Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia (folk tale)

Fisher's Ghost

Folklore — not a documented case

In 1826 the ghost of a missing Australian man is said to have sat on a fence over a creek and pointed to where his body lay, solving his murder.

Campbelltown is today one of Sydney's south-western suburbs, but in the early 19th century it was a small farming town. Australia's most famous ghost story takes place here in 1826. It is so well loved that the town holds a festival named after it every November.

The stories in this section are folk tales and legends; they are not verified, real events and should not be confused with the rest of the archive.

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