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y separately published work icon The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction anthology   short story   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Publishing , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Barrington, John Lang , single work short story
Famous pickpocket while on ticket of leave in Sydney tries out his skills on wife of an officer and charms both her and husband after confessing.
 (p. 13-19)
Tales of Adventure by a Log Fire, William Burrows , extract autobiography (p. 20-26)
The Dead Witness; or, The Bush Waterhole, James Skipp Borlase , Mary Fortune , single work short story crime (p. 27-39)
The Major's Case, W. W. , single work short story detective
Detective Barnett, a friend of Sinclair's - tells the story of a case which he worked on through the Melbourne private detective agency he ran with a friend. A major calls him in on a case of suspected poisoning by his elder sister who, he claimed, was dependent on him. Barnett was taken in but his sister, Eliza, and the man-servant Crump, between them reveal the major's guilt. He finally murders his sister to prevent her leaving her money to a calculating thief disguised as a Christian woman, who had fooled her - and who robbed her the night of the murder. Eliza is shown to be more perceptive and more humanly motivated than her brother - she breaks detective rules and solves the case but is unable to prevent the murder. Written in the voices of detective Barnett and Eliza. (PB)
 (p. 40-66)
Tale of a Skull, James Skipp Borlase , single work short story crime (p. 67-83)
In Australian Wilds, B. L. Farjeon , single work short story crime (p. 84-103)
The Trooper's Story of the Bank Robbery, Robert P. Whitworth , single work short story (p. 104-113)
The Premier's Secret, Campbell McKellar , single work short story crime (p. 114-128)
Dr Fletcher's Love Story, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 129-151)
The Sea Gave up its Dead, Felix Slowboy , single work short story (p. 152-156)
Mein Einziger Mord My Only Murder, Delcomyn , single work short story (p. 157-161)
One of the Cloth, Guy Boothby , single work short story crime
A police inspector, pursuing a bushranger, believes he has cornered him and is all set to make an arrest him when a reverend rides up to say he was robbed by the bushranger. However, all is not as it appears.
 (p. 162-166)
Un galon pour le soldat Casey A Stripe for Trooper Casey, Roderic Quinn , Maurice Remon (translator) single work short story
Bush girl left alone while the district is at a dance is threatened by two murderous sailors, rescued by a bushranger, and manages to help him leave the sailors for the law without being captured himself.
 (p. 167-179)
'Midnight', William Sylvester Walker , single work short story
A police inspector tells how he tricked the bushranger 'Midnight' and revealed his surprise identity.
 (p. 180-187)
Le Premier Pas, E. W. Hornung , single work short story crime (p. 188-201)
The Mailman's Yarn : An Ower True Tale, Rolf Boldrewood , single work short story (p. 202-208)
The Bardoc Finn, Randolph Bedford , single work short story (p. 209-221)
The Strip of Lining, Norman Lindsay , single work short story crime (p. 222-241)
The Gangster, Alan Michaelis , single work short story crime (p. 242-263)
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