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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rene_R, post: 9483681, member: 81814&quot;]Isn&#039;t it? It has strong vibes of &quot;Around the World in Eighty Days&quot; -- including a brilliant detective. And the story went almost completely ignored for over 150 years. Thonen&#039;s diamond robbery was news until about 1900 (and then forgotten). His involvement in the Eureka Rebellion is obviously known in Australia, but the connection of the two events was not made, and while people have speculated about things like Thonen&#039;s involvement in the 1848/1849 revolutions in Europe (which cannot be proven), the truth is so much stranger.</p><p><br /></p><p>The timeline above will be part of a detailed account we (I and Anne Young, a historian from Australia) are preparing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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