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Nell Aston Nell Aston i(A48607 works by)
Born: Established: Geraldton, Geraldton area, Dongara - Geraldton - Northampton area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Bailed Up Nell Aston , Bendigo : Wizard Books , 1995 Z860644 1995 single work drama children's This play is based on an incident that happened during the Gold Rush period. One night several bushrangers held up a stage coach at Lapstone Hill in the Blue Mountains. They set the horses loose, robbed the passengers and ransacked the mail bags. The loss was particularly felt by Ah Lun, a Chinese miner, and his two brothers who were travelling to Sydney to cash in their gold. When a young stable hand Ben offers to lead the travellers to the bushrangers' camp all the passengers agree to the plan in the hope that they can recover their property.
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