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Australian Tales

by Marcus Clarke


Australian Tales is a post-humous collection of articles and short stories that were gathered together and released by Clarke's widow in 1896.

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Table of Contents

Introduction Preface Biography Australian Learning "Colonial Experience" Pretty Dick Poor Joe Gentleman George's Bride Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Bullocktown (Glenorchy) Grumbler's Gully Romance of Bullocktown How the Circus Came to Bullocktown The Romance of Lively Creek Chapter 1 - "Green Bushes" Chapter 2 - The Mystery Chapter 3 - The Sumpitan King Billy's Troubles Holiday Peak "Horace" in the Bush Squatters Past and Present The Future Australian Race Our Ancestors Ourselves Our Children

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