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Issue Details: First known date: 1876... vol. 11 no. 132 May 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.
Miss Jellaby's Match, single work short story
A prying old maid persuades the village clergyman to investigate the relation of her new neighbours - to her subsequent humiliation. (PB)
(p. 470-471)
The Bushranger's Revenge, Patrick Shanahan , series - author prose
Tale related by an Irish trooper in search of the NSW bushranger Lowry on the road to Melbourne. Recounts the robbery, derring-do, and domestic revenge of an earlier Victorian bushranger - Wilson. (PB)
(p. 472)
The Sculptor's Triumph, single work short story
A sculpture competition in renaissance Florence tests a young sculptor's love for his noble model against his ambition. (PB)
(p. 473-475)
Be Reasonable, single work prose
On the sensible limits to sharing everything in marriage. (PB)
(p. 475)
Jenny : A Bush Flower, G. M. , single work short story
Jenny Stormonth returns from her Melbourne boarding school to keep house for her widowed doctor father in the little country township he serves. She quickly meets the artistic and cultivated Brandon Arthur of Narramboluc station and his dashing visitor Captain Bracebridge, both of whom are attracted to her. A cricket match at their township, Euramba, a visit to Narramboluc, and a horse-breaking exhibition allow Bracebridge to win Jenny's heart - but he has to wait two years before they can marry. Slowly his letters dwindle until he does not reply to Jenny's last letter, and she on a picnic is lost and saved by Brandon at the cost of his own health ... Unsentimental romantic theme developed amid domestic and bush scenes. (PB)
(p. 476-493)
Music, M. Walsh , single work prose
Composed mainly of quotes and a few brief reflections on his love of music. (PB)
(p. 493)
Denbigh's Lead, W. W. , single work short story
Margaret Morse keeps store for her often drunken father, Eli, refusing permission for her to marry her lover. One night Eli is murdered, and his murdress, his illicit distillery partner, comes to visit Margaret ... Set in a harsh, remote, mountainous region of Australia. (PB)
(p. 498-502)
Ambition, Essayez , single work prose
On its positive and negative aspects. (PB)
(p. 502-503)
Mrs Graystone's Lesson, single work short story
A new husband out-manoeuvres his intefering mother-in-law. (PB)
(p. 504-505)

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Notes:
Includes the seventh instalment of Luke Darrell's 'Clinda', pp. 493-497.
Notes:
Includes the first instalment of serial fiction, 'Wolfgang; Or, The Wrecker's Beacon', pp. 464-469.
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