Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Celebrating St Patrick's Day

Trove tells us that Toronto and Spier's or Speers Point were destinations for St Patrick's Day picnics for people from Maitland and Newcastle in the early 1900s but finding articles about celebrations from Lake Macquarie parishes has proved difficult.

Some digging on Trove has found the following articles.

1940 'CATHOLIC CHURCH SPORTS AT WANGI', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 21 March, p. 11. , viewed 17 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140530046

1941 'Miller's Forest Presentation', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 20 March, p. 9. , viewed 17 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140434512

We would love to hear some St Patrick's Day reminiscences from locals in Lake Macquarie.
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