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1894
Old Cooney, the Basketmaster
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The disappearance of a beautiful young girl with her jewellery and her father's gold is explained as elopement with a dubious suitor - but Trooper Gibson suspects her murder after visiting an old basket weaver and his wife. A double murder emerges disguised as a swagman, he watches the old man - disguised as his own wife who he had killed - pull the girl's body from the water ... the girl's father disowned her when she took his money and lost her 'innocense'. (PB)
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- Maryborough (Vic) area, Clunes - Maryborough - Dunolly area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
- Country towns,
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