Flogging at Emu Plains in Early Sydney Life
Englishman Charley Fisher arrives in Sydney with £26 and journeys to Hawkesbury. Amid drought and dying cattle, a Windsor cattle sale lures him to buy stock, with local prices tumbling from 30 to 2 10s or 3 pounds per head. Aware of risks, he contemplates partnership and future gains.
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Charley Fisher
Sydney
London
Australia
Charley
Geogre Street
George Stree
Windsor
Richmond
Hawkesbury
Windsor Pound Yard
Parramatta
Windsor Town
Charley Fisher’s trek to the Hawkesbury and Richmond era
In the backwoods of New South Wales Charley Fisher traces a route from Parramatta to Windsor and Richmond. He witnesses convict labor, famine cases, and flogging scenes at Emu Plains. After years in timber work he returns to England, dying there.
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Charley
Church of England
St. Matthew's Istill
Richmond
Kurrajong
Blus
Australia
England
Charley Fisher
Uo Emu Plains
St Emu Plains
N.S.W
Sydney
Emu Plains
Tommy Parnell
Parnell
Slow service prompts diner to request postcards
In a humorous exchange, a hungry man at a table for nearly an hour complains to waiter Walter about the slow service after two courses. He asks for salad with the fish and jokingly tells him to drop a postcard every now and then while away.
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Walter
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