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Morpeth Moments
by Marlene Duncan
It will feature stories about murder, unfortunate tragedies and other crimes - all involving people that were in some way connected to the village of Morpeth, NSW. . . as convicts, soldiers and settlers made this area their home, stayed for a while to discover their niche or moved on to seek their fortune.Fortnightly episodesEmail: [email protected] Page: Morpeth MomentsMusic: Kevin McLeod | YouTube Audio Library - YouTube (Lone Harvest)
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Ashton Circus redo
Send us Fan Mail The first successful circus in Australia actually originated from Hobart by an Englishman Robert Avis Radford in 1847. He used acts such as equestrianism, acrobats, and clowning, which mimicked the Astley circus in England. It was from this circus that James Henry Ashton, of the...
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Michael Collihane 5th person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Send us Fan Mail This episode contains information of the 5th hanging at Maitland Gaol, NSW. Michael Collihane was charged for the rape of Mrs. Ann Milsom, at Aberdeen, NSW, on 10th May 1851, and hanged thereafter at Maitland Gaol on 2nd October, 1851. Michael Collihane obtained his Ticket of…
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4th Hanging at Maitland Gaol - William Hayes
Send us Fan Mail William Hayes was indicted for the willful murder of Benjamin Cott, at Dagworth, on the 13th November, 1850, by beating and wounding him with a certain blunt instrument, whereof the said Benjamin Cott instantly died. William Hayes was hanged at Maitland Gaol on the 25th April...
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3rd Hanging at Maitland Gaol - George Waters Ward
Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode in the series - Maitland Gaol Executions by Hanging. The first two hangings were Melville and Long Harry, executed on 16th September 1843. George Waters Ward was hanged at Maitland Gaol on 19th March 1849, for the wilful murder of Richard Connolly,...
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Episode 1 - 1st Hanging at Maitland Goal
Send us Fan Mail Maitland Gaol is in East Maitland, NSW and this location was first used as a gaol in 1843, even though incomplete. In the same year, two prisoners were hanged for murder. Sixteen executions by hanging were carried out at the Gaol at the front gates and at the rear corner behind…
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Ashton Circus
Send us Fan Mail The first successful circus in Australia actually originated from Hobart by an Englishman Robert Avis Radford in 1847. He used acts such as equestrianism, acrobats, and clowning, which mimicked the Astley circus in England. It was from this circus that James Henry Ashton, of the...
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The Burren Tragedy
Send us Fan Mail William Maher arrived at John Green's selection at Burren Station on the day of the tragedy, (4th September 1894) having shaved his whiskers off. He got off his horse near the house and fixed his rifle together, having carried it in pieces. He spoke to John Green, who, not…
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Charles Hines last person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Send us Fan Mail Charles Hines, condemned to death by the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Darley, at the Circuit Court held in Maitland in April 1897, for a terrible outrage committed on his step-daughter, at a place called Gundy, near Scone, suffered the last dread penalty of the law within the...
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Michael McMahon - 15th person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Send us Fan Mail Michael McMahon was the 15th person hanged at Maitland Gaol on the 12th December 1871, for the murder of John Jones at Hall’s Creek. A magisterial enquiry was held at Denman, on the 8th of June, 1871, before G. A. F. Kibble, Esq, J P , touching the death of a man named John…
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Black Harry - 13th person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Send us Fan Mail There was a sigh of relief when the news got abroad in the middle of August, 1861, that the murderer, Black Harry, was captured. There was great excitement locally when, after his committal at Merriwa, he was brought on to Singleton; and placed in the local lockup. The people...
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The Tragedy at Allandale - Lillian Bridge and Frederick Green - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail The Green family were very well known in the Hunter Valley. Walter Clement Green, vigneron, was the father of Frederick Davies Green, who was charged with the murder of Lilian Bridge, aged 16, daughter of William Bridge, employee of W. C. Green, on 14th April 1908. References:...
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The Tragedy at Allandale - Lillian Bridge and Frederick Green
Send us Fan Mail History records the tragic tale of the murder of Lilly Bridge in 1908 somewhere between her home and Norwood House. It is thought that Frederick Green (son of Walter Clement Green - winemaker), ambushed Lilly, who had rejected his romantic advances, and murdered her. Lilly was 17...
