by James Kane An eminent English historian said that the most essential pieces of equipment for historians are a notebook and pencil and a stout pair of walking boots. Certainly this district has history in plenty for those prepared to go and look for it. There has long been a useful human compulsion to celebrate …
Vale: Dora Victoria Lenane, April 7th 1919 – September 7th 2013
by F and B Lenane Our Mum, Dora Victoria Lenane, was born in June on 7th April 1919, making her 94 years young. Dora’s many friends knew her by name, but her very large family always knew her simply as Mum or Nana. Neither name reflects the amazing energy and joy of life that Mum …
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Stone’s Slaughter Yards
by B.J. Madden Within what is now the Bexley Golf Course was a slaughter-house operated by C J Stone. The slaughter-house was adjacent to the creek which flows through the eastern end of the golf course, and blood from the slaughtered cattle ran into the creek. Blood was also buried in trenches in a paddock …
David Hannam 1805 – 1872: An Arncliffe Pioneer
by R W Rathbone David Hannam was born in the village of Holton in Somerset on 23rd June 1805, the eldest child and only son of Reuben Hannam and his wife, Elizabeth Hews. Reuben Hannam was convicted of ‘larceny in a dwelling house” at the Taunton Assizes on 31st March, 1810 and sentence to death, …
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The Chinese Market Gardeners of St. George District
by Gifford and Eileen Eardley Disclaimer: Please be aware that this article contains potentially inappropriate language or ideas. The SGHS does not in anyway endorse or condone discrimination of any kind.While some of this content may have been considered appropriate at the time of publication, we now recognise that it may contribute to harms.We have …
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