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Two Hawkesbury Memorials to First Contact at Windsor and Pitt Town
© Jim Low Recently I made a return visit to two memorials along the Hawkesbury River (Deerubbin)....
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The Life and Times of Tom – son of Third Fleet convict John Pye
There were just the four of us as we grew up, and the only relatives we knew of were our two...
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A Convict’s Lot
Step out of your Time Machine in downtown London in the 1780’s and it’s the smell that bowls you...
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© Jim Low
There’s a Fire!
Like many parts of Australia, the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney in New South Wales has...
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Massacre at Shaws Creek
In May 1805 the Sydney Gazette reported on a recent conflict that occurred between armed settlers...
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