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Boarding House Dam, Watagan Mountains, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1976. Photograph by Ken Robson

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…Media … Boarding House Dam, Watagan Mountains, Lake Macquarie, NSW, 1976.……Photograph by Ken Robson … Photo Ref: 2553 … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … bush … dam … dams & reservoirs … landmarks … tree…

Evelyn Ruth Petersen - a brief biography

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…There were numerous small dams scattered around the property. Nanna dug the dams by hand, they would fill up and so she would dig the next dam down the hill a little so if the top dam over flowed it would fill the next dam down. If the dam dried out she would dig it out and make it bigger.……There were…

Pandel Avenue

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…There were 2 dams on the property. Prior to this a large piggery owned by Seftons had been on the property. Eventually much of it became Glendale East School ground. Built in 1962. The Pandel family said Hawkins constructed the street.……There were 2 dams on the property. Prior to this a large piggery…

Schroder Avenue

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…He was responsible for construction of Grahamstown Dam and Tomago sandbeds water supply systems for Newcastle. … Schroder Avenue was part of the Gateshead army camp, and after the war dwellings used by servicemen were turned over to the Housing Commission in 1944.……He was responsible for construction…

Community Transmission

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…People in new settlements like West Wallsend drank from untreated dams and tanks. They shared backyard pan dunnies with extended family members and transmitted disease to each other. William died because he came into contact with typhoid bacteria in raw sewage or a person carrying typhoid.……People in…

The Old Well

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…The well now sustained life, … When tanks and dams ran dry. … The cool clear waters always flowed, … On the well they did rely. … The depression years brought many folk, … In tent and shack they'd dwell. … Rabbits and fish were their manna, … With fresh water from the well.……The well now sustained life, … When…

Evelyn Ruth (Lena) Peterson - Early landowner at Munibung, now Macquarie Hills

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…She dug numerous dams on the property to water the acres of garden that she had and she built two dwellings and numerous shed with very little funds and making do with what she could get. ALL BY HAND!!! No machinery just hand tools…. a saw, shovel, mattock, crowbar, hammer, axe etc.……She dug numerous…

Interview with Jim and Merle Rawson, February 6, 2016

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…Merle: … And you know how high Warragamba Dam is! Well, the diesel was right down the bottom. And there were no lifts, were there, because the power was out … … Jim: … … so the operator had to race up and get the battery out of his truck! But this place here (Wangi), is a pommy design.……Merle: … And…

Morisset Hospital

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…A jetty was constructed for delivery of building materials by boat, and a dam was constructed to supply the hospital with water, which it did well into the 1940's. … 1908 … The first building erected was the Recreation Hall containing a gymnasium, kitchen, offices, staff dining room, and mezzanine storage……A…

Green Point - Warners Bay High Project

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…The White-faced Heron’s habitat ranges from wetlands, lakes, beaches, tidal mudflats and coastal reefs to dams, ponds, rivers, pastures and any wet field or garden. It is very versatile and can be found in either fresh or salt water. They are known to be locally nomadic and sometimes migratory.……The…