Thomson – MORUYA and District Historical Society

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Posted on April 6, 2018 by mdhsociety

Narooma In Festal Array – News from 100 years ago.

Featured Image: The facade of the Narooma Kinema, housed in the historic Soldiers Memorial School of Arts Hall. Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 6 April 1918, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: KIND FRIENDS – We have… Read More

Category: General Tags: Anderson, Batemans Bay, Bingie, Cheeseman, Coman family, Deua River, Dr Quilter, Greig, Kiora, Louttit, Narooma, Red Cross, shipping, Thomson, Timber, transport, World War I

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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 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 July 4, 2016 by mdhsociety

A ‘leviathan’ stock dealer and an ‘opulent’ farmer – news from 100 years ago

Shire-wide news extracts from the Moruya Examiner of 1 July 1916, provided by the Moruya & District Historical Society: CONVALESCENT – We are pleased to report that Moruya’s leviathan stock dealer, Mr. Martin Keating, who has recently been seriously ill, is now… Read More

Category: General, Moruya District Tags: Agriculture, Campbell Street, Club House Hotel, Deua River, Du Ross, Egan, fishing, Greig, Herbert Frederick Hutchings, Johnson, Keating, Keyte, Leopold de Saxe, maizena, rabbits, railway, Reveillion, Ryan, Thomson, transport, Walter, World War 1