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{{Publication|Author=Myrtle (aged16)|Author Gender=|Nationality=Australian|Date=30/07/1901|Publication Title=Morning Bulletin| Reprint=|Form=Short story|Form 2=|Form 3=|Genre=Children's |Genre 2=|Genre 3=|Genre 4=|Extract Regime=Gold|Extract Regime 2=|Extract Regime 4=|Extractive Stage=|Extractive Stage 2=|Extractive Stage 3=|Extractive Stage 4=|Labour=|Labour 2=|Labour 3=|Infrastructure=|Infrastructure 2=|Infrastructure 3=|Colonies represented=Queensland|Colonies represented 2=|Colonies represented 3=|Colonies represented 4=|Colony Pub.=Queensland|Location=Queensland|GPS=-23.0000000, 143.0000000|Web Link=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52738899|Chapters Continued=|Notes=Written by a child for the children's column. Narrator's gold is stolen by Gunpowder Jack' (possibly a convict). 10 years later, the narrator runs into a dying Jack and discovers that he never spent the gold. The gold is returned and Jack is redeemed before his death}}