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Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 Skeleton Reef
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Lord William and companion Duncan find a skeleton and gold in Western Australia. Coincidentally, the murdered man is one they knew in Scotland. They return to Scotland with an Aboriginal whom they shot and nursed to back to health. The murderer is uncovered and the reef yields gold. All marry and stay in Scotland.

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First known date: 1884
Serialised by: The Australian 1824 newspaper (141 issues)
Notes:
Published in serialised format May to August 1884. Page details unknown.
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