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Historical account of bushrangers - the Nelson gang, 5 escapees from Macquarie Harbour prison in Van Diemen's Land - and their exploits in Victoria. 'Crossing raid' in 1853 on goldfield near Bendigo - the Oxford Gully diggings. Four of the bushrangers were killed there by ex-Crimean soldiers turned diggers. The fifth escaped with the treasure. Jim Dickens who had lost the hard-won fortune he had hoped would make his imminent marriage easier never ceased to search and on his deathbed made one of his sons vow to carry on. The boy marries but poverty causes his city-bred Melbourne wife to long for departure. Through his bush-loving son's near-death looking for magpie eggs he discovers the skeleton of the fifth bushranger and the treasure. The family - including three orphan children of his dead brother, will move to Melbourne ... theme of city vs. bush, poverty and wealth. (PB)
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Last amended 16 Dec 2003 13:54:19
Subjects:
- 1850s
Settings:
- Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
- Victoria,
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