Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 12 January 1918, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: FROM THE FRONT – Mrs. W. Costin, of Narooma, is receipt of the following from her son, Pte. Arthur Costin, who has been… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Boyle, Constable, Costin, Crapp, Dr Quilter, Jessop, Military Medal, Moruya, Narooma, Nerrigundah, Polygon Wood, Pte. Arthur Costin, William Crapp, World War I, Zonnebecke
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 27 January 1917, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: HOTEL CHANGES HANDS – At the Moruya Court on Tuesday the license of the Adelaide Hotel was transferred from Ada Pollock to “Tom”… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Adelaide Hotel, Agriculture, All Saints' Church, Bergalia, Berriman, Bodalla, Bridgit Johnston, cattle, Cobargo, Congo, Curtis, death, entertainment, Flanagan, Guest, Keating's Hotel, Moruya Races, Moruya River, Nerrigundah, Ravaillion, Somme, ss Benandra, Thomson, Turlinjah, Wedding, World War I
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 2 December 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: ROLL OF HONOUR – On Tuesday last Mr Joe Grumley, who had just returned to Moruya after seeing his second son, T. J. Grumley,… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Billy Hughes, charity, Courthouse, death, Gardiner, Grumley, Lavis, Nelligen, Nerrigundah, police, Shepherd, Thistlewood, World War I, Wright
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 2 September 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – Miss Simpson of “Carolyn” who recently forwarded a large parcel of old kid gloves has received the following acknowledgement from Mrs…. Read More
Category: General, Moruya District, People
Tags: Batemans Bay, Bega, Braidwood, Cootamundra, Eden, eucalyptus oil, Guest, Jeffrey, Moruya Public School, Nelligen, Nerrigundah, Ross, Royd, Walter, World War I
A gold rush, bushrangers, miners, armed hold ups and Chinese joss houses – everything was happening in the bustling 1860s gold rush settlement of Nerrigundah. The population at that time was approximately 1200 people – extremely difficult to imagine now! Saturday’s ceremony and… Read More
Editor’s note: This article, written by Anne McDougall, provides a family perspective on the events of almost exactly 150 years ago by shining some new light on Tom Connell, one of the bushrangers in this exciting colonial tale of gold, bushrangers, troopers… Read More
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: THE WAR – Latest wires from the front are not very reassuring, and the horrible prospect of the Germans finally winning the… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Adelaide Hotel, Batemans Bay, Bodalla, Gold, mining, Mogo, Moruya Public School, Narooma New South Wales, Nelligen, Nerrigundah, shipping, transport, World War I
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 13 November 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: GLORIA LIGHT – Our R. C. friends have installed that beautiful illuminant, the “Gloria Light” in the Presbytery. CHEESE MAKING – Mr. Sylvester… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District
Tags: Agriculture, Bodalla, Constable, entertainment, Gold, Hawdon, Health, Kiora, Moruya Hospital, Nerrigundah, World War I
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: SHOULD AUSTRALIA’S HALF-MILLION BACHELORS BE TAXED? – In ordinary times the Bachelor Tax is a joke to be fired off at smoke-nights… Read More
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: STOCK RETURNS – Mr. Stock Inspector Mater has been in town during the week examining the stock returns, with the result that… Read More
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Posted on January 11, 2018 by mdhsociety
Sparing the family from the horrors of the Western Front – News from 100 years ago
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 12 January 1918, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: FROM THE FRONT – Mrs. W. Costin, of Narooma, is receipt of the following from her son, Pte. Arthur Costin, who has been… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Boyle, Constable, Costin, Crapp, Dr Quilter, Jessop, Military Medal, Moruya, Narooma, Nerrigundah, Polygon Wood, Pte. Arthur Costin, William Crapp, World War I, Zonnebecke
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Posted on January 26, 2017 by mdhsociety
The Adelaide Hotel, racing in Moruya, a wedding in Bodalla and news from Nerrigundah
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 27 January 1917, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: HOTEL CHANGES HANDS – At the Moruya Court on Tuesday the license of the Adelaide Hotel was transferred from Ada Pollock to “Tom”… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Adelaide Hotel, Agriculture, All Saints' Church, Bergalia, Berriman, Bodalla, Bridgit Johnston, cattle, Cobargo, Congo, Curtis, death, entertainment, Flanagan, Guest, Keating's Hotel, Moruya Races, Moruya River, Nerrigundah, Ravaillion, Somme, ss Benandra, Thomson, Turlinjah, Wedding, World War I
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Posted on December 3, 2016 by mdhsociety
News from 100 years ago
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 2 December 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: ROLL OF HONOUR – On Tuesday last Mr Joe Grumley, who had just returned to Moruya after seeing his second son, T. J. Grumley,… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Billy Hughes, charity, Courthouse, death, Gardiner, Grumley, Lavis, Nelligen, Nerrigundah, police, Shepherd, Thistlewood, World War I, Wright
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Posted on September 5, 2016 by mdhsociety
A lady bank clerk comes to Bega and other news from 100 years ago.
