Table of Contents

Cover Page

Praise

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Black Crows: An Episode of ‘Old Van Diemen’

A. Werner

Nectar of the Gods

H. W. Stewart

Death of a Ladies’ Man

James McQueen

Great-Aunt Fanny’s Picnic

Hal Porter

Faith, Hope and Charity

Philomena van Rijswijk

The Woodpecker Toy Fact

Carmel Bird

A Jar of Raspberry Jam

Barney Roberts

How Muster-Master Stoneman Earned His Breakfast

Price Warung

A ‘Model’ Dream

Theresa Tasmania

An Old-Time Episode in Tasmania

Tasma

The Seizure of the Cyprus

Marcus Clarke

The Hermit of the Huon

Henry J. Goldsmith

The Castle Morton Jerry

Nicholas Shakespeare

Orange Bathers

Adrienne Eberhard

The Needle in the Shoe

Rohan Wilson

None of the Above

Danielle Wood

In the River

Tahune Linah

The Salted Claim

A. J. O.

The Tasmanian Devil

James Leakey

The Magistrate

Roy Bridges

The Meat Merchant

Geoffrey Dean

Preserves

Margaret Scott

The Mysterious Handbag

Rachael Treasure

The Conquest of Emmie

Joan Wise

Biographical Details

Acknowledgements