Trove Tuesday - Walkabout Lake Macquarie

In a browse through the Walkabout Magazine on Trove we found several photographs featuring Lake Macquarie. (for clearer images please follow the links in the citations for each article).

In 1958 from D.F. Gray of Blackall's Park is a photograph of an Aboriginal Shield Tree. 

Australian Geographical Society & Australian National Publicity Association & Australian National Travel Association. 1934, Walkabout Australian National Travel Association, Melbourne viewed 29 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-745848660

Frank A Tully submitted this photo in 1954.

Australian Geographical Society & Australian National Publicity Association & Australian National Travel Association. 1934, Walkabout Australian National Travel Association, Melbourne viewed 29 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-740098951

The St Andrew's Cross Spider was the subject of a photo shared by H J Bear in 1953.

Australian Geographical Society & Australian National Publicity Association & Australian National Travel Association. 1934, 'ST ANDREW CROSS SPIDER', Walkabout Australian National Travel Association, Melbourne viewed 29 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-754960632

Captain Brett Hilder sang the praises of Dora Creek in 1949.

Australian Geographical Society & Australian National Publicity Association & Australian National Travel Association. 1934, Walkabout Australian National Travel Association, Melbourne viewed 29 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-741257532

'Warrigal' penned this article in 1944

Australian Geographical Society & Australian National Publicity Association & Australian National Travel Association. 1934, 'LAKE MACQUARIE (New South Wales)', Walkabout Australian National Travel Association, Melbourne viewed 29 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-735646294

Greetings to you

 

Trove Tuesday - Christmas Greetings from Pepe.

 Back in 1972 Lake Macquarie resident, Mrs Harris, had a budgerigar called Pepe who "shrieks in mid-conversation, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

Following is an excerpt from the story of of Mrs Harris and her remarkable bird. You can read the article in full here: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51777104

1972 'Mrs. Harris's clever budgie', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 29 November, p. 23. , viewed 20 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51777104

Trove Tuesday - Found in the Magazines

 For today's blog post we looked into the Magazines and Newsletters category at Trove. While we usually turn to the Newspapers category for our research we may also find mentions of local people in the other categories on Trove.

This first article from Oliver McDonald of Warner's Bay was found in the children's section of a magazine. As well as giving an insight into the character of this lad the article contained some pertinent genealogical information.

1924, 'PICCANINNIES’ PAGES', The Australian woman's mirror The Bulletin Newspaper, Sydney viewed 15 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-418827863

Poet, Ian Healy, was published in the Bulletin in 1956.

1880, 'NIGHT, LAKE MACQUARIE', The bulletin John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, Sydney, N.S.W viewed 15 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-694118147

H J Bear shared a rare photo in 1934.

Australian Geographical Society & Australian National Publicity Association & Australian National Travel Association. 1934, 'STICK INSECT', Walkabout Australian National Travel Association, Melbourne viewed 15 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-754967776

In 1992 the Bush Fire Bulletin recounted the story of Simon Holder, the Little Boy Lost. For  clearer image of this story go to :http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-292126442

Bush Fire Council of New South Wales & NSW Rural Fire Service. 1978, 'Little boy lost', Bush fire bulletin Bush Fire Council of N.S.W, Sydney viewed 15 December 2020 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-292126442

Trove Tuesday - Christmas Preparations

Christmas has always been enthusiastically celebrated around Lake Macquarie.

Santa on the Lake 24 December 2017 (Photo - J. Ball)

 These few snippets from Trove provide a glimpse into activities in the past. 

1932 'RUSH TO THE LAKE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 December, p. 6. , viewed 07 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135487311

1933 'LAKE MACQUARIE SHIRE', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 13 December, p. 8. , viewed 07 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136697362

 

1946 'Pensioners' Party At Swansea', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 19 December, p. 7. , viewed 07 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133157345

1948 'BELMONT CHRISTMAS PARTY', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 December, p. 3. , viewed 07 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140344376

1950 'LAKE CARNIVAL', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 6 December, p. 4. , viewed 07 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134380020

1937 'PARTIES ARRANGED', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 16 December, p. 5. , viewed 07 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134995509

End of Year Celebration

 Please see December newsletter for further details.

Trove Tuesday - Natives of Scotland

November 30th, St Andrew's Day, is Scotland's National Day. Many early arrivals in  the Lake Macquarie District had roots in Scotland. 

The following eleven persons from our area were recorded in the newspapers on Trove as being a "Native of Scotland. If these images are difficult to read you can access the articles from the links that follow each clipping.

These articles contain many gems of information for descendants and family historians.

