The Vanished People

{{Short description|Book by Ion Idriess}}

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| author = Ion Idriess

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| publisher = Angus and Robertson

| release_date = 1955

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The Vanished People is a 1955 historical book by Ion Idriess.{{Cite web|url=http://www.idriess.info/#!titles8/c168x|title=Ion Idriess for Collectors}} It tells stories of northern Australia and New Guinea, including the saga of Mary Watson in 1881.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71701716 |title=Woman sailed to her death in a water-tank, and left A NINE-DAY DIARY OF TRAGEDY |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 October 1955 |accessdate=16 April 2016 |page=6 (The Argus WEEKENDER) |via=National Library of Australia}}