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100 Years Ago – 2 June 1923
We were favored with two steamers last week, the Bodalla arriving with general cargo and the Benandra with a load of coal for the dredge Latona. H. J. Thomson reports having sold Mrs. Mison’s farm of 345 acres, house and outbuildings, about 50 head mixed cattle, farming implements, dairy utensils, fodder, etc., to Mr. P.…
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100 years Ago – 26 May 1923
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Welsh, who handed over the business of the Criterion Hotel, Mullenderee, on Monday to new licensee, Mr. Jas. Turnbull, leave shortly for Cobargo where they have purchased the goodwill of the Post Office Hotel. The Criterion Hotel (Photo: MDHS collection) R. S. Brice is applying for oyster leases on southern and…
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100 Years Ago – 19 May 1923
As permission has been granted by the Defence Department to have the Moruya Rifle Range re-instated as a branch of the Bergalia Club, the matter now rests with the Moruya riflemen if they are willing to manage it as such. … Mr. W. Lipscombe, Potato Point, who recently met with a serious accident in the…
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100 years Ago – 12 May 1923
Tilba is becoming famous through the foresight of its farmers. It is being held up as an example of what an up-to-date farm should be like in a time of drought. The dry spell, it is reported, has not affected Tilba to the same extent as further south. Most of the farms are equipped with…
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100 years Ago – 5 May 1923
Mr. Byrne has taken over Greenway Farm, at Bodalla, vacated by Mr. Marsden. A meeting of the Moruya Football Club took place on Friday night last. Present: – Messrs. O. J. Armstrong (chair), J. Nicholson, G. Roger, W. Armstrong, J. Bennett, F. Macintosh, P. J. Feneley, D. de Saxe and C. Carter. It was decided…
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Photographic Prints – Alchemy with Eggs
Part 2 of a series on photographic preservation from our Collection Team, for Part 1 see Cased Photographs. In Part 2 we look at 19th Century photographic prints, that is images created from a camera negative. Among photographic prints there are two broad categories: The drawback with Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes is that these were…
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100 Years Ago – 28 April 1923
Messrs. A. L. Jeffery and A. Louttit are improving the value of their Old Man Bed properties and increasing the grazing areas by having the swamps thereon drained. Mr. A. F. Emmott has already commenced operations to improve “Riverview,” his newly purchased farm at Bodalla, having put a gang of men on to erect a…
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100 Years Ago – 21 April 1923
Moruya Tennis Club Daisy Walters on back right and Ilma Waters front left
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100 Years Ago – 14 March 1923
MR. Siddall, lessee of the local Refrigerating Works, who a few months ago advertised for eggs, has since received over 4,000 dozen. He sent his first consignment to Sydney last week. Receiving the handsome return of 1/9 per dozen. BATEMANS BAY (From our Correspondent.) There was a big influx of visitors to the Bay during…
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Nights in White Linen
Exhibition: 5 April – 31 May 2023 Moruya Museum: Wed Fri Sat 10am-noon Showcasing some of the finest linen in the Moruya Museum’s collection Linen has history extending back over 30,000 years and is still today used in high end clothing and home fabrics. A century ago this amazing fabric was used in everything from…