SELF MADE SURGEON – TRIALS AT WEST WYALONG (PART 3)

SELF MADE SURGEON - TRIALS AT  WEST WYALONG   (PART 3)

In 1900  young dentist Victor Ratten was establishing himself   at West Wyalong, in the Central West of NSW. At the time  there was fierce competition about where the new railway station should be located. In August 1900, the Minister of Works was due to visit the  rival 

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SELF MADE SURGEON – PARKES – WYALONG (PART 2)

SELF MADE SURGEON - PARKES - WYALONG (PART 2)

ALL THAT GLISTERS IS NOT GOLD The years 1890 to 1893 had been a period  of  world-wide, economic depression. In Australia the situation reached  crisis point when  the Commercial Bank of Australia suspended trading  in April 1893.  A dozen other banks failed soon afterwards.  Amid this widespread 

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