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â€˜The Scaly Monsterâ€™

The Scaly Monster of the House (3 May, 1884), p. 13.jpg

‘The Scaly Monster’ drawing shows an unruffled ‘Bloody Jack’ McElhone boarding a vessel embarking for England. This feisty Sydney alderman had a reputation for forthrightness and ‘fisticuffs,’ which was not always…

Tags: â€˜Bloody Jack, â€™ boat, Alderman, cartoon, democracy, E. Montague Scott (1835-1909), John McElhone (1833-1898), knight, NSW politics, political cartoon, politics, respectability, Sydney Municipal Council

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