Featured image: Moruya Public School c.1910 Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 7 April 1917, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: AUCTION SALE – Richardson, Wrench and Thomson, will offer the late Mr. E. M. Mort’s property, known… Read More
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Tags: Bodalla, Dalmeny, Dawson, death, entertainment, EUROBODALLA, Harvison, Honour Board, Mort, Moruya Public School, Parbury, pictures, Raymond Bishop, Raymond Charles Bishop, St John's, Thomson, World War I
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 18 November 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: OUR BOYS – The following is a letter received by Mrs. Jas. O’Connor, of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade. – Lark Hill Salisbury… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Agriculture, Batemans Bay, EUROBODALLA, King George V, Lavis, Mackay Park, Narooma, Red Cross, Rixon, Wedding, World War I
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of Date 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: TIMBER RIGHT – The Bodalla Estate Manager, Mr. Hutchison, advertises in this issue the right to cut timber on the Estate, tenders closing on… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District, People
Tags: Agriculture, Araluen, Bishop, Briadwood, death, EUROBODALLA, fishing, Geelan, Gold, grazing, Harvison, McKeon's Hotel, Methodist Church, Moruya Park, Narooma, Post Office, Raymond Bishop, Raymond Charles Bishop, Timber, Wagonga, World War I
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 17 June 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: WHARF ROAD – We are pleased to hear that those of our Shire Councillors, interviewed on the subject, are quite in accord with… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Araluen, Braidwood, Criterion Hotel, Duncan, entertainment, EUROBODALLA, Flanagan, Harrison, Hotels, Illawarra and South Coast SN Company, Lynch, mining, Narooma, Parviour, Post and Telegraph Office, Queen Street, referendum, transport, World War I
Czernick Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1914, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: WATER SUPPLY. – The very changes in the seasons from what they were 50 years ago and the gradual tendency to… Read More
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1914, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: MORUYA ANNUAL RACES, 1914 – The races which eventuated on Monday and Tuesday last can be written a big success in every… Read More
Early local papers were very much the Facebook of their time. From the October 11 edition of the Moruya Examiner we read of weeds in Cobargo, the opening of a new church at Eurobodalla, the re-opening of a cheese factory on the… Read More
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1913, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: Once again, these extracts show that even though our language has changed and become less flowery, some elements of our lives really… Read More
Category: Events, Moruya District, People
Tags: celebrations, Deua River, EUROBODALLA, Family history, Moruya, Moruya Examiner, Mullenderree, politics, Tilba
Nerrigundah is usually associated with gold rushes, bushrangers and more recently farming – not with poetry. Therefore it was extemely surprising to see a almost hidden memorial to Australia’s first ‘bush poet’ on the Eurobodalla road near Tyrone Bridge, the old wooden… Read More
Category: Moruya District, People
Tags: Australia, Australian literature, British Isles, Charles Harpur, EUROBODALLA, Gold, John Macarthur, Lachlan Macquarie, Nerrigundah, Poetry
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1913, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: HOSPITAL BEE. – It is computed by Mr. Dawson that fully 35 tons of earth were ploughed and shifted with barrows by… Read More
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Posted on April 10, 2017 by mdhsociety
News from the Front, a wedding and more: News from 100 years ago
Featured image: Moruya Public School c.1910 Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 7 April 1917, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: AUCTION SALE – Richardson, Wrench and Thomson, will offer the late Mr. E. M. Mort’s property, known… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Bodalla, Dalmeny, Dawson, death, entertainment, EUROBODALLA, Harvison, Honour Board, Mort, Moruya Public School, Parbury, pictures, Raymond Bishop, Raymond Charles Bishop, St John's, Thomson, World War I
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Posted on November 20, 2016 by mdhsociety
Frank Comments About King George V As Written By a Digger From Narooma
