William Charles Bradley: Tales of Cedar Cutting from a likable lad

By Rachel Burns
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:39am, first published March 9 2020 - 4:30pm
Early settler on the river: William Charles Bradley as an adult.
Early settler on the river: William Charles Bradley as an adult.
Timber felling at Fernmount in the 1890s.
Timber felling at Fernmount in the 1890s.

The account William wrote of his life describes the hard work and misfortune mingled with his pride and independence at being an early settler on the river.

William Charles Bradley was born in Dungog in 1848. Of all our Nambucca European pioneers he may have the most Australian pedigree, as he and his father before him were both born in the colony.

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