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Members of the Collins family on the verandah of their home at 160 Marks Point Road, Marks Point, c.1920. The house was originally owned by the Marks family and purchased by Sidney and Florence Collins in the 1920s. They lived in this residence until they built a new house called White Gates closer to the water on the same block

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…They lived in this residence until they built a new house called White Gates closer to the water on the same block…

Members of the Collins Family outside of the family home at 160 Marks Point Road, Marks Point, c.1920. L-R Florence Collins (nee West) and her daughter Betty, Alice Riley and her daughter Jean and Gladys McGuire and her daughter Maire. Alice and Gladys were Florence's sisters.The house was originally owned by the Marks family and purchased by Sidney and Florence Collins in the 1920s. They lived in this residence until they built a new house called White Gates closer to the water on the same block.

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…They lived in this residence until they built a new house called White Gates closer to the water on the same block.…

Still Waters Clear Visions

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…In addition to acquiring Destefano’s work, the museum also accessioned four other exceptional works into permanent collection including The Last Arborist (2020) by Lotti Consalvo, Water is Life!……In addition to acquiring Destefano’s work, the museum also accessioned four other exceptional works into…

Man made watercourse in creek bed at Fassifern. Example of early indigenous engineering.

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Rubbing groove in rocks made to alter the watercourse in creek bed at Fassifern. Example of early indigenous engineering.

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Boathouse in front of The Bungalow, Sparke family holiday house on waterfront at Toronto c1915-1925. The fireplace in the foreground was for cooking crabs and other shellfish easily caught in the Lake at that time.

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The Old Well

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…Forests grew to the water's edge, … Prized timbers fell to the axe. … Shingle splitters felled the coveted oak, … While living along the shore in shacks. … Fishermen began to ply the lake … Supplying fish for Sydney town. … And market gardeners soon appeared, … As pioneering families settled down.……Forests…

First Houses at Catherine Hill Bay

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…Media … First Houses at Catherine Hill Bay … Photo Ref: 25425 … In the 18702 the new Wallsend Coal Mining Company began mining close to the water's edge at the southern part of the Bay. By 1873 a number of good weatherboard shingled cottages existed.…

Pulbah Island

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…On one occasion a Fisheries Inspector on his rounds became alarmed at the sight of a body lying close to the water's edge on Pulbah. It was on a slope and from the inert body to the trunk of a tree above stretched a sinister-looking rope stretched taut.……On one occasion a Fisheries Inspector on his…

First Jetty at Catherine Hill Bay

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…Media … First Jetty at Catherine Hill Bay … Photo Ref: 25426 … Pile jetty built into the face of workingsclose to the water's edge at the southern end of Catherine Hill Bay. Built by New Wallsend Coal Company in 1873.Evidence of the location is still clearly visible.……The ship quickly ran aground in 7…