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Monthly Archives: October 2020

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Do you remember the “Rawleigh Man”?

CommerceBy Janine RobertsOctober 31, 2020

William Thomas Rawleigh, or W.T. as he was later known, was an American businessman who mastered the practice of door-to-door sales of medicated ointments both in the US and overseas…

A few of my favourite things

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsOctober 29, 2020

As a little girl growing up at Shalimar my grandmother gave me a cane chair…

Mary Bulmer: Forster High School Senior Administration Manager

PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 19, 2020

In June 1998 the staff of Forster High School was heartbroken at the news of Mary Ann Bulmer passing away suddenly…

Dr Joan Margaret Redshaw, AM (1921-1994)

PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 19, 2020

Joan Margaret Redshaw was born in Sydney in 1921 and studied medicine at the University of Sydney where she graduated with honours…

Who Killed Dot Everett?

EventsBy Janine RobertsOctober 19, 2020

On the morning of Sunday 28 November 1937, the body of “Dot” Everett was found in the grounds of the Broughton Church of England Boys’ School in Newcastle…

Gerard H B McDonell – Award Winning Architect

PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 19, 2020

Gerard H B McDonell, born in 1908 at Cundle Plains, was the fifth son of John Joseph and Emily Mary McDonell (née Bussell)…

1 Manning Street, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsOctober 19, 2020

This building is a rare survivor. A purpose-built dental surgery, constructed for Cuth Haddan in 1938…

Camping at Black Head

EventsBy Janine RobertsOctober 16, 2020

In the 1960s, families packed their camping gear and spent the school holidays at Black Head. My dad spared no expense in purchasing a two-pole canvas tent with grass as our floor…

Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero

PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 15, 2020

Only my parents would have a greater influence on my early life than Guy Prior…

Boyle Holden: Last of the bullockies

Events, PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 7, 2020

In 1959 Andrew “Boyle” Holden drove a team of bullocks across the newly opened Forster-Tuncurry Bridge. Not only was Boyle one of the last bullockies of the Mid North Coast…

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