This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Various NSW events and incidents from 1917 report
Goulburn Agricultural Society drops show for 1917. A bazaar at Berrigan raised £417 for the Roman Catholic Church. Crop damage at Kalongan Station in Borrowa district estimated about £3000. Berrigan committee planned 5s weekly Red Cross material purchases. A man drowned at Forbes while rescuing his brother’s hat in flood. At Maitland a 17 month old child died after a kerosene incident. Coonamble hospital finances strains threaten closure. A squatter donated a hundred sheep. Adelong show potatoes: 36 weighed about 1 cwt, averaging over 31b each. Broad rainfall continues across the state with heavy falls up to four inches. Cooma man splashed with vinegar in eyes. feared lasting injury. youths charged at Casino Court for raiding an orchard form gang named The ?atching Hand. P M notes parental control lacking in cases.\"