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Dryblower Jack – pioneer profile

23/03/2018 By Moya Sharp 7 Comments

John Carins – know as Dryblower Jack:- John was born in Newcastle on Tyne, in Northumberland, England in 1890 and was educated in Rutherford College in that town.  He was said to have come to Australia in 1913, he had a discharge certificate from the British services. As a young man he worked at various […]

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