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Issue Details:
First known date:
1875...
vol.
11
no.
127
December
1875
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1875 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Mysterious Sketch,
single work
short story
A penniless young artist's sketch of a murder scene nearly condemns him until he is inspired to paint the murderer. Psychic overtones to a trance-like tale. (PB)
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The Silk Robbery,
single work
short story
A robbery of silk from a Collins Street drapery establishment and the disappearance of the shop manager lead to a murder that Mark Sinclair must solve ... (PB)
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An Elephant Hunt in India,
single work
prose
travel
An elephant battle at Baroda, India - a regular entertainment in the elephant stables of the Gaekwar. (PB)
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Fleur-de-lis : A Doctor's Story,
single work
short story
Story of an acquaintance of the doctor-narrator whom he had saved from an Aboriginal attack years before. Meeting in Melbourne he hears of the youth's restoration to his French father and his inheritance; and later of his subsequent death, and the murder of his wife and son ... (PB)
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Humbug,
single work
prose
On the disappearance of honesty and integrity. Includes examples from a theatrical critic in a metropolitan [Melbourne] journal; and of the emphasis on keeping up social appearances. (PB)
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The Hazard of the Die,
single work
prose
Set on the French colony of St Domingo in 1783, a tale of a duel by dice in a gaming house - and its terrible execution. (PB)
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A Knave of Hearts,
single work
short story
A picnic in a beautiful Australian setting is cut short by a boat accident, just as the beauty and happiness of the four young women is destroyed by the heartless flirtations of handsome Hugh Lacy. Moral conclusion. (PB)
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Stepmother Melicent,
single work
short story
A stepmother's hard battle to win over the children of her predecessor, particularly the eldest daughter. (PB)
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Fulfilled,
single work
short story
A partner in a mercantile house brings home a handsome young Englishman to see how he likes life in Australia - but he is killed by a snake while kangaroo shooting soon after landing. His fiancee had died of consumption in England around the same time. Interesting accounts of incidents on the voyage out and the kangaroo hunt. (PB)
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The Haunted Camp,
single work
short story
Story of the narrator's first year as a trooper on the Croma diggings, and the solution of a pedlar's murder by his wily and fleshly ghost ... (PB)
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My Wife's Nose,
single work
short story
Account of the inconvenience and benefits of the narrator's wife's exceptional sense of smell. Set in Melbourne mainly - involving wifely jealousy, avoidance of scarlet fever, detection of a thief, and more. (PB)
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Marriage and Divorce,
single work
prose
Depicting the uncertainties surrounding marriage and supporting the general inadmissability of divorce. (PB)
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A Chase,
single work
prose
Burglary is rife in a wealthy midlands town, and a policeman gives chase to a suspicious man with an apparent weapon under his arm - who resolves himself into an athletic schoolmaster carrying a telescope. (PB)
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Break of Promise of Marriage,
single work
prose
On the rights and wrongs of this legal remedy. (PB)
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