Smithfield's Residents
Life in Old Smithfield Township
The residents of Smithfield
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Smithfield businesses
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The Smithfield Progress Association
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The Smithfield Tragedy
The Boxing Day Tragedy
A murder-suicide shocked Smithfield on Boxing Day 1877 when Old Bill Smith shot and killed local businessman Robert Jackson Craig ... read more ...
Coroner's Inquest into the deaths of Craig & Smith
A Coroner's Inquest into the murder of Robert Jackson Craig and the suicide of William Smith was held by Magistrate William Mowbray at Smithfield on Friday 27th December 1877 ... read more ...
Smithfield Race Meeting
The residents of Smithfield held a horse race meeting on Boxing Day 1877. It was well attended and the punters were entertained by the racing as well as the antics of a donkey called Captain Cook ... read more ...
River trade on the Barron
Steamers, boats and river trade
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Old Smithfield book ...
Read the book about Old Smithfield
The information on this website is taken from the upcoming book OLD SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP by Dr Dave Phoenix. Book released soon ... read more ...
Featured Item
Ungemach Beer Bottle, Chile.
26 oz. two-tone (cream and brown) stoneware beer bottle. The bottle is stamped 'Premiado Medalla de la Exhibición de Santiago 1872 A[dam] Ungemach' ... read more ...
Featured Collection
Coins
Coins found at Old Smithfield Township include an Indian ¼ rupee dated 1840, a Danish Rigsbankskilling from the 1840s, a Chinese coin, and several coins from the Royal Mint in London ... read more ...
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