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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, NSW, Australia
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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…

Tomahawk Joe and friend at Cronulla, February 1938. Photo by Ray Olson, courtesy of the State Library of NSW.

The real Tomahawk Joe, at last

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:October 20, 2019
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Time and again, over the years, I've heard stories of a "wild white man" known as Tomahawk Joe who made a name for himself in the Newcastle area in the…

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