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Eliza Donnithorne

Could the inspiration for the character of Miss Havisham in Dickens’ Great Expectations be lying in Camperdown Cemetery? Over the past century a legen...
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The Dunbar

The shipwreck of the Dunbar in 1857 is still commemorated with an annual memorial service in Sydney. How did Sydneysiders react when 120 people, many ...
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James Squire

Talk about a convict made good! James Squire was sent to NSW in 1788 for stealing poultry and by the time of his death in 1822 was so highly regarded ...
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