Joseph Graham’s Dinghy
Joseph Daniel Graham was born on Cabbage Tree Island in 1882 and 1965 aged 83 years. He lived on the island all of his life following in the family tradition of working as a boatbuilder, oyster farmer, fisherman and farmer…
Cape Hawke Memorial Hospital
After WWII, the population of Forster-Tuncurry had almost doubled and there was a growing need for a local hospital…
Warren ‘George’ Perkins, OAM
Warren ‘George’ Perkins was born 25 November 1927 and would become a highly respected builder, sportsman and community leader in Forster…
William ‘George’ Sawyer and his 1934 Dodge Tourer
After the Dodge was sold a letter arrived at Connie’s home together with a photograph of the restored vehicle…
Postcards from the muddy trenches of France
On 10 January 1916, three brothers from the Gorton family – Tom, Fred and Herbert – enlisted in WWI…
Harold Robert McCormick
Harold Robert McCormick was born in Taree on 3 October 1911 to parents Robert and Margaret. After school he went to Rotorua, New Zealand…
Do you remember the “Rawleigh Man”?
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
As a little girl growing up at Shalimar my grandmother gave me a cane chair…
Mary Bulmer: Forster High School Senior Administration Manager
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)
Joan Margaret Redshaw was born in Sydney in 1921 and studied medicine at the University of Sydney where she graduated with honours…