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I Grew Up in Mortdale 2223 Born #OnThisDay Saturday 27 May 1815, Australian politician and the ‘Father of Federation’, Sir Henry Parkes, was born in Warwickshire, England. It’s a little known fact that Henry Parkes was one of Sydney’s early whistle-blowers, calling out corruption in the colonial customs service. He arrived in Sydney in 1839,Continue reading “PICTURES IN HISTORY”