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A tramp in rags refuses to join an old companion from Darlinghurst Gaol as a bushranger but seeks work on a nearby station. The owner hires him but a 'Joe 45' discovers that the owner's wife is in fact his own wife whose false testimony put him in jail for the murder she committed. Revenge tempts him but gratitude to his employer wins his dying battle. Tale of a fierce prisoner reformed on release from a false imprisonment, set near the Murray. (PB)
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Subjects:
- Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Murray River,
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- Murray River,
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