The Black Fear single work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 The Black Fear
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Aboriginal woman painted like skeleton for a corroboree seeks refuge with white family when her husband, intoxicated with opium, threatens to kill her, first knocking father over in kitchen, then hiding till daylight under a son's bed.

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  • Barron River, Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
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