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George Thorn "The Father of Ipswich" A Life

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[...]ns. He himself had been born in Amesbury, only 12 miles
away. It was in Stockbridge though, five y[...]
[...]watched a huge
herd of cattle that stretched for miles, driven down the High Street.
Many hundred[...]
[...]hered
for the Maddington races at Danesbury a few miles north-west of
Stockbridge, to wager on the[...]
[...]by.

Late in the morning, after a walk of several miles, George, with a
little trepidation, approached the army barracks at Winchester.
Stockbridge was 12 miles behind him now and he had rarely been this[...]
[...]by a level
of excited anticipation that, for some miles at least, lightened his
tread. So this was[...]
[...], wives and children, some of whom,
having walked miles these last days in a bitter chill, gathere[...]
[...]irst stage of a march north to Coimbra.

Eighteen miles on and in heavy rain, the column made camp[...]
[...]them. The troops endured the
torment for several miles till they were joined by another detachmen[...]
[...]He had set a
course southwest to a point several miles west of The Cape Verde
Islands and then de[...]
[...]as a welcome sight after 113 days and some 14,000 miles at sea.

After a few days, Government offi[...]
[...]Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean,
about 1,100 miles northeast of Sydney Town. Also on board we[...]
[...]towards the mountains. By the time they were some miles out, the sun
had risen and the road became a hard[...]green leaves offering dappled shade where, a few miles on, the
detachment paused for a short whil[...]
[...]stled aboard a steam boat which ferried them some miles down the
River Lee and out into the bay wh[...]
[...]y waters of a
broad harbour that led them several miles westwards towards her
berth. The emotion a[...]
[...]ns would still not be permitted to pass within
50 miles of the Moreton Bay settlement. George lear[...]
[...]River, guided
by crewmen on poles and oars. Some miles upstream, the craft
entered the bend of a[...]
[...]ed to follow another track that headed about nine miles to
the south-east to the sheep and cattle[...]
[...]white men were not allowed to approach within
50 miles without government written authority. Hund[...]
[...]ng George rode out from town for Ipswich about 27
miles away. He was accompanied by some of the men trave[...]the Brisbane River to the south bank. After some
miles, the travellers’ expressions changed to[...]
[...]e bottom of the range unmolested. Within about 10 miles of
Ipswich they were feeling good about th[...]
track now took them through the Rosewood scrub where the dense
bush and vine wreath[...]
[...]upply of
good water and they followed it for some miles. Importantly too, the
station was only about 18 miles from the inland port town of Ipswich.

Geo[...]
[...]ns remained fair, they hoped
to cover a good five miles before they camped again.[...]
[...]to break the journey. George stocked a variety of wines,
spirits and ales to accompany a satisfyin[...]
[...]from Moreton Bay that had traversed thousands of miles to
the north-west. After the arduous trek[...]
[...]and rode off towards the head station about four miles away.
On the way, he pulled up his lathered horse[...]hirt clung to his back. The natives could well
be miles away or skulking invisible in the bush or[...]
[...]l and an impressive number of bottles of the
best wines. After supper, the guests returned to the[...]
[...]ge, where, on the 27th she dropped anchor several miles off
shore. Steamboats came out to collect[...]
[...]il journey of approximately 12 hours and over
200 miles, the travellers reached the fabled city of[...]
[...]diminishing behind the expanding plain. For some miles the train
puffed and rattled its way paral[...]
[...]r the journey across the
desert to Suez, still 90 miles away.

Tedious hours later, tired but relieved, t[...]vessels taking them out to
the RMS Malta anchored miles off shore. Porters assisted George and
Jan[...]
[...]well known station, Warra
Warra, situated some 28 miles north west of Dalby. George saw an
opportunity to[...]yall forest. The place was well
watered too, with miles of frontage along the Condamine River and[...]
[...]invited gentlemen for a luncheon of
fine food and wines. In the evening, he and Jane returned to t[...]
[...]e was progressing. The route, already cleared for miles,
rang to the sound of hammer on steel wher[...]
[...]chandelier above. A number of bottles of assorted wines brought up
via the internal stairs from th[...]
[...]k, formed the station’s eastern boundary
for 14 miles. Several outhouses stood near the main hou[...]
[...]l of smoke cast a stain
suspended for days across miles of sky. John had got some shearing
done, b[...]
[...]k with him to Normanby.


Meanwhile, six hundred miles north of Sydney it looked like rain this
h[...]
[...]family’s selection on
Nukinenda Creek a good 65 miles from Ipswich that he shared only
with a bl[...]
[...]+134 square miles leased runs.[...]
[...]ral and Secretary for the Department of Works and Mines and
served for a time in the Legislative C[...]