Description:

Mary Jones the widower of Mr J.H. Jones was seeking financial compensation from the Government for unforeseen losses incurred running the Mail Services between Sydney and Melbourne. She argued that a 'severe drought,' 'bushfires,' and 'the rush to the Gold Fields' had caused her substantial losses.

    Exhibited:
  • Paper Items, General
  • Literature:
  • Collectibles
  • Medium:
  • 520
  • Circa:
  • Ephemera, Cards & Documents
  • Notes:
  • The report offers interesting personal insights into fire, drought and floods that affected the Mail Services in the colonies. There is also first hand accounts of the 'mail men' abandoning their cargo and running off to join the 'gold rush.'

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22 December 2019 12:00 AEDT
Paddington, Sydney, Australia

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