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 18 November 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: OUR BOYS – The following is a letter received by Mrs. Jas. O’Connor, of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade. – Lark Hill Salisbury… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Agriculture, Batemans Bay, EUROBODALLA, King George V, Lavis, Mackay Park, Narooma, Red Cross, Rixon, Wedding, World War I
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Posted on August 17, 2016 by mdhsociety
The Great War begins to affect more local families -News from 100 years ago
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of Date 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: TIMBER RIGHT – The Bodalla Estate Manager, Mr. Hutchison, advertises in this issue the right to cut timber on the Estate, tenders closing on… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District, People Tags: Agriculture, Araluen, Bishop, Briadwood, death, EUROBODALLA, fishing, Geelan, Gold, grazing, Harvison, McKeon's Hotel, Methodist Church, Moruya Park, Narooma, Post Office, Raymond Bishop, Raymond Charles Bishop, Timber, Wagonga, World War I
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Posted on June 17, 2016 by mdhsociety
Moruya Votes For 6pm Closing – news from 17 june, 1916
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 17 June 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: WHARF ROAD – We are pleased to hear that those of our Shire Councillors, interviewed on the subject, are quite in accord with… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Araluen, Braidwood, Criterion Hotel, Duncan, entertainment, EUROBODALLA, Flanagan, Harrison, Hotels, Illawarra and South Coast SN Company, Lynch, mining, Narooma, Parviour, Post and Telegraph Office, Queen Street, referendum, transport, World War I
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Posted on March 22, 2014 by mdhsociety
Mr Emmott Blasts Queen Street -One hundred years ago, March, 1914
Czernick Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1914, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: WATER SUPPLY. – The very changes in the seasons from what they were 50 years ago and the gradual tendency to… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District, People Tags: entertainment, EUROBODALLA, Moruya, Moruya & District Historical Society, Moruya Examiner, Pioneers
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Posted on February 8, 2014 by mdhsociety
One Hundred Years Ago – February 7, 1914.
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1914, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: MORUYA ANNUAL RACES, 1914 – The races which eventuated on Monday and Tuesday last can be written a big success in every… Read More
Category: Events, Moruya District, People Tags: Bodalla, EUROBODALLA, Heritage, Moruya Examiner, Moruya New South Wales, Racecourse
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Posted on October 13, 2013 by mdhsociety
One hundred years ago – 11 October
Early local papers were very much the Facebook of their time. From the October 11 edition of the Moruya Examiner we read of weeds in Cobargo, the opening of a new church at Eurobodalla, the re-opening of a cheese factory on the… Read More
Category: Events, Moruya District, People Tags: Agriculture, Cobargo, EUROBODALLA, Moruya, Moruya Examiner
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Posted on October 5, 2013 by mdhsociety
One hundred years ago – 4 October, 1913
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1913, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: Once again, these extracts show that even though our language has changed and become less flowery, some elements of our lives really… Read More
Category: Events, Moruya District, People Tags: celebrations, Deua River, EUROBODALLA, Family history, Moruya, Moruya Examiner, Mullenderree, politics, Tilba
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Posted on September 10, 2013 by mdhsociety
Trove Thursday – Charles Harpur – Currency Lad and Colonial Poet
Nerrigundah is usually associated with gold rushes, bushrangers and more recently farming – not with poetry. Therefore it was extemely surprising to see a almost hidden memorial to Australia’s first ‘bush poet’ on the Eurobodalla road near Tyrone Bridge, the old wooden… Read More
Category: Moruya District, People Tags: Australia, Australian literature, British Isles, Charles Harpur, EUROBODALLA, Gold, John Macarthur, Lachlan Macquarie, Nerrigundah, Poetry
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Posted on August 16, 2013 by mdhsociety
One hundred years ago today…….
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1913, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: HOSPITAL BEE. – It is computed by Mr. Dawson that fully 35 tons of earth were ploughed and shifted with barrows by… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District, People Tags: EUROBODALLA, Moruya, Moruya and District Historical Society, Moruya Examiner
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