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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... vol. 1 no. 18 22 August 1896 of The Free-Lance est. 1896 The Free-Lance
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Notes

  • This issue of the Free-Lance carries several advertising notices relating to the journal itself. One promotes the availability of a 'special poster ... designed and drawn by Australian artists, printed in three colours by Australian printers for the use of Australian agents'. Another states that the Free-Lance has the 'largest circulation of any satirical illustrated weekly in Australasia, bar the Bulletin'.
  • Contains episode two of 'Van Diemen's Land Memories'.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1896 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Wordi"You opened the portals to bliss", Atma , single work poetry (p. 10)
Untitledi"We had a dream the other night,", single work poetry humour (p. 10)
Bohemia, single work column
A Free-Lance columnist relates an incident from 'the Bohemian Press days of 20 years ago': Marcus Clarke, Kyrle Bellew and George Walstab are sitting on a bridge crossing Flinders St engaging in a heated discussion. A constable approaches to ask why they are breaking the peace. Clarke replies that they are simply 'discussing the immortality of the soul'.
 (p. 10)
A Payable 'Wash', Walter J. Hegarty , single work short story (p. 14)
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