Tuesday 10 November 2020

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




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