Thanks to Malcolm Baker for this great picture and description: I am putting on a photo of one of Edgar Joseph Baker’s trucks. This one is reputably the first truck to be driven over Talbingo Mountain to Kiandra. I am not sure which year but I believe it was somewhere around 1925. I believe the […]
Tumut Infants Class 1-TR Circa 1959
Thanks to Georgina Payten for this great picture of Class 1-TR (TR meaning transition between Year 1 and 2 based on age – thanks to Bruce Elder for the explanation). The year is uncertain but possibly 1959. Those present in photo (according to Lorraine Cullen): Front,Barbara Eurall,Lorraine Wade,?,Malcom and Trevor Baker,Coral piper,Elizabeth Masters. 2nd row […]
Frank Dickinson 1942
Thanks to Maree Cullen for the picture and please note her question. We will pass on any information you have. Can any one identify the man on the left, one on right is my uncle Frank Dickinson born 24 May 1920 in tumut NSW died 26 June 1972 . Served Australian army enlisted 22 August […]
Tumut River at Lob’s Hole 1950
Thanks to Maree Cullen for this great picture:
Helen’s Acorn Tree – Little River
Thanks to Helen Cornish for the great story and pictures: This little bit of history may only be special to me …..but here goes. When I started school at the Catholic school way back in 1959 there was a huge acorn tree outside the convent. I used to fill my tunic pockets with acorns & […]