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The Dark Claim
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In a worked out diggings town on the Melbourne Road in 1858 a storekeeper loves the daughter of a miserly hill-dweller who refuses to consider him as a son-in-law. The arrival of a dubious acquaintance from earlier digging days who is determined to track down the secret gold claim he believes the old man has. But the old man kills his young son in a fit of anger and the storekeeper kills him likewise - eventually being convicted as a murderer. His friend marries the girl and they prosper on the old man's gold and the store-keeper's savings. (PB)
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- Victorian goldfields area, Victoria,
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