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1887 (Oct.6) A Bushranger document. Confidential letter from…
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3-Jun-2009
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1887 (Oct.6) A Bushranger document. Confidential letter from the Manager of Union Bank of Australia Ltd, to James Kidd Esq, Collingwood branch, warning of an impending robbery. It reads in part '...I believe you have a revolver, if not, i will at once supply you, of course i need not tell you that the danger is not so much from burglary in the night as from surprise by day...'. An unusual piece of colonial history
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents