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Upper Manning Pioneers Remembering a Life on the Manning
In an interview at Wingham on June 15 1938 Dan Brims of Candle Flat recounts life in the Manning district. At 87 he recalls early settlers and stations Cooplacurripa Tigrah and Giro Station, family ties with the Hawkesbury Sullivan clan, cedar cutting days for Wingham banks, and a hardy pioneer ethos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Brims
Candle + Flat
Upper
Manning
Wingham
Albert Lewis
Dan Brims
Mr. Brims
England
Australia
Colony
Hawkesbury
Eleanor Sullivan
Wilberforce
Freeman's Reach
Windsor
Gloucester
Giro
Khatumbuhl Creek
Tigra
Sydney
Tigrah
Queensland
Coopicurripa
Mackay
Cooplacurripa Station
Messrs
John
William Allan
Kimbriki
Cooplacurripa
Richard Hinton
Wature
Tye
Wineham
Daintry
Wherrol Flat
John Sullivan
Westwood
Joshua Cochrane
William Morris
Taree
Cooperack
Oundle Flat
Tri
Prs
Ferris
Tam