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Bacchus Marsh 1874 Local Notes on School, Cricket and Land
Bacchus Marsh 1874 features the new head teacher T W Lewis at the State school with a decorated classroom and prize list. It recalls a Darley cricket match against Gisborne, and the death of land magnate W J T Clarke with vast holdings across Victoria and Tasmania. A flood in April 1874 causes major damage and ends with an inquest finding a two month old infant found dead by drowning.
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Bacchus Marsh
Wilson
T. W. Lewis
Campbell
Rae
J.P
James Cuthbertson
Joseph Taubman
Dux
Annie Watts
Pearce
Cornelius Mahoney
Darley
Gisborne
Melbourne
England
Marsh
Oliver
Grant
Greeves
Chadwick
Reid
Barrie
T. Anderson
Simpson
G. Anderson
Watson
Clarke
Express
W. J. T. Clarke
Big Clarke
Essendon
Somersetshire
Tasmania
New South Wales
Victoria
Dowling Forest
Wimmera
Sunbury
Leicester
Wm. Clarke
Thos
Biggs Clarke
Quorn Hill
Joseph Clarke
Norton Mandeville
Australia
New Zealand
Emerald Hill
East
Colonial Bank
Werribee
Father O'Callaghan
Dr. Kerr Hai
O'Connell
D. Robertson
Robertson
O’connell
O'Callaghan
Gough
N.B
Grenville
Hampden
Polwarth
Ripon
Austin & Maidmont
George Armytage
Austin
Barwon Park
Josiah Austin
Armytage
Luya
A. & L. Chirnside
A. Chirnside
F. Chirnside
Griffiths & Greene
Staughton Bros
H. Staughiton
Legislative Council
Geelong
Bacehus Marsh
Main Street
Jeremiah Ryan
A. C. Simon
James Vallence
Goodman's Creek
Lyle’s Creek
Low
Mr. W. Grant
Shire Council
Korkuperrimul
Thomas Low
Ballarat
Mr. Simpson