The Queanbeyan Age newspaper published an extensive obituary on the death of Hamilton Hume in 1873.

This story is taken from that article, and gives a glimpse of Hume the man. Read by John Walker.

Source:

The Late Hamilton Hume, the Explorer, Obituary in the Queanbeyan Age, 1 May 1873.

Parklands gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSW Government, through the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the Heritage Council NSW, to make these Hume and Hovell Track stories.