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Helen McDougall - paramour of William Burke
Send us Fan Mail The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Writing to the...
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The Body Snatcher
Send us Fan Mail This story is an introduction to my next episode regarding Helen McDougal, paramour of William Burke. William Burke and William Hare committed 16 Killings over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They sold the corpses to Dr. Robert Knox for his anatomy...
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37. John Jones & Jim Crow - 11th & 12th hanged at Maitland Gaol
Send us Fan Mail John Jones age 24, arrived in Australia on the ship ‘Mary Pleasants’ as a free man, on the 9th August 1857. This episode tells the details of the crime which ended his two year stay in the new country and ended all his ambitions to prosper and succeed as others did on the same...
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Constance Emilie Kent aka Ruth Emilie Kaye: Dr. Pierce's Memorial Nurses Home
Send us Fan Mail In 1860, Francis Saville Kent, nearly 4 years old, was taken from his cot and cruelly murdered. His body was found in the privy at Road Hill House, Wiltshire, England. Five years later, Constance Emilie Kent confessed to the crime and served 20 years in prison. When she was...
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Nostalgia - The Darlington and Johnston case
Send us Fan Mail In the early decades of the early 20th Century, writes seemed to be looking back nostalgically at what had been lost during colonisation, and they attempted to recreate the past in their literary works. One such reporter in the 1920's, was the journalist 'The Man in the Mask'. He...
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William Moore - a hanging in High Street
Send us Fan Mail I have been doing a series about the 16 hangings that occurred at Maitland Gaol from 1843 to 1897. But there was an execution by hanging before the Goal was built and took place in the main street of Maitland in February 1838. References Trove newspaper: -...
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The Hexham Swamp Bunyip and William Turton
Send us Fan Mail On the 25 March 1925, a story appeared on page 3 of the ‘The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate’ under the title of “Hunting the Bunyip of Hexham Swamp.” It appears that three men, Sam Millgate, Bill Wallace and Billy Parkes, back in 1879 swore they heard, during an...
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The Bishops Bridge Poisoning Case - Sarah Nagel Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail This story was brought to my attention from a listener. The article that led to my investigation began as follows:- Year1897 - "There's a fatality about the Keep family. Yes a fatality. I was up in Maitland about 15 years ago when a Keep was poisoned. His wife and mother-in-law...
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The Bishop's Bridge Poisoning Case - Mary Nichols - Pt 1
Send us Fan Mail Email from a listener: ‘What is it about Maitland women and their love of strychnine?’ ‘The Bishop’s Bridge story is interesting in that Sarah Nagle, store-keeper of West Maitland, was also involved in the Burton/Keep poisoning case, 16 years later. There was a witness in the...
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William Ross and Jemmy the Chinaman
Send us Fan Mail William Ross and Jemmy the Chinaman were hanged at Maitland Gaol, NSW on 22nd November 1859. They were the 9th and 10th people to be hanged there. References: Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au Lone Harvest, Teller of Tales By Kevin Macleod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By...
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Anzacs from Morpeth
Send us Fan Mail Because I've been working on research and display for Anzac Day, I have given information regarding those who were connected with Morpeth, NSW, whether by birth, enlistment, residence or next of kin.
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Christopher Walsh - 8th Hanging at Maitland Gaol
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, are the circumstances that led to the hanging of Christopher Walsh, on the 28th September 1854, for the murder of his wife Mary Walsh nee McLoughlan. Mary was seven months into her confinement. The baby did not survive. Listener discretion is advised as this…
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The Bush Undertaker by Henry Lawson
Send us Fan Mail This is a continuation to the previous episode relating to the Australian Outback and a story about a bush grave. . . 'He sighed heavily in the listening silence that followed this remark and proceeded with his work. He filled the grave to the brim this time, and fashioned the...
