Category: Archival material
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Spectre Carpenter (21/05/1897)
“Fifteen years ago I was an apprentice on board a Liverpool ship. While lying in harbor on the coast of California, the carpenter, with whom I was very friendly, went ashore one evening and was not again heard of before we sailed.”
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Spectre Ships (25/09/1897)
“THE crew of a stately treasure galleon mutinied, and murdered the captain, Don Sandovatte. He was dying with loss of blood and thirst; but when he feebly moaned for water, they mocked him by holding it just beyond his reach. So they were doomed to roam the seas forever; and those who had seen the…
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Unpopular Poltergeist (12/06/1949)
“A Mortdale poltergeist has terrified Mr. Norman Green, of Villiers St., Mortdale, and the rest of his family, by its rappings and knockings all over the premises since Friday night.”
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The Postman in the Fern-Tree Gullies (25/04/1864)
“One of the most lovely spots in Australian scenery — and it may be questioned whether there is anything else to surpass it in the world — is the Fern Tree Gully.”
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The Chinese and Their Dead (25/04/1864)
“In the year 1855, two Chinese of the name of Ah Leong arrived in this colony, and settled down in Hepburn. One brother died in 1856, and was buried in the Daylesford Cemetery, The survivor, in accordance with the custom of his country, has made yearly offerings at the grave of the dead man, on…
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The Supreme Court, of Van Diemen’s Land (26/11/1824)
Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 – 1825), Friday 26 November 1824, page 2 THE SUPREME COURT, OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND SATURDAY.—Jeremiah Ryan, James Bryan, Charles Ryder, and Henry McConnell were arraigned for burglariously entering the dwelling-house, of Anthony Geisse, situate at the Black Snake, on the 24th day of…
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Suicide in a Pigsty (28/07/1921)
“A wood cutter, visiting the farm of Charles Burrowes, found it deserted, and on searching a pigsty he discovered the remains of Burrowes half eaten by a boar.”
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Diane de Beaumont’s House of Ill-fame (24/12/1872)
“In the District Court yesterday, the postponed case, in which “Madame” Diane de Beaumont was summoned by the police for keeping a house at 140 Russell-street frequented by persons having no lawful visible means of support, came before Mr. Call, P.M.”
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Death of a Woman in a House of Ill Fame (09/06/1857)
“Some sensation was created at the eastern end of the city, in the neighbourhood of Bourke-street, on Sunday morning, by the intelligence that a young woman, named Jane or Janet Burt, had been found dead in her bed in a house of ill fame situated in a right of way known as Romeo-lane, running between…
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A Slice of Life from VDL (April 1830)
“We regret to learn, that Black Tom, the native, who has for some time acted as a guide to Mr. Robertson’s party, has absconded from his companions and joined the incursive tribes. Several of the out-stock huts about Swan port and Prosser’s plains have been robbed, we fear, in consequence of being led on by…