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Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 White Mary
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The writer describes as true the story of Mary, a young woman convict who escapes in a boat with three men convicts. They travel 2000 miles from Port Jackson to Cape York where the men die but Mary is captured by Aboriginal people. She is found 23 years later.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 23 November 1938 Z1774957 1938 newspaper issue 1938 pg. 4
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  • Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Moreton Bay, Brisbane - South East, Brisbane, Queensland,
  • Fraser Island, Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Fraser Island area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
  • Hervey Bay area, Maryborough - Hervey Bay - Fraser Island area, Maryborough - Rockhampton area, Queensland,
  • Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
  • Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
  • Great Barrier Reef, Australian seas,
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