Lake Macquarie FHG Blog: Trove Tuesday

Local historian and author Doug Saxon will be the guest speaker at our monthly meeting next Saturday, 20th February, at 2pm. Due to Covid rules being relaxed to the 2 square metre per person requirement we will be able to accommodate more people at this meeting. Please join us and bring your pennies with you as Doug will have copies of some of his books for sale. We will also be broadcasting this talk via zoom for members unable to attend in person.

Doug has indicated that his talk will be in two parts:

Some aspects of Eraring’s history and my efforts to preserve it based on my book published last year ‘Eraring’s History- Farming, Monkeys and Electricity.’
Dora Creek - John Douglass and his family. This is from my book recently published ‘Dora Creek Memories 1870-2020’ to celebrate 150 years of public education at Dora Creek. John Douglass was the first teacher and lived at Dora Creek for more than 50 years.

Doug Saxon (Photo supplied by D. Saxon)

In a search on Trove we found several references to Doug. Please take a look at some of these items and have your questions ready for Doug on Saturday.

One won't find mention of Doug in the popular Newspapers and Gazettes Category on Trove as this mostly covers the period up to 1954 when Doug was not yet writing on history.

Listed in the Magazines and Newsletter category there are several articles mentioning Doug. In a 1978 letter to the Education magazine Doug outlines the difficulties he faced with furniture removal when he was transferred from Newcastle to a teaching position at Yanco.

In 2009 Doug featured in several issues of Education as he sought contributions for a booklet he was writing. Doug posted on 16 March 2009

"YANCO PUBLIC SCHOOL celebrates its

centenary on the June long weekend

2009. Former Principals, teachers, stu-

dents [or their descendants] are invited

to contribute to the centenary book-

let. Contact Doug Saxon.''
Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-707329048

For more current references to Doug from the Websites Category on Trove follow this link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/websites?keyword=%22doug%20saxon%22 which shows that he is well represented on the internet.

The Books and Libraries Catalogue lists many of Doug's works and provides the location of libraries that hold copies of the items. Click on the links below to see the records and locations for these works.

An Anzac from Hamilton / Doug Saxon

Bark hut or horse to Toronto : Awaba School, 1891-1991 / by Doug Saxon

Bonnells Bay Public School (formerly Morriset East) : celebrating the centenary 1912-2012 / compiled by Doug Saxon

A brief history of Yanco / by Doug Saxon

Companion Credit Union : the first twenty years, 1974-93 / Doug Saxon

Companion Credit Union : 30 years of community service 1975-2005 / Doug Saxon

Dora Creek memories 1870-2020 : celebrating 150 years of public education at Dora Creek / written by Doug Saxon

The East enders : some memories of East Cessnock and its school 1928-88 / compiled by Doug Saxon, Principal

Eraring's history : farming, monkeys and electricity / Doug Saxon

The gateway to the M.I.A. : a history of Yanco, N.S.W. / Doug Saxon

Hamilton : memories of life & school in the 1950's / by Doug Saxon

A history of Eraring and its school / Doug Saxon