This Day in History: 1883-09-18

1883 September 18-19: Reformer and Temperance evangelist Matthew Burnett and his wife visited Newcastle, delivering two public addresses, and receiving 120 pledges from abstainers.

Sources:
West Australian, 25 Sept. 1883, p.3.
Rica Erickson. Old Toodyay and Newcastle. Toodyay Shire Council, 1974, p.267.