AUSTRALIA DAY

Today Saturday 26 January is celebrated throughout the country as Australia Day.
A special song called I am Australian, written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley (words and lyrics) and Dobe Newton (words), sums up our history in a moving way.
Here is the link to the You Tube version of the song - I am Australian.
Enjoy!

For the last week a fierce bushfire has been raging at Condoblin near the Warrumbungles, destroying homes, livestock and wildlife.
This newspaper report reveals that something similar was happening in 1888, on land owned by the Rouse family, and on Breelong, owned by Mr John Mawbey.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 23 October 1888
Gilgandra, Monday. Extensive bush fires are raging on the Warrumbungle Mountains, Rouse's country; and also on the Castlereagh, on BREELONG, Mr Mowbray's (MAWBEY'S) country.

FINAL CHAPTER

This blog is now coming to an end.
I will shortly write a post containing all the new information I have found that sheds a different light on the Jimmy Governor story.
The purpose of this blog was to tell the true "true" story of this Aboriginal man, and hopefully this will have been achieved.