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Royal Motor Yacht Club, Toronto

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…Racing … Since its inception the club has fostered cruiser and power boat racing and operated with a “very high degree of nautical ceremony and prestige, and on occasions, such as race days and other functions, uniform dress was mandatory”(RMYC website).……Racing … Since its inception the club has fostered…

Wharf, Toronto Yacht Club

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…Media … Wharf, Toronto Yacht Club … Photo Ref: 3559 … Since its inception the club has fostered cruiser and power boat racing and operated with a ?very high degree of nautical ceremony and prestige, and on occasions, such as race days and other functions, uniform dress was mandatory?(RMYC website).…

Industrial

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…The bountiful natural resources of Lake Macquarie have ensured we have a proud history of coal mining, fishing, boat building and manufacturing.……Oral History … Cockle Creek Power Station … Arsenic Smelter at Blackalls Park … Fish and Sugar at Mirrabooka … History of Lake Macquarie Power Station (Wangi) … Eraring…

Wyee

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…From the Freemans' hut a track led to a small wharf at the head of navigation on Wyee Creek, where a boat was kept. E. H. Hargraves of Norahville (the gold discoverer) had a waterfront block and wharf at The Hole (now filled in by Vales Point Power Station ash). Timber was shipped from the wharf.……From…

A Narrow Escape from Drowning

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…Still, he smiled as he untied me from the boat and lifted me to where I could walk. I shall never forget the few earnest words, You're safe now, forget not to thank your God. That quiet gaze that met mine was so perfectly undisturbed and calm that I had not power to thank him.……Still, he smiled as…

Reverend Lancelot E Threlkeld, 1788-1859

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…She exercised intellectual power over Biraban.……She exercised intellectual power over Biraban.…

Toronto

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…Holdsworth, boat proprietor; H. Blair, boat builder; Q. Hendry, overseer; Patrick Goetly, butcher; Louis Deer, school teacher; and S. Shute, school teacher. Other family names from the same period (1890) include Hinton, Dale, Rayfield, Buckley and Horn.……Holdsworth, boat proprietor; H. Blair, boat builder;…

Talking About the Past Around Wyee

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…But they went and put water out to Vales Point because they were building the power station there - so in the end we did get the water on.……But they went and put water out to Vales Point because they were building the power station there - so in the end we did get the water on.…