South Australia

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Little Gus vanished from his family’s Oak Park Station homestead on September 27.

Heartbreak after police drain dam in search for Gus

Police have provided an update on their weeks-long search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont after draining a dam at his family’s remote sheep station.

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Police have returned to the property where Gus Lamont vanished in a renewed search effort.

Major update in search for missing 4yo Gus

Police have returned to the South Australian outback as the search for four-year-old Gus Lamont intensifies.

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Gus Lamont disappeared from his family's remote sheep grazing property in late September. (HANDOUT/SA POLICE)

Missing outback boy may be outside targeted search area

August ‘Gus’ Lamont, 4, has not been seen since vanishing from his family’s farm at the end of September.

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Nineteen days after four-year-old Gus Lamont disappeared, police have shared a new development.

Emotional update in search for missing 4yo Gus

South Australian authorities have issued a new update in the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, nearly three weeks after he vanished from his family’s remote property.

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The mother of allegedly murdered teen Pheobe Bishop has written an emotional letter to the family of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont.

Heartbreaking letter delivered to 4yo Gus’ family

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Gus vanished from an outback sheep property after last being seen playing outside a homestead.

How heartbreaking mystery of missing 4yo Gus unfolded

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Temperatures are set to reach 36C as search teams scan the remote property where Gus Lamont went missing last month.

Scorching heat set to hinder outback search efforts

More than 100 team members are searching for four-year-old Gus amid scorching temperatures.

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Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing at a sheep station in outback South Australia on September 27.

New revelation from cops as 4yo Gus search continues

Over 100 search and rescue personnel have spent the day in some of the harshest possible conditions as police provide the latest update on their search for evidence.   

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Search efforts are set to be hampered by extreme heat.

Police, ADF dealt blow in latest search for 4yo Gus

The search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont has been hit with a frustrating hurdle.

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The ADF are back and searching for Gus Lamont in South Australia.

Heartbreaking reason police stepped up search for 4yo Gus

South Australia’s Police Commissioner has provided an update on the reinvigorated search for the little boy who disappeared from his grandparents’ property as the ADF move back in.

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A chilling new theory about the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont has surfaced as the search for the missing child resumes.

‘Answer is there’: New theory in search for 4yo Gus

A chilling new theory about the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont has surfaced as officers return to the outback where the boy vanished.

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Tragedy after child missing from home

The frantic search for a child missing from a suburban home has ended in tragedy.

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