By MICK ROBERTS © THE Newnhams were linked to arguably Australia’s most famous brewery, so a drunken church warden making a scene at one of the three brewers’ funeral in 1862, was a likely epitaph to their largely untold story…. Read More ›
Jamberoo
Kent brewer, Henry Heathorne was called to save Jamberoo’s ailing Woodstock from failure
By MICK ROBERTS © WHEN 52-year-old Henry Heathorne arrived alone in Sydney from Portsmouth on the ship Candahar in the winter of 1842, he had a tough job ahead of him. A Kent brewer, Heathorne had been called upon by… Read More ›
The Kennedy brothers and their unsuccessful attempt at respectability
By MICK ROBERTS © THE Kennedy brothers’ attempts at respectability in Australia seemed to have started off on the right foot. The three Irishmen, Hugh, John and Richard, built a portfolio of properties, and established a profitable cattle trading business,… Read More ›