When Arthur J. Dodd (1849-1923) arrived in Glen Innes, northern NSW, there was no telling the impact he would have over the next fifty years. Born in Kent, England, he set his sights on becoming a chemist as a young person and, in his early twenties, honed his skills as a sick bay attendant for […]
Once a ‘sleepy hollow’, Glen Innes in northern NSW became a ‘scene of unparalleled excitement’ when tin was discovered in the district in the 1870s. There was a huge influx of miners and ‘hotels were thronged with eager and excited visitors from all parts of the world.’ ‘Shops of all descriptions sprang into existence.’ As […]
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