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... Pieman River . This noble stream was named after a famous man - eater and Hobart pie vendor , Jimmy the Pieman , who three times escaped from Sarah Island and assuaged his hunger with the flesh of his trusting mates . The first time he ...
... Pieman River . This noble stream was named after a famous man - eater and Hobart pie vendor , Jimmy the Pieman , who three times escaped from Sarah Island and assuaged his hunger with the flesh of his trusting mates . The first time he ...
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... Pieman River , where tiny steamers and ketches unloaded supplies . In January 1881 , however , four Baltic sailors - Gustav Weber and the Karlson brothers - found a better port . They had sailed to the Pieman in their seven - ton cutter ...
... Pieman River , where tiny steamers and ketches unloaded supplies . In January 1881 , however , four Baltic sailors - Gustav Weber and the Karlson brothers - found a better port . They had sailed to the Pieman in their seven - ton cutter ...
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... Pieman River . Brown and an old Chinese won a few ounces , apparently kept the secret , and there was no rush . Two years later four prospectors rowed up the Pieman , a dark mirror of a river with forest lined banks , and found gold in ...
... Pieman River . Brown and an old Chinese won a few ounces , apparently kept the secret , and there was no rush . Two years later four prospectors rowed up the Pieman , a dark mirror of a river with forest lined banks , and found gold in ...
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