#19021 - From boy convict to Canberra farmer
- Resource IDLocation
- 19021Journals No.8, Sept 1981
- Title/subtitle
- From boy convict to Canberra farmer
- Author/Creator
- Mawer, Allen
- Format
- Journal article
- Identifier
- Bambridge, Edwin
- Publisher
- Canberra & District Historical Society; 1981
- Summary
- The story of Edwin Elijah Bambridge (1815-1879), farmer and bootmaker in Canberra. He brought the first willow slips to Canberra from Camden and planted them along the Molonglo River. Legend has it they originated from cuttings taken from a tree overlooking Napoleon's grave.
- Availability
- Copies are available for purchase
- Notes
- Surname sometimes spelt as Bainbridge. Bambridge is commemorated by a street in Weetangera.
