Kangaroo Flat council worker fleeced fortune off Marong shire

Tom O'Callaghan
December 4 2021 - 5:00am
PENNY PINCHER: Warrants were issued after a shire secretary's crimes were uncovered and (below) a story in an 1881 copy of the Bendigo Addy, and a picture of George Marrack. Pictures: CANVA, TROVE, BENDIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PENNY PINCHER: Warrants were issued after a shire secretary's crimes were uncovered and (below) a story in an 1881 copy of the Bendigo Addy, and a picture of George Marrack. Pictures: CANVA, TROVE, BENDIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A RESPECTED pioneer of Bendigo fled central Victoria as auditors uncovered his audacious financial crimes, 140 years ago this week.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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