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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Further Tales from Botany Bay
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Mulini Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Constable O'Connor, or, 'Tis Twelve Years Ago : A Colonial Narrative, too True by One Half., Delta [the Greek letter] , single work short story

The story of an honest but unfortunate widower who remarries an assigned Irish servant girl, who through drunkenness and dishonesty, brings about his ruin.
The Governess, Omega (fl. 1836-1837) , single work short story
Ellen Manvers, or, Frank and His Friends : A Colonial Incident, Omega (fl. 1836-1837) , single work short story
A Scene in the Wilds, Timothy Tell-Tale , single work short story
Bungaree, King of the Blacks, John Lang , single work short story
A Ghost Story, John Lang , single work short story
The Slaughter-House, or, Camden in the Olden Time, Sigma , single work short story
Capturing the Bushrangers, John Lang , single work short story
Christmas Day in the Bush, Samuel Sidney , single work short story
A burning Christmas Day outback in 1840 and two English stockmen, left without food, journey to their Devon neighbour's station and join his generous Christmas party. One of the pair enjoys not only the repast but the fair company - and later marries her. Slight, colourful, cheery, egalitarian yarn: well-connected Englishmen meet successful once-starving Devon family in the land of opportunity. The earlier version includes the reminiscence it stirs of an English Christmas in 1832 when poverty forced his family to emigrate ...(PB)
The Detective : Service Abroad in Sydney, John Lang , single work short story
A Trip through Torres Straits, John Lang , single work short story
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