The official history of Australia may have forgotten colourful rogues like Tom Ley, but Mudgee painter Michael Bourke has painted a biographical suite of scenes that tell his life story in almost cartoonish images. He talks to Caroline Baum about how Tom Ley became known as Lemonade Ley and how he rose from abject poverty to become a Minister in the NSW government, before travelling to London and being accused of murder. It sounds like fiction, but it’s all true.
© 2024 Caroline Baum
© 2024 Caroline Baum
© 2024 Caroline Baum
© 2024 Caroline Baum
© 2024 Caroline Baum
I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.
I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.
I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.