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Joseph De Lore

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJune 4, 2021

The tattoos of this young romantic, Joseph De Lore (Dolleur), were recorded when he was arrested in Montreal, Canada in 1837 for housebreaking…

Nurse Jane Mayers

People, PlacesBy Janine RobertsJune 4, 2021

At the age of 16 Jane De Lore married Joseph Mayers of Mayer’s Flat, Bungwahl, riding 30 miles on horseback to Maitland to be married…

Granny Rennie

People, PlacesBy Janine RobertsJune 3, 2021

In 1852 on the ship “Argyle”, Mary Keleher aged 19 left her native County Clare, Ireland to become one of the first assisted immigrants to arrive directly into Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Qld…

Adolph and Charlotte Ohma

PeopleBy Janine RobertsMay 7, 2021

Adolph Ohma was born in 1892 in Sydney to an Australian mother and Norwegian father. As a young man Dolph left Sydney on a steamer to work at Wright’s shipyard, Tuncurry…

Early Tourism in Forster Tuncurry

Commerce, PlacesBy Janine RobertsJanuary 8, 2021

During the early years of tourism young people in station wagons loaded with surf boards arrived in Forster. They slept in their cars or on the beaches…

Cape Hawke Memorial Hospital

Buildings, CommerceBy Janine RobertsNovember 19, 2020

After WWII, the population of Forster-Tuncurry had almost doubled and there was a growing need for a local hospital…

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…

Driving Miss Maisie…Philp

PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 3, 2020

Maisie started work on the Forster-Tuncurry-Taree bus service owned by Brien Ivens as the conductress in 1941…

George Albert Chapman

PeopleBy Janine RobertsAugust 20, 2020

George Albert Chapman was born in Raymond Terrace and in 1880, aged 23, he walked up the beach to the Wallamba looking for a place to settle…

Maud Mabel Wilkes

PeopleBy Janine RobertsAugust 17, 2020

In June 1917 Maud Mabel Wilkes married the Cape Hawke Regatta Champion Rower Albert George Chapman…

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