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The Old Saw-Mill 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: 1881... 1881 The Old Saw-Mill
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Two troopers disguise themselves as surveyors to track down the bloody bushranger "Wild Sifer". They discover an old mill with a tangible ghost - a girl driven half-mad; an underground tunnel, a brutal hunter; and an old Irishman and his daughter who are betrayed by their former ally. (PB)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 16 no. 195 August 1881 Z1014076 1881 periodical issue 1881 pg. 641-648
Last amended 19 Dec 2003 10:12:30
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  • 1856
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  • Bush,
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