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Five Islands Road and bridge. Teralba, Lake Macquarie NSW. View from Booragul Foreshore. Pink Rhyodacite volcanic rocks from Diemars Road quarry in Salamander (operated by DARACON). 2006
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…View from Booragul Foreshore.…
Five Island Road and bridge, Teralba NSW. View from Booragul foreshore. Pink Rhyodacite volcanic rocks from Diemars Road quarry in Salamander (operated by DARACON). 2006
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=5774
…View from Booragul foreshore.…
The Stone Road in Argenton
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Teralba Cemetery : the Big Hill
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…Over the years, the site has seen a number of different names, including Big Hill Cemetery, Billy Goat Hill Cemetery, Goat Hill Cemetery, Booragul Cemetery and Pioneer Cemetery.……Over the years, the site has seen a number of different names, including Big Hill Cemetery, Billy Goat Hill Cemetery, Goat…
Toronto Road
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…Brown Anglican Village and the Booragul roundabout, the first in Lake Macquarie, are on Toronto Road.……Brown Anglican Village and the Booragul roundabout, the first in Lake Macquarie, are on Toronto Road. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
Teralba Tales
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…We had about fifty cows and the milk was delivered around Teralba, Booragul and Marmong Point - there was a much lower population in those days. I still live in the same street, Quarry Road, and have gathered some stories along the way.……My father needed a new dairy and bails built so he had this done…
Aspinall Street
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…Booragul Public School, built in 1955, is situated in Aspinall Street. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License… Aspinall Street … Aspinall Street was named after James Mitchell Aspinall Quigley in 1924.……Booragul…
Marmong Street
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…The original Booragul High School building was opened 1958 and built by Orrett Bros, Newcastle. The foreman bricklayer was L. Scott of Speers Point. This was the first high school built on the western side of the lake and only the second built in Lake Macquarie.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library…
Rens Street
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…Madam Rens exchanged part of George Street in Sydney for a land grant at Booragul. James Mitchell eventually acquired this land.……Madam Rens exchanged part of George Street in Sydney for a land grant at Booragul. James Mitchell eventually acquired this land. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library…
Station Street
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…Station Street was surveyed in 1924 and named for the Booragul Station opening in 1926.……Station Street was surveyed in 1924 and named for the Booragul Station opening in 1926. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported…

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