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Recounts the capture of escaped convict, murder and bushranger 'Dick the Devil' near Melbourne in 1852. (PB)
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Memoirs of An Australian Police Officer, 1.
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Published anonymously but attributed by Lucy Sussex to Borlase ( Sussex, Lucy, and Elizabeth Gibson. Mary Helena Fortune).
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The Earliest Australian Detective Story?
1990
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— Appears in: Margin , no. 22 1990; (p. 30-31) Lucy Sussex proposes that the story by M.C., Wonderful! When You Come to Think of It! is probably the first story published in Australia by Marcus Clarke. Also, it is the earliest known Australian detective story, followed closely by The Shepherd's Hut written by James Skipp Borlase. However, it is possible that there are even earlier examples of the crime genre in Australia, waiting to be discovered.
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The Earliest Australian Detective Story?
1990
single work
column
— Appears in: Margin , no. 22 1990; (p. 30-31) Lucy Sussex proposes that the story by M.C., Wonderful! When You Come to Think of It! is probably the first story published in Australia by Marcus Clarke. Also, it is the earliest known Australian detective story, followed closely by The Shepherd's Hut written by James Skipp Borlase. However, it is possible that there are even earlier examples of the crime genre in Australia, waiting to be discovered.
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