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This article compares the similarities in plot and theme between the real events of the 1857 Hornet Bank massacre of the Fraser family by members of the Yiman people and the subsequent retaliation, with the fictionalised massacre in Charles de Boos novel Fifty Years Ago: An Australian Tale (1867). The author also looks at the actual event as protrayed in Rosa Praed's novels and autobiographical writing.
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