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Melville's Fatal Shot single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1877... 1877 Melville's Fatal Shot
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Set at the Springs' station near Dunolly, a trooper helps capture the bushranger Captain Melville and his wife and son - but tragedy follows with the death of Melville's brother and the wife and son from his bullet. (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 12 no. 141 February 1877 Z1056826 1877 periodical issue 1877 pg. 303-309
Last amended 31 Jan 2005 11:35:25
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  • Dunolly area, Clunes - Maryborough - Dunolly area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
  • 1847
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