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2 unusual facts about Owen Suffolk


David Dunstan

He has written several commissioned histories, including a history of wine in the Pyrenees region of Victoria,Wine from the hills : Australia's Pyrenees region, and in 2000 he edited an autobiography by Owen Suffolk, first published in 1867 which details his experiences as a street urchin and thief in London and his transportation as a convict to Australia in 1848.

Owen Suffolk

In August 1868 Owen Suffolk, 'a journalist', appeared before Lord Chief Justice Sir Alexander Cockburn at Ipswich charged with stealing a black mare and carriage belonging to the landlady of the Great White Horse Hotel and obtaining ten pounds by false pretences.



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