Issue Details: First known date: 1936... 1936 Adventurer's Desert Isle and Octopus Pie
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A column written about the travels of Eric Muspratt who was called the 'world's champion hobo'. This article, taken from London, tells of Muspratt's travels from Gibraltar across the Atlantic ocean to Grenada. Muspratt reportedly said he had lived on a desert isle alone for sixteen days and then with a group of Islanders who treated him like a king.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 30 April 1936 Z1668724 1936 newspaper issue 1936 pg. 20 Section: Oversea News by Air Mail Special Service
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20 Oversea News by Air Mail Special Service http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23383395 Adventurer's Desert Isle and Octopus Piesmall AustLit logo The Queenslander
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