1879 – Policeman Edward Webb-Bowen migrated to Australia for the “colonial experience” and probably got more than he bargained for. Being killed by an infamous bushranger slots perfectly into the Australian frontier experience, but in the years before that he was also speared by Aborigines while a member of the Native Mounted Police in FarContinue reading “Shot by a bushranger – the most Australian experience”
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Not-so-sweet demise for cordial maker
1882 – Thirty-three year old Irishman Thomas Belford, sodawater and cordial manu-facturer was thrown from his cart after a morning of delivering his product to four hotels in Gundagai. Unfortunately, and possibly contributing to his death, he had imbibed at a number of them and his sobriety was questioned at the subsequent inquiry. Belford wasContinue reading “Not-so-sweet demise for cordial maker”
Way to go Australia 