Mrs Grace Bower of Toronto

1908 'TORONTO.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 28 November, p. 2. , viewed 01 Dec 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135608496

Trove Tuesday - Ryhope on sale

Between July 1889 and December 1890 there were many articles on the local press about the sale of land at Ryhope. It appears that the vendors had some difficulty in selling off the land. By 1951 Samuel Charles Brown could not give away the land he had bought in Ryhope. 

A major site in Ryhope these days is The Lake Macquarie Memorial Park. 

 

1889 'THE TOWNSHIP OF RYHOPE.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 7 September, p. 3. , viewed 24 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139272871

1889 'LOCAL AND GENERAL.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 2 September, p. 5. , viewed 24 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139265153

1890 'Advertising', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 9 December, p. 8. , viewed 24 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132663647

1951 'Nobody Wants This Land Even Though It's Free', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 8 May, p. 1. , viewed 24 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158790655

1951 'Advertising', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 June, p. 5. , viewed 24 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1340568

Trove Tuesday - The Red Cross at Marks Point

It appears that Red Cross groups were active in Marks Point in the 1930s-1950s. Below you will see just a few of the articles about the activities of the Group.  Some of the family names mentioned are: Abbott, Barrett, Evans, Fahey, Green, Henderson, Hughes, Johnson, Lee, Loney, Owen, Skehans, Woolley, Wright, Young.

Do you have a connection with any of the people mentioned?

1932 'MARKS POINT', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 20 July, p. 7. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136589688

1934 'MARKS POINT SOCIAL', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 24 March, p. 13. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139877302

1939 'MARKS POINT', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 November, p. 15. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135452068

1941 'Marks Point Red Cross', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 28 November, p. 8. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134080311

1943 'Marks Point Red Cross', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 30 November, p. 4. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133426087

1949 'Marks Point Red Cross', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 8 April, p. 5. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134346371

1950 'Marks Point Red Cross', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 16 March, p. 6. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140626335

1950 'MARKS POINT FAIR SOON', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 5 October, p. 6. , viewed 17 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134383287

Trove Tuesday - War Memorial Convalescent Home

 As it is Remembrance Day this week we looked at Trove for articles on War Memorials and decided to share some of the history behind the War Memorial Home at Bolton Point which is now part of the Bolton Clark Macquarie View facility.

1944 'HOMES AS WAR MEMORIALS', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 11 January, p. 2. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134935034

1944 'Memorial Hospital For the Lake', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 April, p. 2. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134933296

1945 'CONVALESCENT HOME', Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 - 1907; 1909 - 1910; 1912 - 1913; 1915 - 1916; 1918 - 1954), 30 November, p. 4. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234117899

1947 'Bolton Point Preferred for Proposed Home', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 6 March, p. 4. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132858385

Guard of honour at the laying of the foundation stone of the War Memorial Convalescent Home for Ex-Servicmen, Bolton Point, New South Wales, 3 September 1949
Source https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-462143935/view

1950 'Plans Adopted For Lake War Memorial Home', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 20 May, p. 7. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135295246

1953 'War Memorial Home Completed', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 20 February, p. 3. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134833254

1955 'WAR MEMBERS' CONVALESCENT HOME', The Muswellbrook Chronicle (NSW : 1898 - 1955), 20 September, p. 5. , viewed 09 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107759002

Heather Garnsey is coming to the Lake

Australian GeneaGuru and retired Executive Officer of SAG, Heather Garnsey, will the the guest speaker via Zoom on 14th November at The Lake Macquarie Family History Group Meeting. The Group has allocated 20 invitations for visitors. If you would like to attend as a guest please email lakemacfhg@gmail.com

Heather's topic is The Sydney Benevolent Asylum and its triangle of care.

In 19th century Sydney the Benevolent Asylum was a place of temporary refuge for destitute ex-convicts, deserted wives and abandoned children and by the 1870s it was the main lying-in hospital for single pregnant girls. From the 1850s it also forged close relations with the Randwick Institute for Destitute Children and Liverpool Asylum. The surviving records can tell us a great deal about the people it helped.

Trove Tuesday - Cup Day

The Melbourne Cup, the race that stops a nation, is held annually on the first Tuesday in November. Reports via the newspapers on Trove indicate that Cup Day has been enthusiastically celebrated in our local area. This week we fished in Trove for reports of local events.

1945 'In Brief', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 3 October, p. 6. , viewed 03 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134359623

1949 'For Women . . . Guests Took Radios To Cup Day Parties', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 2 November, p. 5. , viewed 03 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134175726

1952 'Many To Conduct Cup Day Parties', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 30 October, p. 5. , viewed 03 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133568221

1954 'IN BRIEF...', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 29 October, p. 10. , viewed 03 Nov 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167653513