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A Silverton Yarn single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 A Silverton Yarn
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Two sketches about German Charlie, a Silverton local identity. In one he instructs a policeman on how to make rum. In the other he relates how he built a coffin and dug a grave for an ill patron. When the man failed to die Charlie charged him for the services.

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    y separately published work icon The Cairns Post 5 October 1887 Z1813220 1887 newspaper issue 1887 pg. 3
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  • Silverton, Broken Hill area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
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