Polly in Narryna Polly ghost
Narryna in Battery Point is an 1830s merchant's house that now operates as a museum. It apparently has the area's longest-serving ghost, a young convict girl named Polly. Jacques Imbriotis said Polly was a young convict staff member who died when she was pregnant, either pushed or fallen down the s…
- Record ID
- 4,060
- Year
- 2,019
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 4060
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- What are Hobart's most famous ghost stories?; Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published
- 2019-04-04
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- Polly
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Narryna Heritage Museum, TAS (TAS): B
- State or territory
- TAS
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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Narryna in Battery Point is an 1830s merchant's house that now operates as a museum. It apparently has the area's longest-serving ghost, a young convict girl named Polly. Jacques Imbriotis said Polly was a young convict staff member who died when she was pregnant, either pushed or fallen down the stairs.
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