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The Australian Blondin: The dangerous adventures of Henri L’Estrange

Harry L'Estrange c1877 Pic: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (a928408 / P1/987) There are some very colourful characters to be found in the Dictionary of Sydney. The showman, aeronaut and tightrope walker, Henri L’Estrange, wowed Sydney audiences in the 1870s…