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Boyhood memories of Cardiff
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=4893
…It had a band [banner] on the lower side To the People of Cardiff, New South Wales from the People in Cardiff, Wales. Someone has since borrowed it. It isn't there now. … There were a few occasions when we could not go to school, when there was flooding.……It had a band [banner] on the lower side…
4 girls 1920's at Pirrita Island (formerly known as Coon Island) L to R Olga Roach, Esma Roach (head scarf), Thelma Plain, and front Marie Roach.
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=460
…The decision followed community consultation by the Geographical Names Board and Lake Macquarie City Council with relatives of Herbert Greta Heaney, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people and the wider community.……Herbert Greta Heaney's nickname was 'Coon … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library…
Quarry Road
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=2859
…For a great many years this quarry was regarded as a free quarry with people coming and digging their own gravel. Early dole relief workers were said to have used it first.……For a great many years this quarry was regarded as a free quarry with people coming and digging their own gravel. Early dole relief…
Collection store
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=5515
…The people working in the collection store are collection managers, curators and volunteers. We work together to keep information about the collection in a collection management database. We store objects in archival housings and museum quality storage units made of powder coated metal.……The people…
The Quigleys of Awaba Park- Marmong Point
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=3754
…Those people who, when taking a trip to the Lake confine themselves to the portion about Williamson's, have no idea of the beautiful scenery that is to be seen in Awaba Bay, the western extremity of the Lake.……Those people who, when taking a trip to the Lake confine themselves to the portion about…
Killingworth Colliery after mine Explosion, 7 December 1910
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=showmedia&objid=25864
…Although much damage was done and the surface workings almost totally destroyed, no people were injured in this incident, as the mine workings had been shut down for two months.……Although much damage was done and the surface workings almost totally destroyed, no people were injured in this incident,…
Westy: we built this history
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=5474
…Learn about the people and groups that lived, worked and played under the shadow of the Sugarloaf Mountain. This is the story of West Wallsend. This is the history that made us who we are.……Learn about the people and groups that lived, worked and played under the shadow of the Sugarloaf Mountain. This…
Yarrawonga Park
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=96
…Reference … Armstrong, John W & Hunter District Water Board (N.S.W.) 1967, Pipelines and people, Hunter District Water Board, [Newcastle, N.S.W.] … Massola, Aldo Aboriginal place names of South-East Australia and their meanings. Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1968. … Gnb.nsw.gov.au. (2019).……Reference … Armstrong,…
Masha Koren
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=4153
…Masha describes people in her new community as nice but observes that they are perhaps more restrained and less prone to spontaneity than those in her former homeland.……Masha describes people in her new community as nice but observes that they are perhaps more restrained and less prone to spontaneity…
Belmont
https://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=8
…The following are the people listed at the mission in the 1828 Census: … Rev. L.E.……The following are the people listed at the mission in the 1828 Census: … Rev. L.E.…

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