ESKBANK HOUSE – THE BARTON PARK EXHIBITS

ESKBANK HOUSE - THE BARTON PARK EXHIBITS

I was fortunate to visit Eskbank House Museum in Lithgow before the pandemic put a stop to my adventures.. The oldest part of the colonial Georgian  house  was built circa 1842, from local sandstone.  Its original owner was Mr Thomas Brown, who established the Eskbank Colliery. There

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BARTON PARK AMBUSH – WHAT MOTIVATED A MURDERER?

BARTON PARK AMBUSH - WHAT MOTIVATED  A MURDERER?

It is likely that the person who shot two people at Barton Park, Wallerawang, (New South Wales) in 1948 is still alive. I have referred to him  here as Bennie Harvey. It’s not his real name, but  one his friends used at the time of the murders.

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‘SALE OF THE CENTURY’ AT BARTON PARK, WALLERAWANG

'SALE OF THE CENTURY' AT  BARTON PARK, WALLERAWANG

On September  26 1948,  wealthy pastoralist James Lyon Walker Barton (aged 54)  and his unmarried sister  Lue Loveday Barton (45) were shot dead at their  grand home, Barton Park, at Wallerawang (New South Wales).  They were buried in the Barton Park private cemetery. The couple’s  killer  was

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