Boer War soldiers


Photo: Shirley Tunnicliff collection

The Soldier sitting is Thomas Brown, son of Archibald Arthur Brown, Great Great Grandson of James Bloodworth, master brickmaker and convict on the First Fleet 1788. James made and taught convicts how to make bricks, these bricks were used to build the First Government House, (now covered by the Museum of Sydney). Thomas, after the war married Ruby Anthes and went to Wollongong, working in the mines.
Ref: Shirley Tunnicliff

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