ghost in Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia
surface, and the acacia, bearing flowers like the laburnum. There are many bare downs visible from a hill near this, with green patches here and there. 2^th. — Found that one of our horses had broken loose in the night, and had some trouble and difficulty in catching him. Passed rapidly over a bare…
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- 1,663
- Year
- 1,884
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 1663
- Source
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- Publication
- Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia; George Fletcher Moore
- Published
- 1884
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Western Australia (WA): B
- State or territory
- WA
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surface, and the acacia, bearing flowers like the laburnum. There are many bare downs visible from a hill near this, with green patches here and there. 2^th. — Found that one of our horses had broken loose in the night, and had some trouble and difficulty in catching him. Passed rapidly over a bare tract, with here and there a white gum tree creeping like a ghost through tlie vistas. Found the running water in the river to be fresh ; but that standing in the pools, brackish. Followed the river, looking for its connexion with the fresh water lake ; but could not find it : at length discovered the head of a salt water lake. It.
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