Bushman
After the war, Mervyn and his family moved back to the Wallamba where he cut fence posts, palings and firewood for use by guesthouses, bakeries and the slaughterhouse…
Christmas on the Wallamba
The only decorations were puddings hanging on strings around the verandah, and a bunch of wild Christmas bells in the lounge…
The trials of getting to school
Boats, horses, bicycles and a big red bus just to get to school…
Dee, Me and Three
I was born after WWII. We lived in a reasonably modern home at Shalimar built by my father. We bathed in a tub in front of the fuel stove…
A forgotten pewter plate
An intriguing lost family story is that of my seven times great grandparents Sarah Batt and James Gaite who married 6 September 1767 in Flax-Bourton, Somerset, England…
George Albert Chapman
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…
Emmeline Ann Everingham – a right to vote
In the Port Macquarie Museum is an ‘Elector’s Right Residential Qualification’ for Emmeline Ann Everingham. In 1902 the Australian Parliament passed the Commonwealth Franchise Act giving women over the age of 21 the right to vote…