Great Australian Ghost Stories (24 page)
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First published in Australia in 2012
This edition published in 2012
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Davis, Richard Michael.
Great Australian ghost stories / Richard Davis.
978 0 7333 3107 7 (pbk.)
978 1 74309 590 4 (epub)
Ghost stories, Australian.
Ghosts â Australia â Anecdotes.
398.250994
Cover design by Darren Holt, HarperCollins Design Studio
Cover image by John Donegan/Fairfax Syndication
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Reminiscences of the Gold Fields
, by Martin Brennan, published by William Brooks, Sydney, 1907. Brennan's account of these events has a policeman's thoroughness and concern for detail but his memory fails him on the names of some people and places. This account is drawn from Brennan's work, contemporary newspaper reports and private sources.
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âFell' is an old-fashioned adjective meaning terrible, fierce and destructive.
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Readers interested in seeing that photograph will find it on the Lady Elliot Island Resort's website.