A very busy man!
I take my inspiration to write a blog about a Rookwood resident (or two) from many sources. It could be a newspaper article, an anniversary of a significant event, etc. etc. Today I have taken inspiration from a new historical fiction novel I read recently which has Victorian funeral practices at its heart. This novel was set in Sydney in the 1860’s and tells the tale of a young woman who becomes an embalmer and inherits her husband's business, an undertakers. Rookwood (or as it was known at the time of the setting of this novel, Haslem's Creek Cemetery) features prominently. Several well - known Sydney people of the time appear, and it is one of those people I highlight today. ARTHUR RENWICK Arthur was born in May 1837 in Glasgow Scotland, the only son of George, a bricklayer, and his wife Christina. He arrived in Sydney in July 1841 with his parents, who had paid their way to the colony, and his younger brother. His father, once settled, advertised as a plasterer operat...