Dr Charles Brothers – A Psychiatrist in the Family.

Dr Charles Brothers - A Psychiatrist in the Family.

Dr Charles Ronald David  Brothers was born  in the small farming community of North Motton, North-West Tasmania. At left is his mother, born Jessie Violet Saltmarsh.  On the right is his father, Charles Brothers Snr, in uniform as a private in the Boer war.      

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MAIL TRAIN FROM GOULBURN – A MYSTERY

MAIL TRAIN FROM GOULBURN - A MYSTERY

On May 8 1895,  Mrs  Fanny Bushell,  a bank manager’s wife from Young, boarded the mail train to Sydney at nearby Harden. The train reached  Goulburn  late that night. Mrs Bushell had been the only passenger in a first class, ladies compartment. However,  at Goulburn, two nuns

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