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Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey.
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Related Works
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form
y
The Die Hard : The Legend of Lasseter's Lost Gold Reef
( dir. David Crocker
)
Sydney
:
Venture Film Australia
,
1969
Z1451262
1969
single work
film/TV
Traces the failed 1930 expedition by Harry Bell Lasseter to relocate the gold reef that he claimed to have found near the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia in 1897. Black-and-white photographs of the 1930 expedition and extracts from Lasseter's writings are included. Lasseter died alone during the expedition and the reef has never been found.
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form
y
The Die Hard : The Legend of Lassiter's Reef
Australia
:
ABC Radio
,
1973
Z1651725
1973
single work
radio play
A radio adaptation of Ivan and Jocelyn Smith's film documentary of the same name, The Die Hard examines the failed 1930 expedition by Harry Lasseter to find the reef of gold he supposedly discovered in the Warburton Ranges (WA) in 1897.
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