The Phantom Stockman in The Crime of the Under Seas
hearty welcome, but would be very thankful for my assistance in unravelling a mystery which up to the time of writing had baffled him completely. What the mystery was he did not say. Now, as all the Bush world knows, Warra doona, despite the fact that it is on the direct overlanding route to Wester…
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- 2,209
- Year
- 1,905
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 2209
- Source
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- Publication
- The Crime of the Under Seas; Guy Boothby
- Published
- 1905
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- The Phantom Stockman
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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hearty welcome, but would be very thankful for my assistance in unravelling a mystery which up to the time of writing had baffled him completely. What the mystery was he did not say. Now, as all the Bush world knows, Warra doona, despite the fact that it is on the direct overlanding route to Western Queensland, is one of the most unget-at-able places on the THE PHANTOM STOCKMAN 155 face of our great Island Continent. To begin with, you have a four hundred mile railway journey, then a coach ride of upwards of two hundred more, which will bring you to the township of Yarrapanya, a settlement of four houses at the junction of.
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