Dingo duel and frontier life recounted in memoir
A family recounts nights of dingoes roaming near their home and the dog Nettle slaying a dingo in a candlelit fight. They describe bush tools, seasonal work herding cattle across mountains, and camp life with blankets, damper, and salt beef. The narrative shifts to encounters with 20 Aboriginal people on the verandah, their gear, diet, and proximity to the family, noting curiosity and politeness amid fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettle
Gome
Nettie
Piccaminny
Lost Art of Boomerang Throws and Camp Life Recalled
A reminiscence recounts hunting Wars of the past with boomerangs and fish intoxication by weed. It describes aboriginal tools and practices, honey gathering, prices for flour, and a drought of time as a major fire and family hardship unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sydney
Long Tom
Doan's Ointment Cited In Piles Cure Testimony
A Sydney reader reports a full recovery from fissures and piles using Doan's Ointment after other remedies failed. He notes rapid relief and lasting cure, and a follow up six years later confirms no recurrence. Proprietors advertise Doan's at 15 Hamilton St. Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn
A. UL. Francis
Union Street
Erskineville
Sydney
Dorn
Doan
Francis
All Chemian Co
Hamilton St
Long Night in Colonial Australia Skeleton Discovery
In the late 1940s near Hastings River Port Macquarie a three mile trek from the crown lands residence, a steel bill atop Colonel Gray’s Huntington home heard of a skeleton found in a creek bed. The skeletal remains lay in a square rock chamber with a cleaved front, suggesting deliberate chiselling, raising questions on origin and Aboriginal or settler ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Lands
Molert Marvie
EC. Mereweibher
George Gippa
Mereweiher
Colonel Gray
Huntington
Hastings River
Port Macquarie
Iain
Mall Chamber
Unclear OCR text summary of local rates and payments
Fragmentary report notes rates and payments tied to a local firm and council, mentioning December figures, a factory, and Manning Shire Council proposing a rate. Details are partially illegible, but reference to a business, local governance, and a pay rate appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federickton Factory
Manning Shire Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. Hannan
Masket Fictu Ores Palace
Roh Street
GI 'Phone
C. Falconer
General Carrier
Market Street
Gloucester
A. J. White
White Church Street
THE
Graham Timber CO
Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd
A. Parish
Bligh BT
Amlandfcoy
Co-Operative Company
Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd
Bydney
Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited
Pyrmont
Pittson & Badgery Ltd
G'Connell Street
Gale Catle
Homebush Yards
Abattoir
Winchcombe, Carson
Winchcombe, Garson
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd
J. H. Young
Sydney Mail
In & Aray
Ryed Tem
James Hardie & Coy. Ltd
Ibestos House
Car. York and Barrack Sts
Sydneys
Cnr
York & Barrack Streets
Samson
A. d. Woodward Hinker
Larvai
M. Thurlow
Church BT
D. Waddell & Co
A. E. Tull
G. McDonald
King Bt, G
Jugester
Pepsodent
Dombkins Bros
Omurch
Bootmakers
G. Nash
G. Nash Shaw BT
Fure
Victor
Paling
Hunter Street
Newcastle
Oakland
H. A. Hardes
General Motors
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Hewsaadl
Tooth & Co, Limited
Eastlemaine Brewery
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!