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Issue Details: First known date: 1875... 1875 Fulfilled
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A partner in a mercantile house brings home a handsome young Englishman to see how he likes life in Australia - but he is killed by a snake while kangaroo shooting soon after landing. His fiancee had died of consumption in England around the same time. Interesting accounts of incidents on the voyage out and the kangaroo hunt. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 11 no. 127 December 1875 Z1085580 1875 periodical issue 1875 pg. 204-206
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