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July 14, 2016 By Graham Seal in lost treasures Leave a comment

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pokemon-go-these-scavenger-hunts-were-all-rage-180959788/

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  • BEST AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORIES
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  • THE ORGY THAT WASN’T
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  • THE SUPERHIGHWAYS OF SAHUL
  • AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST STORIES
  • THE FLYING DUTCHMAN DOWN UNDER
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  • A FEW MORE FOOLS
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  • STEALING THE BONES
  • DEFYING THE SYSTEM IN SALEM, 1661
  • THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF GOBAN SAOR
  • FRED THE RIPPER
  • BANDIT LANDS 12 GIOVANNI TOLU
  • SING A SONG OF JACK THE RIPPER
  • AUSTRALIA’S MOST INFAMOUS CRIMINALS
  • THYLACINE FILES UPDATE
  • WHAT HAPPENED TO TIMOTHÉE VASSE?
  • THE EPIC FARTS OF GENERAL PUMPKIN
  • AGE OLD TALES: COULD THEY BE TRUE?
  • STORY MAKES US HUMAN*
  • THIMBLERIGGING – HOW TO PLAY THE SHELL GAME
  • Mything in Action – The Thylacine Files
  • LIFE ON THE HULKS
  • JUST OUT FOR XMAS – GREAT AUSTRALIAN PLACES
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  • THE SLAVES OF LUNDY
  • TIN KETTLING – A LOST CUSTOM
  • THE REAL RED RIDING HOOD
  • THE SONS OF FREEDOM MEET THE SAMURAI
  • ALEXANDER AT THE GATES OF PARADISE
  • THE SHROUD – A RUSSIAN REVENANT
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  • WHO WERE THE CHARTISTS? Part 2
  • CHARTISM DOWNUNDER – A MISSED HISTORY Part 1
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  • THE REDEMPTION OF MYRA SYKES
  • GREAT AUSTRALIAN MYSTERIES – OUT NOW
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