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Grandpa Parker's House, on the waterfront, Toronto
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Eleebana waterfront Paroo Avenue about 1960
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Arnott family homes on waterfront at Toronto, Lake Macquarie, NSW
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Charles Louis Lou Beck of Freemans Waterhole c.1914
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Dora Creek - Memories of Newcastle Pioneer's Reminiscences
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…In those days the water came over the area where the Newcastle Railway Station now stands, and Scott Street was under water at high tide.……In those days the water came over the area where the Newcastle Railway Station now stands, and Scott Street was under water at high tide.…
Lake Macquarie Waterway Flood Study, June 2012 Final Report
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Toronto waterfront at railway station looking north to Fig Tree Point
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Norman James Beck of Freemans Waterhole cutting timber c1916
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Elvie Fullick and Fred 'Sparrow' Lord, summit of Mount Sugarloaf, Lake Macquarie, NSW c.1950. The child with Elvie is Colin Waters and Ken Boyle is with Fred. Ken's parents were the publicans at the former Northumberland Hotel at West Wallsend, Elvie was an employee and Fred a patron. Photograph supplied courtesy of Ken Boyle
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Warners Bay
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…Early Transport: … By water or horse. Jonathan Warner made his fortnightly joumeys to Brisbane Water on horseback accompanied by two of his sons for safety. There was a horse and dray track to Newcastle, used for farm produce.……Early Transport: … By water or horse. Jonathan Warner made his fortnightly…

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