A Coloured Robinson Crusoe.
From Queensland news has been received that an 'Indian' castaway was found on a raft near Cairns, a. fair sized town 900 miles north of Brisbane. He alleges that he was robbed and thrown overboard from a pearling vessel bound to Sydney from Thursday island, a pearling station in the Torres Strait, lying off Cape York, paninsula. Be manager] to reach Fra'jklin (?)
Island, (which is so small as not to be shown on the maps) where he stayed 18 days and then constructed a raft, upon which he had been three days at sea when found. He may be considered a very lucky man to be still alive. .
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Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1893, Page 2
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112A Coloured Robinson Crusoe. Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1893, Page 2
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