Mundoona North State School's Early Years and Local Life
The Mundoona North site near Baala Creek hosted a 1883 weatherboard school with an eight foot fence and nearby graves. It served as church and picnic ground, aided transport by Jack Mackenzie, and featured a footbridge over Baala Creek built by Jerry Donovan. Early teachers included Annie Valentine and William Barton, with pupils listed from families like Pagden, Delarue, Donovan, Mackenzie, and Nancarrow. the school closed in 1913 and moved to Mundoona South.
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Mundoona
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Bible+ Christian Church
Methodist Church
Jack Mackenzie
Mundoona North State School
Jack
Numurkah Jack
Namurkahites
Baala
Jerry” Donovan
Numurkah
M. A. O'Sullivan
Mun+doona North
Joe” Floater
Dan” Gleeson
Annie Valentine
P. Needham
Frank Needham
Miss Valentine
James Wall
Black Rock
Wm. Dyer
Ethel Green
Messrs McKiernan
Hall
Harold Skewes
Margaret
Ann
William
Alfred Pagden
Herbert
Ada
Alice Delarue
Charlie
John
Ned Donovan
Jennie
Kate
Obrion
Elizabeth
Edith Mackenzie
Bell Crozier
Annie
Fannie Swan
Alice Walters
Florence Nancarrow
Julia Carey
Elizabeth Jones
McCaskill
Alex Don
Malcolm
Christina
Kenneth
Bob
R. McKenzie
Jessie
Lily
Sydney
Norman
Nancarrow
Dolly Dis
Ruby
George
Twitt
Daisy Ernest
Myrtle
Percy
Heaton
Ralph
Woodgate Agus
Millie
Swan
Janet
Mundoona South
Springtime in the Garden by The Home Gardener
The piece notes that spring brings growth in deciduous trees and flowering fruit while warning of occasional frosts that can blacken early potatoes and tomatoes. It advises nip protection against aphids via nicotine sprays and highlights that spring is ideal for planting as sap rises. It also mentions Narcissus varieties finishing bloom and to not cut back foliage until it dies back.
Gladiola cultivation tips and vegetable planting guide
Compiled by J. W. Robinson from the Ormond Plant Farm, the note covers gladiola bulb timing for continuous bloom, flowering times of 13 weeks, and advice on soil suitability. It also lists crop guidance for vegetables including tomatoes pumpkins marrows cucumbers peas beans parsnips lettuce and cabbage with staggered planting dates for cooler districts.
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J. W. Robinson
Ormond Plant Farm
Church Notices From Multiple Parishes Announce Services
Church of England and other denominations list service times for Koonoomoo Cobram Numurkah Wasia Naring Numurkah Presbyterian Numurkah Strathmerton Mbuthun Methodist and more with names Rev. Fabb Rev. Churchward Rev. Muller and others plus a tailoring notice advertising R Pocknee dry cleaning and suit services at Nuvaurkah opposite the Commercial Bank.
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Church of England
Numurkah
Dudley
Strathmerton
Naring
Rev Churchward
Baulkamaughi
Hyde
Wasia
Yalea
C.E. Wanghnu
Mr Billingham
Kaarimba
Macang
Wunghnu
Rev Muller
Marangi
Mrs Coleman
Congupra West
Mr Coleman
Bunbartha
Mr Watters
Yourang
Kata
R. Pocknee
Commercial Bank
Nuvaurkah
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Lee Bowman
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Numurkah District
Mundoona North
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Wyndham Street
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W. R. Welshman
LL. Newton
Canberra
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A. C. Venables
Shamrock
Hemon
RED Cross Waste Appfai
Rene Dant Patname
Zool
Pertomenes
Sanuer Lee
Gerald Heard
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