The Pickwick Club on the Six foot Track, Blue Mountains, March 1886 Blue Mountains City Library
The Pickwick Club on the Six foot Track, Blue Mountains, March 1886 Blue Mountains City Library Pickwick Club members on their two day journey over the Six Foot Track from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves and return. Members of the Pickwick Club took the names of characters from the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. Alfred Allen (Samuel Pickwick Esq), William Petford Allen (Nathaniel Winkle Esq), William Walters Farmer (Samuel Weller), Kate Ethel Fry (Mrs Bardell), Edith Ada Fry (Aunt Rachel), Mary Amelia Allen (Arabella Allen). The horse’s name is Punch. Alfred Allen may be seen in both photos holding the camera release string, while the women are looking pretty fed up.Alfred Allen wrote a description of their trip to Jenolan Caves, with illustrations and tintype photos. -- source link
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