tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post7885670548341440004..comments2024-03-11T18:46:56.863+11:00Comments on New England's History: The Captain's adventure - from wealth and power to the Dorrigo HillsJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-36593723259759264022019-08-01T14:24:15.225+10:002019-08-01T14:24:15.225+10:00Hi John. I have found the book I was looking for, ...Hi John. I have found the book I was looking for, Imogene I wonder if you were thinking of Anita Leslie's 'Mr. Frewen of England: a Victorian adventurer'. (Hutchinson). This was on Moreton. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-75522381807606066032019-07-28T21:59:40.340+10:002019-07-28T21:59:40.340+10:00Returning to Country as we all try to do. I haven’...Returning to Country as we all try to do. I haven’t found my copy yet for similar reasons. Wonder who will be firstto find the volume. Yes Mortal Ruin does cause confusion.Johnbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694479587834247002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-45800689009085653912019-07-27T11:30:08.699+10:002019-07-27T11:30:08.699+10:00Hi John. That's very interesting. I started th...Hi John. That's very interesting. I started this series because I had written something before, but the material has exploded as I went along. One of the difficulties is that Hugh and his father had the same name! Another that the sources conflict. So the more I did in, the more questions there are! A case of biting off.....!<br /><br />What is the name of his bio? Is it Imogene or do you have another? I am missing my copy. It's somewhere in the mess. Trying to work out how to pull all this together. It's such a great yarn. I also hadn't realised that Hugh had written more than Imogene. <br /><br />I can't re-write the series, so I'm just trying to consolidate a little. I will do a fuller story for New England Travels plus some supplementary material for the main history. <br /><br />By the way, I think that I have rented a house in Armidale, so will be back there end August, early September. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005668431384229268.post-62994736783096602442019-07-25T17:48:43.214+10:002019-07-25T17:48:43.214+10:00I also “knew” Captain Hugh Frewen Jim as he was a ...I also “knew” Captain Hugh Frewen Jim as he was a frequent sight in Bellingen during the late fifties/early sixties. I had peripheral contact with two of his sons, Viking and Saxon Frewen, at least one of his grandsons is still in business in the general area as I bumped into him on another blog. I also have a copy of his biography from those days, a volume I have just been searching for to no purpose so far. My principal recall from that biography is of his adventures, both physical and financial in Canada, British Columbia in particular. He misjudged the site for the founding of Vancouver as best I recall.Johnbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694479587834247002noreply@blogger.com