On This Day – 15 July

1841

Elisha Sinkler absconded from his employer, somewhere around Tumut River in New South Wales.

After previous attempts to escape had ended in failure, this time Elisha managed to get away and made it all the way from Australia back home to Nidderdale.

Main Image – Cow Pastures of NSW by John Skinner Prout (circa 1870)

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