Swedish Charlie pushed a Chinese man into a mineshaft, fled Bendigo | history podcast

Tom O'Callaghan
June 9 2022 - 6:00pm
DEADLY FIGHT: Swedish Charlie legged it after breaking a man's back in a senseless fight. His friends faced charges too, as the below Bendigo Advertiser report shows. Pictures: DARREN HOWE, TROVE
DEADLY FIGHT: Swedish Charlie legged it after breaking a man's back in a senseless fight. His friends faced charges too, as the below Bendigo Advertiser report shows. Pictures: DARREN HOWE, TROVE

A CHINESE miner plunged down a mineshaft, 166 years ago.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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