This Day in History: 1907-04-10

James Sykes Battye, Chief Librarian of the Public Library of Western Australia, gave a lecture on Thackeray, Scott and Dickens, at the Newcastle Mechanics’ Institute (now the Toodyay Public Library). Attendance was disappointing.

Sources:
Newcastle herald, 6 April 1907, p.4; 13 April 1907, p.5.