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Graves - Bush Graves and Sailor's Row Morpeth Cemetery
Send us Fan Mail Bush graves - From the Murray to the Macintyre, from the coast to the Barrier and Grey Ranges, on hill sides and in gullies, by running streams or away out on those plains which scarce know creek or river, are scattered the graves of men, women and children, singly or in small...
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Maitland Gaol Hangings - Episode VII - Daniel Gardiner
Send us Fan Mail On the 8th August 1853, a most cruel and outrageous murder was committed by a man named Daniel Gardiner, at the Rocky River, on the body of his wife, Catherine Gardiner nee Winkworth. The report was brought forward shortly after the occurrence, where a young child witnessed the...
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Paterson River Mystery II - Mrs. Mary Ann Hughes
Send us Fan Mail on the 18th October,1916, the dead body of a married woman names Ada Murray, was found floating in the Paterson River near Tocal. At the Coroner's inquest, it was found that she died from the results of hemorrhage as the result of a miscarriage, she was then thrown into the…
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Christmas - A True Ghost Story
Send us Fan Mail Why do people tell ghost stories at Christmas? This story was written by a member of the St. Mary's Men's Society, West Maitland in 1866. References: Trove: https//trove.nla.gov.au Lone Harvest, This House & Deck the Halls A: By Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By...
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Paterson River Mystery - Part 1 - Body Found
Send us Fan Mail Paterson Mystery. WOMAN'S IDENTITY SOUGHT. The body of the unknown woman which was found in the Paterson River about one mile from Tocal Homestead yesterday under circumstances which strongly indicate that she was murdered. Deceased was 5ft 5in in height, and was of medium build,...
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Assault on the Morpeth train
Send us Fan Mail Thursday 12th August 1886 Attempted Criminal Assault in a Railway Train. On Monday evening last a most determined attempt was made to commit an outrage upon a young lady in a railway carriage while on the journey from East Maitland to Morpeth. Fortunately the screams of the...
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Maitland Executions by Hanging - Part 4 - Michael Collihane
Send us Fan Mail This episode contains information of the 5th hanging at Maitland Gaol, NSW. Michael Collihane was charged for the rape of Mrs. Ann Milsom, at Aberdeen, NSW, on 10th May 1851, and hanged thereafter at Maitland Gaol on 2nd October, 1851. Michael Collihane obtained his Ticket of…
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The Hunter River Floods - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail This episode contains two reports from the devastating floods in the Hunter Valley in 1893. One is of the description of its effects in Maitland and the surrounding area. The other is an extract from the log book of the S. S. Maitland, whilst anchored at Morpeth from the 8th to...
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The Hunter River Floods - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail The tendency of the Hunter River to overflow its banks has always been a source of anxiety to the residents in its vicinity. This episode tells 3 stories of its many flood occurrences. One on 1864, one in 1870 and the other, the aftermath as told by a witness, of the 1955 flood…
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Maitland Executions by Hanging - Part 3 - William Hayes and Benjamin Cott
Send us Fan Mail William Hayes was indicted for the willful murder of Benjamin Cott, at Dagworth, on the 13th November, 1850, by beating and wounding him with a certain blunt instrument, whereof the said Benjamin Cott instantly died. William Hayes was hanged at Maitland Gaol on the 25th April...
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Maitland Gaol Executions - Part 2. George Waters Ward
Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode in the series - Maitland Gaol Executions by Hanging. The first two hangings were Melville and Long Harry, executed on 16th September 1843. George Waters Ward was hanged at Maitland Gaol on 19th March 1849, for the wilful murder of Richard Connolly,...
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Bushranger - Patrick John Kelly
Send us Fan Mail This episode covers the life of Patrick John Kelly, who was for a short time affiliated with the bushranger Frederick Wordsworth Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt. In 1865, Fred joined up with Patrick John Kelly and Jemmy the Whisperer and went on a bushranging rampage in...
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Maitland Gaol Executions - 1. Melville and Harry
Send us Fan Mail Maitland Gaol is in East Maitland, NSW and this location was first used as a gaol in 1843, even though incomplete. In the same year, two prisoners were hanged for murder. Sixteen executions by hanging were carried out at the Gaol at the front gates and at the rear corner behind…
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The Wollombi Ghost
Send us Fan Mail This episode relates the story of the Wollombi Ghost as reported in The Maitland Mercury in 1857 by Mrs Laskett who lived on the Quorrobolong Estate owned be Mr Edward Charles Close (Jnr.) at the time. Was it a true recount? Did the overseer have something to hide? Trove...
