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Fragments of a letter from Tom Fennell to his mother, 29th November 1847

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…This creek, during the rains, is filled with water, but at other times consists of deep water holes from which we take our fish. There was one taken from the hole opposite the house that weighed 70 pounds.……This creek, during the rains, is filled with water, but at other times consists of deep water…

Teralba Tales

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…A number of search parties were formed from this end of town, and old ladies went around poking poles in the water holes. Len (Lightning) Rodgers, who was on horseback, found me somewhere near Barnsley that afternoon.……A number of search parties were formed from this end of town, and old ladies went…

Forgotten place names of Lake Macquarie R-Z

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…A tick-hole is a mining term for is a small hole, or cavity, in a rock, usually lined with a crystalline incrustation.……A tick-hole is a mining term for is a small hole, or cavity, in a rock, usually lined with a crystalline incrustation.…

Wyee

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…C & Wyong Shire Historical Society & Brisbane Water Historical Society 1969, An historical tour of Wyong and district, 1st ed, Brisbane Water Historical Society and Wyong Shire Historical Society, [Wyong, N.S.W.] … Nilson, Laurie & Leis, Susan & Noble, Rodney & Lake Macquarie (N.S.W.).……C & Wyong Shire…

Early days of hardship

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…Water and electricity were not connected until 1947, the same year the Awaba State Coal Mine opened.……Water and electricity were not connected until 1947, the same year the Awaba State Coal Mine opened. … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs…

Green Point - Warners Bay High Project

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…It has 11,000 hectares of surface water, is 24 km long, is 3.2 km at the widest point, and has an average depth of 9.7m. More than 280 species of fish live in the lake, making it one heck of a fishing hole!……It has 11,000 hectares of surface water, is 24 km long, is 3.2 km at the widest point, and has…

Talking About the Past Around Wyee

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…But at that time there was no water on at Wyee. You had to pay to get tanks and pumps and all that. 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 at that time there was no water on at Wyee. You had to pay…