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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 Yarragongartha
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Notes

  • Prefaced by information sections, 'Trials of Early Pioneers on Land', and 'Early Australian Newspapers'.

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    y separately published work icon Yarragongartha : Stirling Castle and Yarragongartha E. H. Earnshaw , Sydney : E. H. Earnshaw , 1930 Z1531078 1930 selected work children's fiction historical fiction children's 'The two stories in this book are true. The first tells of the wreck of the brig Stirling Castle in 1836, and gives an exciting and truthful account of the adventures of the captain and crew. The second story describes the attack made by aboriginal warriors in 1874 upon Barrow Creek Telegraph Station, a lonely link the great chain of telegraph stations connecting Adelaide with Darwin.' (Title page) Yarragongartha : A Complete Story : Sydney Cove in the Days of the Brave Pioneers : Pioneers of Australia by Sea and Land : A Book of Historical Interest to Both Adults and Children Sydney : E. H. Earnshaw , 1930 pg. 27-45
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Subjects:
  • Barrow Creek, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
  • 1874
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