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The Aberglassyn Murder
Send us Fan Mail Violence against women is one of the world's most intractable problems. Historically, Australian society has told men they need to be physically and mentally tough, which normalised male aggression. During the 19th and 20th century, housewife manuals routinely instructed women…
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The Maitland Poisoning Case - Burton and Keep - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Sarah Keep and Mary Ann Burton were severely charged for that they, on the 27th day of November, 1883 did murder one William Henry Keep by poisoning. This episode continues with the court case and the depositions of various witnesses. It also has information of what follows after...
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The Maitland Poisoning Case - Burton and Keep - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail I found this story by accident. I initially looked at the case where a woman, Mrs Mary Ann Burton and her step-granddaughter, Sarah Louisa Keep, poisoned the younger woman's husband William Henry Keep. While researching this story and as I turned the pages and looked at further...
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The Share Farmers of Mulberry Creek
Send us Fan Mail A partnership that that refused to be broken - In the early 1840's there lived at Mulberry Creek, near Maitland, on the farm of Thomas Cutt's, with his family - three other people - John Thornton, Mary his wife, and Joseph Vale. The crime of Joseph Vale and Mary Thornton was of a...
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The Bamboo Gully Ghost
Send us Fan Mail Situated about midway between Maitland and Singleton (not to be too precise as to locality), on the Main Northern Road, Bamboo Gully opens its gloomy mouth to the traveller's view - black and dismal blotch on the surrounding land, and a spot that is shunned even in the broad…
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John Tawell
Send us Fan Mail John Tawell was a successful and enterprising man. At the age of 61, Tawell and his second wife Sarah Cutworth, both took part in a superficial 'Quaker lifestyle', in which they were often seen a around the area where they lived at Berkamsted, wearing Quaker clothes and…
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Clarke and Wilson
Send us Fan Mail Henry Wilson was indicted, for that he did on 9th April 1863, at Warland's Range, feloniously and willfully kill and murder one Peter Clarke. Wilson had begun his bush-ranging career. Who was he? He was hung at Maitland goal for his crime. Trove online newspapers:...
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Pettit and Grimley
Send us Fan Mail This story is a tragic one, involving two very respectable families, where the patriarchs worked hard to provide for a better life and lay the foundations for their descendants to prosper and be happy. It involves Alfred Johnson Pettit's and Arthur Grimley's family history, and…
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Henry Bishop Butler (Part 2)
Send us Fan Mail This is the second part of the story of Henry Bishop Butler and his son Oswald Henry, who were committed for trial at the Circuit Court Maitland for the murder of Cecilia Butler, on 11July 1865. Henry Bishop Butler and John Anlaby, held the licence for a short while, for Morpeth...
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Henry Bishop Butler (Part 1)
Send us Fan Mail This episode tells the story about Henry Bishop Butler and his son Oswald, who were committed for trial at the Circuit Court Maitland for the murder of Cecelia Butler, on 11th July 1865. Henry Bishop Butler held the licence for the Morpeth Hotel along with John Anlaby, for a…
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Tricklebank and Morton
Send us Fan Mail In 1892, George Morton, aged 19 years, was charged with murdering his step-father Edwin Tricklebank at Morpeth on 10th October at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney - before his Honour Judge Murray and a jury. Trove: https//trove.nla.gov.au Music: Lone Harvest, Folk Round &…
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It will feature stories about murder, unfortunate tragedies and other crimes - all involving people that were in some way connected to the village of Morpeth, NSW. . . as convicts, soldiers and settlers made this area their home, stayed for a while to discover their niche or moved on to seek their fortune.Fortnightly episodesEmail: [email protected] Page: Morpeth MomentsMusic: Kevin McLeod | YouTube Audio Library - YouTube (Lone Harvest)
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Marlene Duncan
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