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Issue Details: First known date: 1949... vol. 84 no. 998 2 May 1949 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:

    • The fifth instalment of Shannon's Way by British author, A. J. Cronin
    • The first instalment of Joy and Josephine by British author, Monica Dickens
    • Dark Spectre by British author, B.L. Jacot
    • It's Hard to Be a Heroine by New Zealand author, Joyce West
    • Katie's Career by British author, Sid Chaplin
  • Includes the third instalment of Episodes in the Life of the Flying Doctor

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1949 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Melodie's Year, Ian Sabey , single work novel (p. 373-375, 412-423, 430-432)
Aunt, Jean E. Turnley , single work short story (p. 377-379, 400-404)
Be Polite to Policemen, Cole Turnley , single work short story (p. 389-391, 406)
The Captain of the 'Perseverance', Robert S. Close , single work short story historical fiction

'A sea-going ruffian of no ordinary calibre, Amaso Delano, of Boston, Mass., was a master shipbuilder a daring navigator a complete hypocrite and a thoroughly unscrupulous rogue. In the course of a four-year voyage in a 200-ton ship of his own construction, he honoured Australian waters with a visit in 1804, the year before the battle of Trafalgar. Though it could not be said that he added anything to Australian history, his stay among the sealers throws some light on life on the Bass Strait Islands at that time.

These episodes in Delano's career are based on entries in his own diary, which he faithfully kept for many years, apparently omitting on villainy. He was one too many for the simple sealers of the Straits, but his sharp practice nearly cost him a fortune in the long run.

Men like Delano can scarcely be judged by ordinary standards. They sailed in days when men lived dangerously and died hard, and their tiny ships opened up in a new world.

While the great seas crashed on the decks above, and worn, patched sails strained in a howling Cape Horn gale, until it seemed that every minute would see the 'Perseverance' founder beneath him, Delano opened his Journal and wrote: "...None of the great navigators, Dampier, Cook, La Perouse, ever represented difficulty in doubling Cape Horn. Such complaints are only made by men of lesser ability..."

Delano himself had no complaints.' (p. 392)

(p. 392-396)
Mrs. Tony Makes Friends, M. J. Holt , single work short story (p. 433-435)
Tomorrow Must Come, Rex Grayson , single work short story (p. 444-459, 462-463)

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