*Ø* Blogmanac | June 17 | Fisher's Ghost: Australia's most famous spook
1826 Frederick Fisher, a landholder in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, was murdered by George Worrell.
Frederick Fisher becomes Fisher’s Ghost
Frederick Fisher, a landholder in Campbelltown, NSW, was murdered by George Worrell, an employee, and his body was thrown into a local creek. The police arrested Worrell, who insisted that Fisher was alive and living elsewhere under an assumed name. It is said that a ghost, looking like the murder victim, appeared on the bridge over the creek close to the spot where Fisher’s body lay, and pointed directly at that spot when the authorities passed over the bridge. On the eve of his execution, Worrell confessed his terrible deed.
Ever since, that creek has been named Fisher’s Ghost Creek, and an annual festival called the Fisher’s Ghost Festival is commemorated.
Read Uncle Clarrie's version of the story, complete with glossary for the Aussie-challenged
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June 17 is the tercentenary of John Wesley. Few religious leaders in any part of the world have had more profound and lasting effects than Wesley: English preacher; 15th of 19 children born on this day in 1703; founder of the Methodist Church. He was revolutionary in the Christian church for his vision of social justice, and by the prominence of women in his organisation.
Visit the Wesley Tercentenary site
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Are you a late starter? Here's food for thought
At high school in Arnhem, I was extremely poor at arithmetic and algebra because I had, and still have, great difficulty with the abstractions of numbers and letters. When, later, in stereometry [solid geometry], an appeal was made to my imagination, it went a bit better, but in school I never excelled in that subject. But our path through life can take strange turns.
MC Escher, born on June 17, 1898; Dutch artist renowned for his geometric art
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1826 Frederick Fisher, a landholder in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, was murdered by George Worrell.
Frederick Fisher becomes Fisher’s Ghost
Frederick Fisher, a landholder in Campbelltown, NSW, was murdered by George Worrell, an employee, and his body was thrown into a local creek. The police arrested Worrell, who insisted that Fisher was alive and living elsewhere under an assumed name. It is said that a ghost, looking like the murder victim, appeared on the bridge over the creek close to the spot where Fisher’s body lay, and pointed directly at that spot when the authorities passed over the bridge. On the eve of his execution, Worrell confessed his terrible deed.
Ever since, that creek has been named Fisher’s Ghost Creek, and an annual festival called the Fisher’s Ghost Festival is commemorated.
Read Uncle Clarrie's version of the story, complete with glossary for the Aussie-challenged
June 17 is the tercentenary of John Wesley. Few religious leaders in any part of the world have had more profound and lasting effects than Wesley: English preacher; 15th of 19 children born on this day in 1703; founder of the Methodist Church. He was revolutionary in the Christian church for his vision of social justice, and by the prominence of women in his organisation.
Visit the Wesley Tercentenary site
Are you a late starter? Here's food for thought
At high school in Arnhem, I was extremely poor at arithmetic and algebra because I had, and still have, great difficulty with the abstractions of numbers and letters. When, later, in stereometry [solid geometry], an appeal was made to my imagination, it went a bit better, but in school I never excelled in that subject. But our path through life can take strange turns.
MC Escher, born on June 17, 1898; Dutch artist renowned for his geometric art
This quote was sent to free subscribers of Almost Prophetic Quotes
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