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Land sale deeds, Holmesville. These documents record the sale of land in 1892 to James Wood and in 1907 to Letitia Huddleston by Joseph Holmes.
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…Media … Land sale deeds, Holmesville. These documents record the sale of land in 1892 to James Wood and in 1907 to Letitia Huddleston by Joseph Holmes.…
Charlestown: Planned subdivision of the old Waratah Company's estate Charlestown Heights. Sale by auction Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown Heights Saturday, May 2nd 1914
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…Sale by auction Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown Heights Saturday, May 2nd 1914 … Photo Ref: 16424 … Creators:… Lang, Wood and Co … William Brooks and Co … Subdivision Estate Maps … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported…
Tumut Street
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…Tumut Street was part of the 1904 land sale by Lang Wood and Co. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License… Tumut Street … There is a NSW town name theme in Dudley.……Tumut Street was part of the 1904 land sale…
Evelyn Ruth (Lena) Peterson - Early landowner at Munibung, now Macquarie Hills
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…No electricity or running water…. she gathered and chopped wood for the wood burning stove to cook, heat water for the copper to wash the clothes or the fireplace for warmth. Life was hard but the property was hers….. and SHE LOVED IT!!!……No electricity or running water…. she gathered and chopped…
Fishing Styles on the Lake
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…Heating, cooking and bathwater came from heating on an open fire in the kitchen and one of my afternoon chores was to walk into the bush and retrieve sticks and pieces of wood for the fire.……Heating, cooking and bathwater came from heating on an open fire in the kitchen and one of my afternoon chores…
Talking About the Past Around Wyee
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…There were a fair few Woods… … Zita: … They helped start off the Bethshan Mission, I think. You know Winns, the department store in Sydney? I think they put up most of the money. And the Woods' were into timber, I think… … Russell: … Timber, and orchardists and dairying.……There were a fair few Woods… … Zita: … They…
Swansea: early days
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…-Main-road, adjoining Hotel, 39ft. to Main-road, by a depth of 295ft., return frontage to Wood-at., at rear. SWANSEA.-- Black Ned's Bay, a Weekend or home Site, 50ft, to Bowman st., depths of 183 and 157ft., return frontage to Black Ned's Bay at rear.……-Main-road, adjoining Hotel, 39ft. to Main-road,…
Biography of Richard Fennell 1812-1885
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…The 40 acre waterfront land was later subdivided and it is said that there were Fennell family graves on this land, including those of Richard and Louisa.……The 40 acre waterfront land was later subdivided and it is said that there were Fennell family graves on this land, including those of Richard and…
Light on Morisset: Does work make well?
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…The Cure Peter Kocan 1983 … They picked out about ten or a dozen of the most able [patients], and every morning there was a male nurse whose job was to take them out into the bush and cut wood for the jumbos [wood fired heaters for water].……The Cure Peter Kocan 1983 … They picked out about ten or a dozen…
Charlestown History
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…One of the families near our home earned their income from wood cutting. Bakeries in those days (before gas was reticulated at Charlestown) used wood as fuel.……One of the families near our home earned their income from wood cutting. Bakeries in those days (before gas was reticulated at Charlestown)…

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