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'Nullarbor nymph' was hoax
Title : 'Nullarbor nymph' was hoax 'Nullarbor nymph' was hoax
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Source : Advertiser, 11 May 1972, p. 3
Date of creation : 1972
Format : Newspaper
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Description :

The 'Nullarbor Nymph' was a scantily clad woman who was seen on the Nullarbor Plain near Eucla in far east Western Australia and was thought to be living in the wild.

This newspaper article announces that the 'Nullarbor Nymph' was a hoax, simply planned by some locals as a bit of a joke.


Subjects
Coverage year : 1972
Place : Nullarbor Plain (SA and WA)
Region : Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast
Further reading :
Cock, Anna. 'The making of a myth', The Advertiser,17 July 1998, p. 9
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