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Saturday's Newspaper Snippet: Roasted Snake

Today's snippet comes from the The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate on the 27th April 1925. Source: TOWN TOPICS. (1925, April 27). The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate (NSW : 1898 - 1928), p. 2. Retrieved November 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121747041 Transcript:  When the C.E. portion of North Gundagai cemetery was recently burned off the remains of a number of big snakes were found in a roasted condition.  Mr Jim Worldon tells of seeing a crow taking home a 6ft. roasted snake for Easter dinner.

Old Family Photograph: James Harvey Murray

Below is a photograph of my husbands Great Grandfather James Harvey Murray, more than likely taken in Singapore in about 1917.  More information can be found on him from other posts I have published here and here .