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William Charles Wentworth c1848

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William Charles Wentworth c1848

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State Library of New South Wales

[SPF P1/W]

(Mitchell Library)

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Wardell, Robert

As founder of Australia's first independent newspaper, Robert Wardell's achievements have been much written about but his personal life - wound up with adultery, murder and disrepute - has been less well covered.

First State funeral

The first 'State funeral' in colonial New South Wales was accorded to William Charles Wentworth who died in England on 20 March 1872 and at his own behest, had his remains shipped back to Australia for burial - a fitting final gesture by the Australian 'patriot'

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Wentworth, William Charles

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Explorer, barrister, landowner and author who championed the emancipists and free settlers and campaigned for radical political reform.