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Daily Archives: November 30, 2018

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Prickly Pear Cough Syrup – a local speciality?

CommerceBy Janine RobertsNovember 30, 2018

Until the mid nineteenth century cochineal was highly sought after as the pre-eminent agent to produce a rich, vibrant red dye. It was the substance used to colour the British army ‘Red Coat’ uniforms…

Tunbridge Wells, 81 High Street, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsNovember 30, 2018

Henry Wilson Alcorn began his life on the Manning as a farmer and later advertised his services as a brick merchant and building contractor. He constructed many brick buildings around Taree, including the Exchange Hotel and his own home ‘Tunbridge Wells’…

Craft Cottage: 77 Pulteney Street, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsNovember 30, 2018

Following the death of the then owner George De Fraine of Sydney, vacant land having frontages to Pulteney, High and Wynter Streets was sold in 1908…

Violet Isobel Jobson: 1912-1934

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 30, 2018

On the morning of 12 April 1934, Violet Jobson, a young waitress at the Harrington Hotel, started her shift about 6.30am, but was too ill to work…

George De Saxe and Amy Mackay, Dentists

CommerceBy Janine RobertsNovember 30, 2018

George De Saxe was born in 1856 and worked most of his life as a dentist in Sydney and Parramatta. He often visited smaller towns providing dental services and in September 1900 visited Wingham for this purpose…

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