152612
- TitleHarry Chaplin - letter received from Erle Cox concerning Harold Lasseter, 1948
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- Call numberMLMSS 6397
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1948 - Type of material
- Reference code152612
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 4636, frames 1-13 (MLMSS 6397)
- Physical Description1 folder - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript) - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Erle Cox (1873-1950) was a Melbourne journalist who worked on The Argus and The Age. He also published three novels.
Harold Lasseter (c.1880-1931), gold prospector. In 1929 he claimed that he had discovered a rich gold bearing reef in Central Australia. In 1930 an expedition was formed to seearch for the reef. Following a number of accidents and dissension in the party, Lasseter went on alone. He was never seen alive again. A search party found his body and brought back his diary which revealed that he had lived among Aborigines for several months and had apparently died of starvation. - Scope and ContentLetter, 29 January 1948 (5pp.); Cox gives his recollections of Lasseter from letters he received from him and several meetings he had with him.
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