Thursday's Child single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 Thursday's Child
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The three Australian Temperley sisters take a sea voyage for nineteen days from Sydney to Hong Kong. The youngest remembers a red lace dress she wore when she fell in love with an Englishman. Her sisters had not allowed her to see him again and now fifteen years later she is still alone.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 23 April 1936 Z1388244 1936 newspaper issue 1936 pg. 5, 44-45
Last amended 29 Nov 2012 09:40:12
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  • Great Barrier Reef, Australian seas,
  • Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Manly, Manly - Allambie - Curl Curl area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Auckland, Auckland (Region), North Island,
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    New Zealand,
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    Pacific Region,
  • Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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