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1936 Canoeing Record

June 16, 2017 by lostadmin 1 Comment

Thanks to Jenny Goddard for this fascinating piece of history: Our Uncle Jack Robson slipped his home made canoe into the river at Tumut in January 1936, aged 23 and after four months arrived in Adelaide. He travelled over 2200 miles along the Tumut, Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers, and for many years held the Inland […]

Hoad Family Picture

March 16, 2017 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

The children of George and Daisy Hoad nee Weeden. Left to Right: Allan Neville Weeden Hoad (married Hannah Alison Crozier known as Alison), Nanette Hoad (married (1) Joseph Douglas, (2) David William Butler), Alma Joy Hoad (married Norman Morris Oddy known as Jimmy), Delys Hoad (married George Jordan Lubke), Eileen Zoe Hoad (married James Arthur […]

Tumut School Grade 4 1936

April 16, 2015 by lostadmin 3 Comments

With thanks to John Minchin for this great picture from 1936 that includes his mother Helen Stathis (daughter of the picture theatre proprietor Peter Stathis). She is in the front row in the dark cardigan. (Click on picture for full size version)

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