Composed: Sydney, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1866... 1866 The Skeleton in the Bush : A True Incident
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Driven off his usual path by a bushfire, the narrator discovers the skeleton of a man in his 20s who had come to Australia to seek his fortune but got lost and died in this country between Port Phillip and Welshpool in South Gippsland in 1858. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 1 no. 46 14 July 1866 Z1062007 1866 periodical issue 1866 pg. 733-734
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  • South Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria,
  • 1850s
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