AUSSIE HISTORY ALONG THE THAMES For Australians exploring the Thames Path there are places of particular interest. On the upper reaches of the river is the village of Buscot, and the National Trust owned Buscot Park. The house was built in the 1770’s by Edward Loveden Townsend. In 1859,
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A ROYAL REPLICA Early last century John Norton, firebrand editor of Sydney’s Truth newspaper, described Queen Victoria rather unkindly as; ‘..the podgy figured, sulky faced little German woman whose ugly statue at the top of King Street sagaciously keeps one eye on the Mint while with the
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