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Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Young English Engineer's Amazing Journey : Rash Act Results in Terrible Ordeal in the Territory
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This, the fifth article in 'Epics of the Bush', tells of a young English engineer who came to Australia to run a gold mine on the Katherine River in the Northern Territory. The company went broke and the young man was held responsible for its debts and detained by his debtors. He escaped but would have died on his attempt to reach Darwin if not discovered by the Aboriginal trackers. His wife, who had travelled up from Melbourne, organised the trackers through government officials. The writer of this column professes to be related to the man who made this remarkable flight from the mine.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 17 November 1937 Z1741438 1937 newspaper issue 1937 pg. 3,37
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