How the Morning Star Reef was Discovered single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1870... 1870 How the Morning Star Reef was Discovered
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John Watson from Devon seeks fortune for his family and his betrothed on the Victorian diggings, but ill luck follows him. In his hour of greatest need, recovering from a bout of drinking, an Aboriginal family shows him the quartz reef full of gold. (PB)

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