FOLLOWING John Clavering Wood’s arrival in Sydney on 14 June 1860, he quickly became acquainted with local social and political issues. By 8 December, he was lauding the parliamentary candidacy of William Redman (1823-82) for the seat of Queanbeyan. Writing in the Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser (aka The Golden Age) as the columnist “Occulus”, JC Wood described himself as [...]
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More about JC Wood, early Canberra correspondent…
Posted in Canberra, Gerard Benjamin, John Clavering Wood, Queanbeyan, The Golden Age newspaper on April 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