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 2 September 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – Miss Simpson of “Carolyn” who recently forwarded a large parcel of old kid gloves has received the following acknowledgement from Mrs…. Read More
Category: General, Moruya District, People Tags: Batemans Bay, Bega, Braidwood, Cootamundra, Eden, eucalyptus oil, Guest, Jeffrey, Moruya Public School, Nelligen, Nerrigundah, Ross, Royd, Walter, World War I
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Posted on April 10, 2016 by mdhsociety
Nerrigundah – Gold, bushrangers, robbery and a shoot out remembered 150 years later
A gold rush, bushrangers, miners, armed hold ups and Chinese joss houses – everything was happening in the bustling 1860s gold rush settlement of Nerrigundah. The population at that time was approximately 1200 people – extremely difficult to imagine now! Saturday’s ceremony and… Read More
Category: Events, People Tags: Clarke Brothers, Moruya & District Historical Society, Narooma Historical Society, Nerrigundah, police, Trooper O'Grady
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Posted on April 5, 2016 by mdhsociety
A STORY HANDED DOWN
Editor’s note: This article, written by Anne McDougall, provides a family perspective on the events of almost exactly 150 years ago by shining some new light on Tom Connell, one of the bushrangers in this exciting colonial tale of gold, bushrangers, troopers… Read More
Category: People, Society Events Tags: bushrangers, Clarke Brothers, Connell, Emmott, Gold, Gulf Creek, Nerrigundah, Pfeiffer, Trooper O'Grady
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Posted on November 21, 2015 by mdhsociety
Concerns that the Germans are winning the war and other events from 100 years ago today
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: THE WAR – Latest wires from the front are not very reassuring, and the horrible prospect of the Germans finally winning the… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Adelaide Hotel, Batemans Bay, Bodalla, Gold, mining, Mogo, Moruya Public School, Narooma New South Wales, Nelligen, Nerrigundah, shipping, transport, World War I
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Posted on November 13, 2015 by mdhsociety
Public Baths, Pensions, Bookmakers and more – News From 100 Years Ago Today.
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 13 November 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: GLORIA LIGHT – Our R. C. friends have installed that beautiful illuminant, the “Gloria Light” in the Presbytery. CHEESE MAKING – Mr. Sylvester… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Agriculture, Bodalla, Constable, entertainment, Gold, Hawdon, Health, Kiora, Moruya Hospital, Nerrigundah, World War I
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Posted on March 20, 2015 by mdhsociety
A Bachelor Tax In Season and Out – in the news from 100 years ago today
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: SHOULD AUSTRALIA’S HALF-MILLION BACHELORS BE TAXED? – In ordinary times the Bachelor Tax is a joke to be fired off at smoke-nights… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Federal Government, Moruya, Nerrigundah, Religion, World War I
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Posted on January 25, 2015 by mdhsociety
‘Why Don’t You Volunteer?’ – News from the Moruya Examiner of 1915
Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of this time in 1915, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: STOCK RETURNS – Mr. Stock Inspector Mater has been in town during the week examining the stock returns, with the result that… Read More
Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Agriculture, Nerrigundah, World War I
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