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Title: A case of sheep-stealing
Description: Having stolen a sheep carcass from a butcher, a man carried the carcass back to his tent and called for his mate to come outside. Unfortunately he had lost his way in the dark, and was instead standing outside the police station. He was later charged with sheep-stealing.
Date: 29 April 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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