huffington

Updated: July 1, 2025

But gentlemen were still civil to one another, except on rare occasions, and then their language was a strong as that of the journals, e.g.: "I, Arthur Huffington, surgeon, residing at the station of Mr. W. Bowman, on the Ovens River, do hereby publicly proclaim George Faithful, settler on the King River, to be a malicious liar and a coward. "Ovens River, March 6th, 1844.

George Dunderdale - The Book of the Bush: Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial: Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others: Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned

"You will find a copy of the above posted at every public-house between the Ovens and Melbourne, and at the corner of every street in the town." This defiance could not escape the notice of the lawyers, and they soon got the matter into their own hands. Huffington brought an action of trespass on the case for libel against Faithful, damages 2,000 pounds.

George Dunderdale - The Book of the Bush: Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial: Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others: Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned