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F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo
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South African History Online. (2012, May 18). F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083485
South African History Online (2012) 'F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083485 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083485, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083485. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "F.B. Deemin, a gold digger of Johannesburg, is hanged in Australia for murdering his first wife and casting her in a cement blo." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083485.
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