“We young fellows,” said “Sympathy Joe” to Mitchell, after tea, in their first camp west the river — ... Read more
Australian Short Stories
Total Stories: 51
The Darling — which is either a muddy gutter or a second Mississippi — is about six times ... Read more
We were coming back from West Australia, steerage — Mitchell, the Oracle, and I. I had gone over ... Read more
Five or six half-grown larrikins sat on the cemented sill of the big window of Grinder Bros.’ Railway ... Read more
OLD MAC used to sleep in his wagon in fine weather, when he had no load, on his ... Read more
HARRY CHATSWOOD, mail contractor (and several other things), was driving out from, say, Georgeville to Croydon, with mails, ... Read more
THERE are many times in this world when a healthy boy is happy. When he is put into ... Read more
The “boss-over-the-board” was leaning with his back to the wall between two shoots, reading a reference handed to ... Read more
COULD it have been the Soul of Man and none higher that gave spoken and written word to ... Read more
The Oracle and I were camped together. The Oracle was a bricklayer by trade, and had two or ... Read more
“I agree with ‘T’ in last week’s `Bulletin’,” said Mitchell, after cogitating some time over the last drop ... Read more
OLD MAC used to sleep in his wagon in fine weather, when he had no load, on his ... Read more