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Issue Details: First known date: 1876... vol. 12 no. 139 December 1876 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1876 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The First Mrs Motley, single work short story
Three elder sisters disapprove of their younger sister's marriage and exultantly inform her one day that he has a first wife who is still living ... Brief - three ugly sisters theme. (PB)
 (p. 173)
Herr Von Strauss, single work short story
A German composer and musician appears to fall in love with his gentle Melbourne milk-vendress when he is living in poverty in Fitzroy, but leaves her for a year and returns to her on her deathbed ... Uneven, sentimental and colloquial by turns. (PB)
 (p. 174-177)
Little Jane's Christmas Gift, single work prose
Dramatised instructions for simple Christmas presents children can make. (PB)
 (p. 176-177)
Traced by a Knife, W. W. , single work short story
A coach driver is killed by a bushranger near Tenterfield, and the governess who was a hidden passenger discovers his identity later. It is the coach-driver's wife masquerading as a man who secures revenge where the governess would have shown no mercy ... (PB)
 (p. 177-185)
The Lover's Revenge : A Tasmanian Sketch, F. A. , single work short story
Set in Launceston and the nearby Distillery Caves, the story of a young chemist's revenge on the bushranger Bloody Jack and his accomplice, Jacob Levi the jeweller, for the murder of the chemist's fiancee. Rushed pace, sketchy development with detailed street topography of Launceston. (PB)
 (p. 185-187)
The Sisters : A Tale of the Christmas Time, single work short story
Two widowed sisters become bitterly estranged through small town gossip but are reunited on Christmas Eve through love for their mother's memory. Gossip pithily conveyed; reunion morally sentimental. (PB)
 (p. 187-189)
The Fallen Idol, single work short story
A rich beautiful woman is made plain by disease and loses her fiancee. She gains fame as a writer but discovers that for a woman's life her head must bend to the heart again. Predictable; woman's true strength in love. (PB)
 (p. 190-191)
Many a Slip, single work prose
Camilla Gubbins, spinster, loses the proposal she has been working on for two years through a moment's ill-temper. Slight. (PB)
 (p. 191)
A Christmas Story, J. B. Clegg , single work short story
Resetting of Dickens tale in Australia - Scrunch instead of Scrooge - refusing to help his poverty-stricken daughter and her family - he has a night of visions and dreams whch change his character. Very derivative. (PB)
 (p. 192-196)
Dollie Gray's Experience, single work short story
Dollie is taught to value the love and support of her own poor family through a visit to a rich friend's house where there is a pianoforte but no feeling. Moral tale. (PB)
 (p. 196)
My Friends and Acquaintances, Waif Wander , single work prose
On friendships cultivated from the heart and not through observance of social niceties - with loyal dogs : Jack and Taffy. Describes their habits and personalities, and their daily walk to a country to a country township. Character study. (PB)
 (p. 197-199)
Sketches from the Bush : The Rouseabout's Hut at Shearing Time, Scriblems , single work short story
On the variety of characters - mainly swagmen - who assemble in the rouseabout's huts on Riverina sheep station just before shearing. Describes their readiness to enjoy the squatter's open hospitality before the dread days of signing-on actually arrive - when many move on to the next station. (PB)
 (p. 200-201)
The Irish Guide's Story, single work short story
An Irish broom-maker fixes a witch's broom one night and receives her promise of help in return. Charming faery tale mixed with romance. Set in Ireland with Australian references, eg., mosquitoes. (PB)
 (p. 202)
Facetiae and Scraps : The Ostrich, single work prose
This regular column includes a longer sketch this month - a humorous description of the ostrich and its eating proclivities. (PB)
 (p. 216)
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Notes:
Includes the third instalment of serial fiction, 'Nina Cavallon; Or, the Foundling's Bride. A Persian Romance'. pp. 163-172.
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