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Festival of the Falling Leaf – Coles floats

October 19, 2018 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Maureen Webb for these great pictures and description: Found these photos of a couple of the Coles Store Floats, for the Festival of the Falling Leaf in the early 1950s. Gay Kell & I, on the top pic & Naida Murphy & probably Maureen Hogan on the bottom pic.

Tumut Co-Op 1950s

October 15, 2018 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Maureen Webb for this great picture and description: This is a photo of John Webb & Jeff McAlister behind the counter at the Tumut Co Op Store, in the 1950s I think.

The ‘Bombowlee Jazz Band’

October 12, 2018 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks again to Maureen Webb for this snapshot of three pics and related descriptions: I know these are old photos, about 1926 it says on the back. Photo on the left is the late Bill Dowell, posing as “The Duke of York”. Bill was a well known builder in Tumut for many years. A real […]

Hume and Hovell Walking Track: West Blowering Suspension Bridge

October 9, 2018 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Chris Nicholes for the pics of the West Blowering suspension bridge, which is part of Hume and Hovell walking track. (click on picture to get full-sized version)  

John Hobby – League Legend

October 6, 2018 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Glen Ward for pointing us to this great piece on the life of John Hobby. An excerpt is provided below, but go here for the full online version –  or you can download the PDF file here. For a man who never played Sydney football, John Hobby had an amazing 17 year career. He […]

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