1890 – A poignantly broken headstone in a country cemetery marks the resting place of Irishman Richard Clements, who died when he came off his horse. The 53-year-old, a well-known and well-off grazier in the Whorouly area, was taking cattle to Bowman’s Forest railway station, which lies along what is now the Great Alpine Road leading from theContinue reading “Broken headstone marks tragic fall from horse”
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Boy plunged from tree to death
1945 – Thirteen-year-old Trevor Burt fell from a tree when a branch snapped, plunging him into the creek below and breaking his neck. Trevor and some other boys were swimming in Narrabri Creek behind the town’s Scout Hall (in the centre of today’s town) about 4pm. He had been swimming and diving off a spring boardContinue reading “Boy plunged from tree to death”
Way to go Australia 