An Old Scotchman An Old Scotchman i(A79048 works by)
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1 How Golden Reef Was Found An Old Scotchman , 1895 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 30 no. 362 1895; (p. 631-632) Tale of a broken romance, theft of gold and the discovery of Golden Reef. As a young man on the Jericho goldfields in 1859 the narrator fell in love with a local store servant cum bar maid. He tells her when he taking is his gold to a nearby town for sale but only discovers later, after she has accompanied him and helped the bushranger Captain Melville steal the gold, that she has betrayed him. In searching for his stolen gold he stumbles across a gold-bearing quartz rock and discovers the incredibly rich Golden Reef. Story claims to be factual with only names changed. (PB)
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