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hoarse in order to stifle freedom of speech, and not satisfied with bellowing and conducting themselves like wild animals from a menagerie, they gave vent to their low, cowardly, unmanly, and despicable instincts by hurling rotten and other eggs at the speakers and others on the platform." The election resulted in a win for Smith (in the
Macquarie electorate). White's forceful criticism of leading protectionists and the movement in general gave rise to considerable local hostility. In February 1902 the partnership between Charles and Gloster White "carrying on business as Printers and Newspaper Proprietors" was dissolved "by Mutual Consent". White sold his share of the newspaper to his brother Gloster and moved to
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newspapers invariably professed opposition to bushranging, but most published regular and detailed accounts of the bushrangers’ activities and court appearances. Articles from newspapers covering the districts where bushrangers operated were often reprinted across the colony and beyond, indicating a high level of interest in the subject.
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White had an interest in writing about
Australian history. He scrupulously collected material and records to use as a basis for his historic writings. In the late 1880s Charles White’s "lengthy series of historical sketches", under the title 'Early Australian History', began to be published in the
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such as: "The tactics adopted by the
Protectionist hoodlums, hirelings, and hobbledehoys were absolutely disgraceful, and will remain as an indelible stigma on the name of Protection in Bathurst." White added: "These inane and empty-headed descendants of the Goths and Vandals roared themselves
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Reports of the activities and crimes of bushrangers became increasingly common during the 1860s in the
Bathurst and surrounding districts. White wrote about these incidents in his role as journalist, which led to a lifelong interest in the lives and crimes of Australian bushrangers. Colonial
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White died on 22 December 1922 at his residence, 'Heatherdene', in Milner Street, Mosman, aged 77 years. He was buried in the
Methodist section of Gore Hill cemetery. His son Percy Charles White ( – 28 September 1950) has been named as the founder of the newspaper. was publisher of the
220:, who had been a member of John Gilbert and Ben Hall's gang of bushrangers for a brief period in 1863, visited White in Sydney, giving him "an account of the inner life of the gang with which he had been associated". Vane died soon afterwards (on 30 January 1906 in Cowra hospital).
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151:. Described as articles "bearing upon the work of Australian colonisation and convict life in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land", the publishing project was locally advertised, including in the rival newspaper
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In the early hours of the morning of 18 January 1911 a fire started in the study of White's
Randwick house. The fire brigade managed to confine the blaze to the study, but all of White's records were destroyed.
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February 1917 to September 1919 a series of articles written by White under the title 'The Rise and Progress of the West: The Story of Settlement Beyond the Blue Mountains' was published in
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to support free trade and
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newspaper. Charles was taken on as an apprentice at the newspaper. He taught himself shorthand and was employed as the police roundsman.
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in October 1891, with the advertisements and serialised articles identifying 'The Chatterer' as "Mr C. White".
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Oakey). His father was a bank clerk and Methodist lay preacher.
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The decline of free trade in Australian politics, 1901-1909
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