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| Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative Thursday 30 March 1916, p. 22. |
... This rush from Tambaroora
brought on to the Meroo Dr. Cutting
and J. D. Brodribb. They afterwards
lived at Mudgee, and practiced
there for years.
About the same time Francis McNamara, the aboriginal (alias 'Frank the Poet') came to the Point. He lived with Murray until he died. He was a wonderful old man, and used to keep Murray's house supplied with wood and water, which he carted in a wheelbarrow. He was not particular as to dress, but it might be mentioned that he did occasionally wash himself.
About the same time Francis McNamara, the aboriginal (alias 'Frank the Poet') came to the Point. He lived with Murray until he died. He was a wonderful old man, and used to keep Murray's house supplied with wood and water, which he carted in a wheelbarrow. He was not particular as to dress, but it might be mentioned that he did occasionally wash himself.
I daresay some of his penmanship
is still in the hands of the
present Murray family. One of his
principal feats of penmanship was to
write clearly the Lord's Prayer
inside a circle the size of a three
penny piece. There may be some
doubting Thomas' about who will
question the correctness of this
statement, but they must put their
objections in writing.
Notes
This is the only reference to 'Frank the Poet' or Francis MacNamara being Aboriginal and since the article was written more than half a century after the poet's death in Mudgee we can afford to be a doubting Thomas on that detail.
Notes
This is the only reference to 'Frank the Poet' or Francis MacNamara being Aboriginal and since the article was written more than half a century after the poet's death in Mudgee we can afford to be a doubting Thomas on that detail.
