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Monthly Archives: April 2021

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Christina ‘Ruth’ Gardiner

PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 26, 2021

Christina ‘Ruth’ Cameron was born 31 March 1909 at Wingham to Alexander and Agnes Cameron and is believed to have been the first baby born at Nurse Cameron’s Private Hospital…

When John Gardiner met Ruth Cameron…

PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 23, 2021

They spoke for seven years before they met face to face. Mervyn Machin decided to play matchmaker and reportedly said to John who had a reputation for being a man of few words…

John Gardiner, MC

PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 23, 2021

John Gardiner was born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1894. At age 17 he enlisted in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) as part of the Territorial Forces. With the start of WWI…

William Baird

Artefacts, PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 15, 2021

This photograph from the 1960s shows the headstone of William Baird at the Angel Close Historic Cemetery in Forster. William Baird was born in 1851 in Sydney…

Alfred Basham and Jane Middlemiss

Artefacts, PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 12, 2021

In the Angel Close Historic Cemetery at Forster lies the remains of Alfred Basham and Jane Middlemiss. While these two youths were not related nor did they die together they were nevertheless connected…

Robert Croker and the Nabiac War Memorial

People, PlacesBy Janine RobertsApril 1, 2021

Robert Croker was awarded the contract to build the memorial and hired other war veterans to help him. The dedication service was on ANZAC Day 1932 and some 60 returned soldiers marched to the new memorial…

John “Wylie” Breckenridge Third

PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 1, 2021

Like his forebears, Wylie Breckenridge was a boat enthusiast. He had an idea for making the sport of motor boat racing popular at Cape Hawke and set about designing a speedboat…

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