Tag: John Davis (1818-1868)
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Solemn Grandure
On the ninth of February, 1859, a man known only as a “Special Reporter” described the scene of a recent bush fire, perhaps this was how the Davis family may have felt. He wrote1: “Having left Echunga after sunset, I had at least one advantage of travelling in the dark. The innumerable burning logs and…
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Fire
In 1859, John and Rosa Davis had been married for nine years1. had four young children2, and lived in Macclesfield, South Australia, a colony less than thirty years old3. In February of that year, a bushfire ravaged the area and several lives were lost. There are no less than ten contemporary newspaper accounts. The damage…