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Snake’s Opals by W Watkins

23/03/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail Perth – 29 December 1949 Snake was afraid! It was dangerous to have ‘struck it rich’ when Harrod was around . . . Snake Sherwood was just beginning his after-tea smoke when he heard the horse approaching through the mulga scrub that bordered the old opal cut. “Damn!” he muttered “Just as I […]

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