Reliving our wild colonial history

By Darryl Fernance
Updated November 12 2012 - 9:10pm, first published September 29 2010 - 3:34am
A re-enactment of the shooting of Constable Samuel Nelson at Collector on January 26, 1865 by John Dunn.
A re-enactment of the shooting of Constable Samuel Nelson at Collector on January 26, 1865 by John Dunn.
Historian Peter Smith from Araluen telling the gathering outside the Bushranger Hotel, formerly known as Kimberley’s Inn, about the history of the hotel and the murder of Constable Nelson.
Historian Peter Smith from Araluen telling the gathering outside the Bushranger Hotel, formerly known as Kimberley’s Inn, about the history of the hotel and the murder of Constable Nelson.
HISTORY’S LINKS: Descendants of police and bushrangers on the Goulburn Courthouse steps following their guided tour with sheriff Vesper Stanberg on Saturday.
HISTORY’S LINKS: Descendants of police and bushrangers on the Goulburn Courthouse steps following their guided tour with sheriff Vesper Stanberg on Saturday.

AN interest in family history brought together the descendants of police and bushrangers for an anniversary gathering in Goulburn last weekend.

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