The Mate's Yarn : A Ghost Story single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 The Mate's Yarn : A Ghost Story
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Told aboard ship on a journey from Victoria to Liverpool in 1856, the story of a sailor's brother saving his ship from disaster in 1836 through a ghostly appearance. The tale also serves to save a flirt from a declaration of love. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 2 no. 65 25 November 1866 Z1059877 1866 periodical issue 1866 pg. 196-197
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