Volume 3 No. 3 — 1 May 1968

The Spirit of the Creek!

John Lang
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Published 1 May 1968 in Volume 3 No. 3. Subjects: Ghosts.

Cite as: Lang, John. ‘The Spirit of the Creek!.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, 1968, doi: 10.20314/als.638abf46fc.

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