My work on Australian history overturns much previously incorrect material and introduces much that has never been in the public domain before. My research is original and independent and is based on primary documents and sources, on occasion double-checked by staff at relevant bodies, ensuring that, inadvertent errors aside, the material is accurate. I have leap-frogged the process of disbelief by providing complete citations and references, making all material easily verifiable.

I realise that people who have endorsed, written Fore-wards and Prefaces to, presented, introduced etc. the incorrect work by previous writers were/are probably unaware that it was incorrect. My main focus is merely on getting the correct material into the public domain. Then with real history, real history can really start – meaningful analysis based on accurate information can do what the study of history is for.

Several years ago I went searching for issues of the “Queanbeyan Times” newspaper,  founded in 1879 by John Allan O’Neill. In late 1888, it was sold to George Tompsitt and in 1893 it was sold to the “Queanbeyan Age”. At some point after that, all back copies from its original ownership were destroyed, leaving only three to be retained by the State Library of NSW.

Enquiries to the logical places and newspaper advertisements drew no results.

I would be grateful for any information as to any copies of or clippings from the paper from 1879 to 1893 that anyone may know of.