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Issue Details: First known date: 1927... 1927 The Mystery of Diamond Creek
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'Captain John Netley leaves his wife and family to try to retrieve their fortunes by finding Diamond Creek. Prior to his departure his son, Stuart, says stoutly that if his father is lost he will go and look lor him with a gun and a servant. The explorer fails to return and in due course Stuart Notley keeps his word. The party cross the great Australian desert and rescue his rather, thanks to the wonderful car, the 'Murray Mustoden.' A gold rush, desert adventures, captivity in a mysterious stronghold, and tense situations make, an extremely stirring yarn.'

Source:

'Children's Series', Daily Telegraph, 19 November 1927, p.18.

Notes

  • Dedication: To Wendy.
  • Users are warned that this work contains terminology that reflects attitudes or language used at the time of publication that are considered inappropriate today.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Blackie ,
      1927 .
      person or book cover
      Link: 8510168Full text document AustLit Full Text
      Extent: 320p., [6] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Illustrated by M. Mackinlay.
      • Digitised by AustLit, 2010, from the collection of the NLA.
      • Digitised item contains school prize bookplate: 'London County Council, Crafton [?] Park Central School, awarded to James J. Wrench for proficiency in English. D.W. Llewellyn, Head Teacher, 13/6 [?] 1930'.

Works about this Work

Boys' Books of Adventure Henry W. Stace , 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 24 November no. 1347 1927; (p. 878)

— Review of The Mystery of Diamond Creek Alexander Macdonald , 1927 single work children's fiction
Boys' Books of Adventure Henry W. Stace , 1927 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 24 November no. 1347 1927; (p. 878)

— Review of The Mystery of Diamond Creek Alexander Macdonald , 1927 single work children's fiction
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