Just a short distance off the New England Hwy, about 10kms south of Uralla on the Northern Tablelands of New England Australia, is the small village of Kentucky. Once a significant fruit growing area, developed by the World War I veterans who struggled to develop their rehab blocks after the war, Kentucky Australia is [...]
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New England Australia – Eastview Estate Winery
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Australia Audio Guides, Free Audio Guides
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Preserving History with Personal Memoirs
December 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Australian History
What is history without the personal memoirs of those who were there? Those who actually experienced the events and shared their thoughts on both the events and the times the occurred in.
Where would our researchers be without the chroniclers of the times?
I found the memoirs of Lieutenant-General Watkin Tench, who sailed as a Captain-Lieutenant [...]
Historic Maritime Photo Collection Sydney Australia
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Australian History
The Alfred & Roy Dufty Maritime Heritage Collection of Historic Maritime Photographs .
This is a fantastic collection of historic maritime photographs taken mainly in the Sydney Harbour environs that are now available online in a searchable data base via the Gosford City Council Maritime Heritage Collection.
Alfred William Buchanan Dufty was born at Kingston upon Thames, [...]
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