Master Coyle

1872
Glass photonegative

Four-year-old William Coyle was the son of publican Patrick Coyle, who owned the Club House Hotel, for many years the leading public house in Hill End. Well-schooled at Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview, William graduated from the University of Sydney in 1891. Despite a shaky start to his legal career, William became a District Court Judge in Sydney.