Tuesday 22 February 2022

From the Archives - Spirit of Thunderbolt, Ben Hall and Other Bushrangers by Colin Newsome - Review by Bob Bolton

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Spirit of Thunderbolt, Ben Hall and Other Bushrangers by Colin Newsome.

A letter and review copy brings to our notice the work of a Bush Balladist of the old school and definitely of the old leanings. Colin Newsome was born in 1916 and worked around the bush in most of the itinerant bush jobs as well as a spell as fighter and wrestler with travelling boxing troupes. He has apparently published two books of Bush Ballads The Green Tree Snake and Dingo Howlers but he sent to us a copy of a slim volume on a subject dear to his heart. 




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