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Set near the Derwent River, a narrative of the incidents proving which brother Bessie loves best - the active boy to whom she was formerly engaged and who is presumed dead in NZ, or the quieter more introspective brother who tells the story. (PB)
A cottage on Melbourne's outskirts witnesses the first meeting of an Australian lady and a gentlemanly sweep, while a noble British drawing-room witnesses their second. An inverse Cinderella romance. (PB)
The story of an Australian hotel-keeper's daughter who signs on as a sailor from Williamstown to San Francisco rather than give evidence against her beloved, accused of murder ... (PB)
Mark Sinclair is called in by a Melbourne bank clerk to solve around 9000 pounds in defalcations. Evidence points to the manager Mr Terry, but it is his son Laurence Terry, secretly a 'wild dog', whom Sinclair suspects. When the elder Mr Terry commits suicide, the mystery deepens ... (PB)
On the new fashion for cropped hair among ladies, on new hat fashions and a comical incident in a Darling Downs township, and on hair pads and their inconvenience. (PB)