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Southern Cross (author)

14 June 2016 · Leave a Comment

Under construction. See: Southern Cross, A Child’s Smile, Sydney: F. H. Johnston Publishing Company, [1944] … [Read more...] about Southern Cross (author)

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Louis Esson

1 May 2016 · Leave a Comment

Under construction. Books by Louis Esson: 1910: Bells and Bees: Verses, Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian, 1910 1912: Red Gums and Other Verses, Melbourne: Fraser & Jenkinson, 1912 Short stories by Louis Esson: The Pearl of Torres [18 July 1918] … [Read more...] about Louis Esson

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Kenneth Mackay

27 February 2016 · Leave a Comment

Under construction. Books by Kenneth Mackay: 1887: Stirrup Jingles from the Bush and the Turf and Other Rhymes, Sydney: Edwards, Dunlop & Co., 1887 (poetry) 1888: A Bush Idyl, Sydney: Edwards, Dunlop & Co., 1888 (poetry) 1895: The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic … [Read more...] about Kenneth Mackay

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James Jerome Kenneally

1 August 2015 · Leave a Comment

Under construction. Mr. J. J. Kenneally at Broadford [7 September 1906] The Complete Inner History of the Kelly Gang and Their Pursuers [by J. J. Kenneally] … [Read more...] about James Jerome Kenneally

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