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- Spotlight: Bushranger Tricked (18/03/1911)“A good story is told of the late Mr. James Dennis, one of Australia’s best known hoteliers.”
- Spotlight: The Burning of Mr. Morriss’s Store at Binda (24/02/1865)“AT the Police Court, on Thursday, the 16th, and, by adjournment, on Monday, the 20th instant, before the Police Magistrate, Christina McKinnon, Ellen Monks, and Margaret Monks were charged with aiding and abetting in the commission of arson, on the 26th December last.”
- Spotlight: Morgan (18/02/1865)“John, Arthur, and W. Whitehead, the eldest a very young man, and the latter boys, crossed the Murray from the Gooramadda Station on Saturday last, in search of some cattle that had gone over into New South Wales. When about 20 miles from home, close to the Gumballah (?) Paddock, they saw a man near the slip-rail, on the other side of the fence. They were riding away from him when he called on them to stand and come back to the slip-rail, covering them at the same time with a carbine.”
- Spotlight: Inquest on Constable Nelson (04/02/1865)“On Friday last Dr. Waugh, coroner, held an inquest at Mr. Kimberley’s Inn, Collector, on the body of Samuel Nelson, who was shot by the bushrangers on the previous evening.”
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