A CHECKERED CAREER.
4 lhe upa and downs of life iv the colonies * illnetrated by the case of Lieutenantwlodol Windridge, who, in his eightieth y**r, has petitioned the Victorian Parliament for relief, having lost his money wrough the failure of a bank, and being now ml vu C * Join > n R the 28th Regiment in "***, he reached Melbourne iv charge of a Wnvict customs boat's crew in 1839. He wmd as drill instructor to the native jN'ice, aud assisted iv putting down the ««etion riots iv Melbourne in 1843. While wooM-ge of native police to check robberies I w « ardcre L ? Aborigines, lio discovered **«o lyere, in Gippaland. While serving "• Bipector at Fores; Creek, he, with Dana, selected the site for Ca*tle-
mainp. He took from there (o Melbourne on a packhorse the first parcel of gold wttighioK over lewe, and without any escort.' He left the service in 1853, but haa been an active officer of voluuteers.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9304, 3 January 1896, Page 5
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