Morpeth identity John Wright publishes book From The Old Bailey London 1774 to Broom Making In Morpeth 2022 My Story about the highs and dries of Hunter River life

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Updated July 7 2022 - 7:40am, first published 7:30am
RIVER MAN: Farmer and author John Wright on his Phoenix Park property beside the swollen Hunter River, and with the Morpeth Bridge in the background. Pictures: Max Mason-Hubers
RIVER MAN: Farmer and author John Wright on his Phoenix Park property beside the swollen Hunter River, and with the Morpeth Bridge in the background. Pictures: Max Mason-Hubers

AS he stood at the back of his house at Phoenix Park, surveying the swollen and rising Hunter River ripping by, John Wright was a portrait of calm.

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Scott Bevan is a senior writer for The Newcastle Herald. He has also worked in radio and television and is the author of six books.

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