt. (PB)
 (p. 559-560)
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