Sturt Centenary Aims Back to Murray Expedition Voyage
The article recalls Captain Charles Sturt and his 1839 Murray River voyage led from a Sydney start with Hamilton Hume as a key influence. It details the march along the Murrumbidgee, the riverboat voyage, clashes with Indigenous groups, and the perilous return voyage marked by hunger and endurance as relief drew near.
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Northern Territory
Australia
Commonwealth
Sturt
Charles Surf
India
Pyrenees
Canada
France
Ireland
Sydney
Darling
Hamilton Hume
Macquarie River
Harris
Hopkinson
Frazer
oLil
Drays
Clayton
Murrumbidgeeab
Jusiong
Murray
Feoei Miltens
Bonis
Ulel
Yigut
Lake
Alexandria
Murrumbidgee
Brothers Cahill rise from war to public life in Muswellbrook
Richard and Frederick Cahill, veterans of World War I, returned to Australia in 1919 and 1920 respectively. Richard became deputy shire clerk of Porvigo, while Frederick, a gifted speaker and linguist, joined the Daily Witness staff in Young. Their wartime service included action in England and France and a notable rescue at Port Arthur church during a shelling.
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Fidearti
Frederick Ganill
Muscle Creek
England
ATP
France
Usey
Port Armitentientres
Frederick Cahill
Birmingham
St. James
St. James Debaring Club, Muswellbrook
Richard Cahill
Australia
Frederick
St. James' Church
Porvigo
Muswellbrook
Hibernian Society
Order
Dom, Healy
Bro
T. P. Dolactivity
Mr. P. McMahon
Scone
Odds and Ends Milkman Stories and Local Quips
A village milkman buys a horse for his rounds and faces a sharp blacksmith critique of its lean build. A young driver mishap follows as a woman signals and then changes direction. An American quip notes the poor who wash cars. A Onehunga man finds 198d in his garden and later discovers a hole in his pocket.
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Onehunga
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