EXPOSED! provides a unique historical insight into life in Beechworth and the surrounding district.
Among other things, it will tell you:
- The likely reasons why a Beechworth hotel and a local guest house have been the scenes of repeated paranormal activity
- Why the building of the Wangaratta to Yackandandah railway line was both a unique engineering feat and a prime example of political pork-barrelling
- How a local woman possibly poisoned three men and yet still escaped conviction
- The terrible vengeance exacted by a woman on her sister when she reneged on the sale of her farm
- The shocking details of the Beechworth School Scandal
How a Beechworth Presbyterian Minister, the town's first Shire Secretary, and a local policeman were all guilty of bigamy +
The truth about how George Briscoe Kerferd became a Supreme Court Judge and why his appointment caused widespread anger
+ The surprising facts about Beechworth's weather +
How a local MLA was accused of having been a convict in Tasmania and his unconvincing attempts to prove his innocence
+ The truth about the 'Yackandandah Gorilla' and the
'Kancoona Tiger'
EXPOSED! By Richard Patterson
AU$15.00Price
