Came across this article which tickled my fancy.
A little investigation - very little - turned up this article which puts everything into place & perspective
Showing posts with label fraud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fraud. Show all posts
Thursday, 25 January 2024
Friday, 19 January 2024
John Lynch aka The Berrima Axe Murderer 1812 -1842 Australian serial killer
Another revolting creature; doubly so as it claimed God protected it as it killed people.
Worked its way up from fraud to serial killing, claiming 10 victims.
Further Reading -
John Lynch; The Pious Hatchetman
Lynch, Bushranger Berrima's Notorious Criminal
Confessions of Lynch the Murderer
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Twenty Third day of the month of October throughout the not-so-many eons of Oz history
1786 - Barron Field, who claimed to be the first poet of Australia *ahem* and was for a number of years an actual judge in New South Wales...
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1817 HMSC Mermaid was commissioned on this day ; the Mermaid was the infamous boat in which Phillip Parker King surveyed and chartered the c... -
1800 - Napoleon issued instructions to Baudin and Hamelin, who sailed in the Geographe and the Naturaliste, to explore the east and south ... -
1790 – HMS Supply returned from Batavia with more supplies for the colony. 1847 The forced exile of Tasmanian Aboriginal People to Wybalenn...