Sergeant Ian Affleck
Ian Affleck thrived at the Black Head Surf Life Saving Club; achieving his Junior Qualifying Certificate in 1933 aged 14, his Bronze Medallion in 1935…
Taree High School’s first Agricultural Farm
Centred in a large farming region, Taree High School established agricultural studies as part of its curriculum in 1941. Initially the subject was for male students…
Survey Reference Trees
These old survey trees were an early way of marking the landscape to define roads, Crown Lands and property allotments…
Mildred Muscio: Women’s Rights Activist
Florence Mildred Fry was born at Copeland near Gloucester in 1882. Her parents were Jane McLennan, assistant teacher and Charles Fry who conducted the post office…
John Guilding’s Bitter-Sweet Dream
Through the abhorrent use of an enslaved workforce, plantation owners in the West Indies had made huge fortunes from the cultivation of that most sought-after commodity – sugar…
A very old and very good ginger beer recipe
In our family homemade ginger beer and Christmas go hand in hand. Recently I came across an old ginger beer recipe at the NSW State Library…
Stephen Hopkins: Ex A.I.F.
In society there are always people who fall through the cracks – one such was Stephen Hopkins…