IN 1870 a young Finnish seaman named Carl Frederik Doepel jumped ship in Sydney and found his way to the Bellinger River. Fred, as he was generally known, met Mary Ann McNally and they married in 1886, with a family of nine children to follow. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...
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