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1 Taken By a Crocodile J. T. Beckett , 1915 single work column
— Appears in: Northern Territory Times and Gazette , 3 June 1915; (p. 18) Beckett relates the story told to him of the death of a sixteen-year-old Aboriginal girl, Alamarayu, who was taken by a crocodile while attempting to cross Victor Creek, and the close escape of her sixteen-year-old friend, Coodjealongamow. The tragic event was witnessed by the group of women and children with whom the girls were travelling.
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