A Christmas at Sea-Spray Lodge single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1876... 1876 A Christmas at Sea-Spray Lodge
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A Christmas gathering in the St. John's family home in the little town of Cheltenham Victoria is the setting for romance, and for the recounting of a series of Christmas tales from family and friends. Includes 'A Tale of 1852' - of murder on the Victorian goldfields; 'The Dandy's Story' - a tale of ghosts and sleep-walking set in Southampton; another of life as an un-country 'governess' on a Victorian station; a sketch of an excursion to Fern-tree Gully; and an amateur charade. (PB)

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 11 no. 128 January 1876 Z1086469 1876 periodical issue 1876 pg. 243-251
Last amended 21 Dec 2004 15:55:02
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  • Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Southampton, Hampshire,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Cheltenham, Brighton - Moorabbin area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
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