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Stories originally published in Household Words in 1853, then in The Welcome Guest in 1859 and in The Mofussilite in 1862.
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* Contents derived from the Melbourne,Victoria,:E. W. Cole,1920 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The tale of Fisher's Ghost's originally from John Lang's Botany Bay, or, True Stories of the Early Days of Australia . Penrith, NSW, was the scene of Edward Smith's murder of his neighbouring farmer John Fisher, both of them ex-convicts. Smith's plan is foiled by suspicions aroused by Fisher's apparition, the skills of a black tracker, and the sagacious magistrate, Mr Cox. Smith is hanged. (PB)
