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Emily Mulligan

Emily Mulligan is a writer based in Sydney.

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    We used to be a real country: from the Guyra Ghost to the Penrith Panther

    This Halloween, instead of viewing the day as imported, commercial nonsense, it’s worth taking a moment to look back at our very Australian spooky past. Not conscription, rat plagues, or the Frontier Wars, but our rich history of ghost stories.

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    We used to be a real country: from the Guyra Ghost to the Penrith Panther