The Chinaman's Ghost in Joe Wilson and His Mates
to Redclay Creek. The lonely flats were covered with blue-grey gum bush, and looked ghostly enough in the moonlight, and I was pretty shaky, but I had a pull at the flask and a mouth- ful of water at a creek and felt right enough. I began to whistle, and then to sing : I never used to sing unless I…
- Record ID
- 2,138
- Year
- 1,901
- Source
- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 2138
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Joe Wilson and His Mates; Henry Lawson
- Published
- 1901
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- The Chinaman's Ghost
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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to Redclay Creek. The lonely flats were covered with blue-grey gum bush, and looked ghostly enough in the moonlight, and I was pretty shaky, but I had a pull at the flask and a mouth- ful of water at a creek and felt right enough. I began to whistle, and then to sing : I never used to sing unless I thought I was a couple of miles out of earshot of any one. THE chinaman's GHOST. I79 * Murderers Gully was deep and pretty dark most times, and of course it was haunted. Women and children wouldn't go through it after dark; and even me, when I'd grown up, I'd hold my back pretty holler, and whistle, and walk quick going along there at.
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