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  3. FISHING FOR A LIVING

    Pioneered by one man and his wife, with a blackfellow as assistant, at Iluka, to supply the workers when Moriarty's wall was being constructed, the fishing industry of the Clarence has grown in the intervening years its annual revenue is estimated at between £40,000 and £50,000 ...

    Article : 2,417 words
  4. MONSTER SCHNAPPER.

    Schnapper fishing is still a source of revenue to fishermen who go to sea from the mouth of the Clarence. Here is a good specimen in the hands of rod ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  5. BORDER POLICE

    In the early part of 1841 Mr. Commissioner Oakes paid a visit to the district, accompanied by an escort of border police, together with a flogger ...

    Article : 91 words
  6. "BIRD-STUFFER"

    In 1841 there resided on the bank of the river, below Price's, a family of the name of Irwin, whose father was a bird stuffer. His business was the capturing ...

    Article : 114 words
  7. SLY GROG

    Illegal sale of liquor was a common practice, in the early days, and some of the original storekeepers did a large business 'in dispensing grog. A ...

    Article : 105 words
  8. TOM THE BOATMAN.

    During the first years of occupation no teams from up-river stations came to the settlement, but stayed at Grosse's new Copmanhurst. The traffic between ...

    Article : 108 words
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