Friday, April 8, 2011

YARRALUMLA'S BLACKFELLOW GHOST


I like these... another mention of  Yarralumla's ghost. It's a tale of jewel theft, bushrangers, a murdered Aboriginal man and the location of a treasure under a Deodar tree in front of Canberra's Yarralumla. The story is from one of John Gales works. Gale was a Canberra pioneer journalist and publisher who was commonly referred to as the Father of Canberra.

 The Argus - 20 January 1945


National Library of Australia

There's another more detailed clipping here.

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2 comments:

  1. KeithApril 8, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    I recon someone must have dug up the area by now!
    Keith
    http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/

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  2. David R. ReidApril 8, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Good luck to the bloke who gets past the Australian Federal Police it's in the Governor Generals garden Keith.

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