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Title: Bloodshed and robberies at Forest Creek
Description: The Argus reported that some nights ago a Police Sergeant was violently beaten in the line of duty.
Date: 7 February 1853
Published Source: Australian National Dictionary Centre, The Gold Rushes and Australian English: a resource for researchers, teachers and students, Australian National University, 2005, http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aus_words/gold/index.php. [ Details... ]
Rights: This material is provided by the Australian National Dictionary Centre, a joint project of the Australian National University and Oxford University Press Australia.

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