Noise was made. Sleep was murdered. Drunken fools could not be kept off racecourses. But, by the end of the 19th century, the celebration had developed into a family-friendly fireworks display. 1849 – the town’s 1000 or so inhabitants huzzaed. A bit. For a while. HOW 1849 CAME TO BRISBANE. (From our Windmill Reporter.) WhenContinue reading “How did we see in the New Year in the past?”
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