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Issue Details: First known date: 1919... 20 September 1919 of Northern Territory Times and Gazette est. 1873 Northern Territory Times and Gazette
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* Contents derived from the , 1919 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Alligator Hunting with the Aboriginals, J. S. Hoskins , single work column
Hoskins offers a colourful account of a crocodile-hunting expedition in the Mary River area of the Northern Territory.
 (p. 11)
Record Overland Trip : Burketown to Katherine in Six Days, single work column travel
The writer offers an account of his travels in a Studebaker from North Queensland to the Northern Territory as part of a working party on a trip to lay down bores.
 (p. 12)
Story of a Blue Topaz, single work column
The writer relates the story of a scientist travelling through North Queensland who encountered an old miner who would throw a large blue stone at his dog to keep it away from his meat supply. When the scientist expressed interest in the stone, the miner offered it to him. The stone subsequently became the object of consideration for a much grander role.
 (p. 12)
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