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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1946
Page
8
A garbled account outlines Wainwright’s extravagance and debt after a trust fund income, his uncle’s sudden death, and a plan to seek riches through murder. He lured relatives to the old uncle’s home, insured a sister-in-law in 1880, and faced mounting ruin as authorities closed in, with transportation or life punishment hinted.
An oral reminiscence recounts a rough Goldfield turn in a camp near Palmer Reed, describing torrential showers, raids for food and weapons, a dense line of tents along the street, and many Weenie time groups forming a crowded, uneasy township. The speaker recalls fears, camp life, and the sense that trouble loomed as the camp grew to over 200 residents in three months.
A damaged page fragment offers unclear text and names. readable bits hint at a local event or notice but lack coherent details. The readable entities suggest a community or administrative item extracted from an old newspaper.
Fragmentary OCR notice notes a stance against entry by Chinese people by authorities in a British or Australian context. It references specific places and dates as part of a broader historical debate, signaling xenophobic policy language and exclusionary rules.
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