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No. 1 Currajong Terrace single work   short story   crime  
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: 1894... 1894 No. 1 Currajong Terrace
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South Melbourne. New tennants next door to a deceased publican's wife and son appear to be father and daughter. The rich son secretly marries the forward daughter but when his mother is killed for her jewellery and money he is arrested for the murder. The old woman revives and the 'father' next door proves to be the girl's brother and the murderer. He dies of the DT's in prison, the marriage is happy, and mother, son and wife depart for California. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 30 no. 354 November 1894 Z1080370 1894 periodical issue 1894 pg. 161-166
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  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1873
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