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The Ford at West Graham and the Bridge Debate
In West Graham a wooden Royal Hotel frames a saga of Jerry Roome a squatter leader and his son Jack. A bridge replacing the old ford becomes a political battlefield with Head the minister manipulating support as a nor’wester storms the region. Jack Roome drowns at the ford and Jerry’s fury and drinking deepen amid mounting tension over land policy and local power.
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West Graham
Wainui
Orata
Royal Hotel
Jerry
Phan
Jack Roome
Jerry Roome
M.P
Ortra South
Gab
Grahams
Livingstone
Malet
Grahame
Head
Roome
Lingal Hotel
Tussock
Eyrie
Jack
Gregory
Baker’s Pass
Australia
Gregory's
Jack Koome
Tom Brewater
Coevas
Chum
Hoome
East Graham
Robertson
Roomer
Lambings
Stewart
Isla