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y separately published work icon The Double Event : A Tale of the Melbourne Cup single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 The Double Event : A Tale of the Melbourne Cup
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form y separately published work icon The Double Event W. J. Lincoln , ( dir. W. J. Lincoln ) Australia : Amalgamated Pictures , 1911 6193420 1911 single work film/TV crime adventure romance

Finding his brother out in an attempted murder but unwilling to expose him for the sake of the family name, Jack Drayton departs for Australia under the assumed name Jack Marston. In Melbourne, he falls in love with a bookmaker's daughter, wins the Melbourne Cup, and attracts the unwanted attentions of the murderous blackmailer Fletcher.

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Alternative title: With the Tide
Serialised by: The Referee 1886 newspaper (15 issues)
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First published in serialised format in the Sydney Referee with title With the Tide.
Alternative title: Caloola. En Roman Fran Australien
Language: Swedish
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