R & A PERRY CIRCUS 1992

R & A PERRY CIRCUS 19920001, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. hello buckles i have finally self published my book sawdust & headaches has about 158 photos is $35 australian plus $19 postage to the USA from when George Perry arrived in Tasmania as a convicted convict for stealing A hanky 7 years transportation arrived in tasmania on the ship waterloo on march 2 1835 100 years later Perry's had one of the biggest circuse's in Australia 6 elephants and travelling by train all of my uncles were very sport minded and used to carry a couple of race horses on the train and enter them in various country race meetings it is said that as the circus race horses were always close to the elephants it did not bother them so one of my uncles would load a couple of elephants on a truck and go up wind of the race track the local horses would scent the elephants and go bush the circuse's horses would nearly always win. robert perry po box 2169 Murray Bridge south Australia 5253