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The Dunn Family from ‘Dunnville’, Failford

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJuly 14, 2021

In 1902 Thomas, Eliza and their children moved into a mill workers’ cottage at Failford before acquiring a property on the bank of the Wallamba River opposite the mill which became popularly known as ‘Dunns of Dunnville’…

John Wylie Breckenridge: The Laird of Failford

PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 4, 2021

John Wylie Breckenridge (1846-1917) was the eldest son of John Wylie Paton Breckenridge of Forster…

Breckenridge Scandal

Events, PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 28, 2020

This painful scandal played out across NSW newspapers in 1899. Thomas Breckenridge was a storekeeper at Forster who worked with his sister Mary. When Thomas’ fiancée Jane Ann Benson became pregnant…

Failford – a name on a map

PlacesBy Janine RobertsMarch 30, 2019

Failford is a locality set amidst pleasant countryside, but dominated today (2019) by large lot residential subdivisions. Perhaps not historically interesting? But, then again…

Rare wooden grave marker

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsOctober 30, 2018

This rare example of a legible wooden grave marker was found behind a shed at the Great Lakes Museum in 2014. It once marked the grave of 14 year old Joseph Edwin Hadley…

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