The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery / Alexandra Roginski.
The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery / Alexandra Roginski.
The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery / Alexandra Roginski.
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Publisher
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2015.
Clayton, Victoria Monash University Publishing, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2016/361 , H 2015/1732
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 124 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 21 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2015.
Clayton, Victoria Monash University Publishing, [2015]
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
c2015.
[2015]
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Summary
It is 1860 in Australia. An Aboriginal laborer named Jim Crow is led to the scaffold of the Maitland Gaol in colonial New South Wales. Among the onlookers is the Scotsman A.S. Hamilton, who will take bizarre steps in the aftermath of the execution to exhume this young man's skull. Hamilton is a lecturer who travels the Australian colonies teaching...
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The hanged man and the body thief : finding lives in a museum mystery / Alexandra Roginski.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2015/1732 ; Submission for Premier's History Award 2016.
Mitchell Library copy held at H 2015/1732 :Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2016.
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Date Copyright
c2015.
©2015.
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G 2016/361 , H 2015/1732
Record Identifier
74VK777rqbOg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK777rqbOg
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ISBN
9781922235664 (paperback)
DDC
920.00929915
MMS ID
991022787989702626
