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Charlie and the detective: a vintage Australian true crime epic

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 5, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle

I am obliged to my friend Elaine Sheehan, the daughter of Charlie Thompson (who, coincidentally, once lived next-door to my mother), for access to many of the documents relied on…

Governor Macquarie’s chest: an extraordinary colonial relic.

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 1, 2020
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle
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THE feathers of the birds lying side by side in the box seem almost as fresh and bright as if they'd been trapped yesterday, rather than preserved with arsenic two centuries ago.…

Remembering C.K. Thompson, Newcastle journalist and author

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 30, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle

Many Australians of a certain age will remember C.K. Thompson’s books from their childhood. Thin little hardcover volumes of stories about Australian animals and birds, they were common in school…