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J L Boyd and Son Ship Building Yard, 1943.
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…Media … J L Boyd and Son Ship Building Yard, 1943. … Photo Ref: 1565 … Creator: Boyd, Mr George … George Boyd is a keen historian and descendant of the Boyd family, who have been shipbuilders at Swansea since the 1850s.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
J L Boyd and Son Ship Building Yard.
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…Media … J L Boyd and Son Ship Building Yard. … Photo Ref: 1566 … Creator: Boyd, Mr George … George Boyd is a keen historian and descendant of the Boyd family, who have been shipbuilders at Swansea since the 1850s.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
J L Boyd and Son Ship Building Yard, 1943
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…Media … J L Boyd and Son Ship Building Yard, 1943 … Photo Ref: 1567 … Creator: Boyd, Mr George … George Boyd is a keen historian and descendant of the Boyd family, who have been shipbuilders at Swansea since the 1850s.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…
Sketch of Boyd's Lake Road Ship Building Yard, Swansea, NSW, by Robert Emerson Curtis, official war artist for the Australian War Memorial.
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…Media … Sketch of Boyd's Lake Road Ship Building Yard, Swansea, NSW, by Robert Emerson Curtis, official war artist for the Australian War Memorial.…
Ship named 'Gleaner', the second ship built by James Lewis Boyd, launched near Chapman Oval, Swansea NSW in 1902. The reason for the building site was the abundance of teatree timber, used for the solid frames of vessels.
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…Media … Ship named 'Gleaner', the second ship built by James Lewis Boyd, launched near Chapman Oval, Swansea NSW in 1902. The reason for the building site was the abundance of teatree timber, used for the solid frames of vessels.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative…
Lake Macquarie, New South Wales : a maritime history
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…Media … Lake Macquarie, New South Wales : a maritime history … Lake Macquarie, New South Wales : a maritime history … (5.31Mb pdf) … Related search terms … lake macquarie … maritime … reports … ship building…
Early Boat Building in Lake Macquarie
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…Apart from the Monaghan brothers’ shipyards, the Cardiff sawmill close by also had facilities for building and launching small ships. … Extract from ‘Reid’s Mistake’ by Keith H. Clouten. (1967, pp. 220-222). Published by Lake Macquarie Council.……Apart from the Monaghan brothers’ shipyards, the Cardiff…
Rathmines Air Base
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…Following the purchase of the land by Lake Macquarie Council in 1962, many of the buildings were sold and removed from the site. Some were used by the council as community halls. The large hangar was pulled down and shipped to RAAF Base Richmond to accommodate their new Hercules Aircraft.……Following…
Biography of Richard Fennell 1812-1885
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…On 13.11.1833 the 21 year old Richard Fennell arrived at Port Jackson on the barque “Ann” of 500 tons, The Master of the vessel was James Herd, and Richard was described as “Gentleman” on the ship's manifest.……On 13.11.1833 the 21 year old Richard Fennell arrived at Port Jackson on the barque “Ann”…
Alby Burgin 1915-2008
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…Two Handed - Line Honours Sydney to Port Stephens Two Handed - 1st overall … 1996 Sydney to Gold Coast Two Handed - 1st Overall Inducted into the Newcastle Sporting Hall of Fame and Brisbane to Gizo (Solomon Island) 1st overall … 1997 Sydney to Noumea (New Caledonia) Two Handed - 1st overall … 1998 Tall…

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