Girls with Grit

by Jean Scott During World War II thousands of Australian women joined the Women’s Land Army. Their task was to tend the farms while the men went to war. Their contribution to the war effort has been largely overlooked. In 1991, Jean Scott recounted their achievements, experiences and tribulations in a presentation to the SGHS. …

John Lucas MP

by Ron Rathbone Of all the members who represented the Canterbury Electorate or its predecessors, which covered the St. George District until 1893, none proved as energetic, capable, effective or painstaking as John Lucas. Broad shouldered and inclined to be both assertive and bombastic, he had a great fighting heart and a vision and an …