I was six years old when my parents told me that there was a small, dark jewel inside ... Read more
Australian Short Stories
Total Stories: 51
The typical Australian bullock — long-horned, sullen-eyed, stupid, and vindictive — is bred away out in Queensland, on ... Read more
The firm of Sloper and Dodge, publishers and printers, was in great distress. These two enterprising individuals had ... Read more
The snow was falling, and the Cat’s fur was stiffly pointed with it, but he was imperturbable. He ... Read more
Dog-fighting as a sport is not much in vogue now-a-days. To begin with it is illegal. Not that ... Read more
Of all the ways in which men get a living there is none so hard and so precarious ... Read more
The dog is a member of society who likes to have his day’s work, and who does it ... Read more
Travellers approaching a bush township are sure to find some distance from the town a lonely public-house waiting ... Read more
The circus was having its afternoon siesta. Overhead the towering canvas tent spread like a giant mushroom on ... Read more
The sheep-dog and the cattle-dog are the workmen of the animal kingdom; sporting and fighting dogs are the ... Read more
“Them things,” said Alfred the chauffeur, tapping the speed indicator with his fingers, “them things are all right ... Read more
Greenhide Billy was a stockman on a Clarence River cattle-station, and admittedly the biggest liar in the district. ... Read more
