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Redhead Bicentennial Park
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…The Soldier’s Memorial is here.……The Soldier’s Memorial is here.…
Rathmines as an Engine Room of Total War
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…Their ability to land on water meant soldiers were able to be plucked from the sea and the great size of the plane meant many soldiers, or sometimes Prisoners of War, could be airlifted to safety and medical care.……Their ability to land on water meant soldiers were able to be plucked from the sea and…
Teralba School of Arts
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…Some ladies started a soup kitchen to raise money for the Soldiers Comfort Fund. They also knitted socks for the troops. Miners, returned soldiers and lodge meetings were held here. … At times, it was used as a polling booth in the Shire Council elections.……Some ladies started a soup kitchen to raise…
Local Heroes
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…https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/4737 … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License… Local Heroes … Many men from West Wallsend answered the call in World War One.……https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/4737 … This…
Australia Remembers ~ 1945 - 1995
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…A more recent compilation can be found at Parent Page Lake Macquarie WWII Soldiers … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related Media … Booklet (1) … Related Pages … Lake Macquarie and her WWI enlisted men……Parent…
Carnley Estate, Pelican
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…Carnley Estate, Pelican … Early name for the part of Pelican bound by Loma Street and Soldiers Road. Named for George Carnley's Estate subdivision of 1937.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License… Carnley Estate,…
Private Thomas Wood 1030. 17th Battalion AIF
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…Media … Private Thomas Wood 1030. 17th Battalion AIF … Photo Ref: 24812 … Creator: Unknown … Thomas Wood is memorialised on the Killingworth Soldiers' Memorial Monument.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related…
Redhead: Marching for Honour, Recognition and Adventure
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…Redhead: Marching for Honour, Recognition and Adventure … The book featured on this page - Marching for Honour, Recognition and Adventure: The Story of the Participation of Redhead Soldiers in World War I - was researched, compiled and written by Robert Neil Bowd.……Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed…
2015 Exhibitions
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…Exhibitions … Mr Bull's Gardens … The March of the Wallabies … Glenrock Lagoon … Court Houses of Lake Macquarie … Cockle Creek Power Station … Opening of Redhead Surf Lifesaving Clubhouse … Iron Horse and Iron Bark … Migrant stories … Fisho Jack … Boolaroo Teralba ambulance … Dunbar Diaries … Lake Macquarie WWI…
Storm, Bulba
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…'Snowy' the white dove, sleek and unconcerned, is feeding from his flooded seek box, whilst the pee-wits and soldier birds seek the shelter of the sturdy limbs. The Kookaburras are strangely quiet today.……'Snowy' the white dove, sleek and unconcerned, is feeding from his flooded seek box, whilst the…

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