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Photos - 21.11.2023
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Photos - 21.11.2023

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The milk from Darnum

When the first farmers, usually cow cockies, moved into the scrub round Darnum, they faced all manner of problems. It was backbreaking work, and often heart breaking work. The clearing of their selections is a whole story in itself. Even finding and...

The Gazette
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Snapshot of the past - Drouin 1924

A photograph capturing an old vehicle in the main street of Drouin c1924. On the left of this photograph shows the end of Porter Bros Store. Continuing east towards Warragul are the Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, Russell’s coach factory and...

The Gazette
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Stories from early years in Darnum

Way back on January 17 I met a really nice woman, a thoughtful woman. She had offered me information on the history of Darnum so I drove up to Warragul in fairly heavy rain, got subdivisionally lost, used my GPS and arrived at exactly the appointed...

The Gazette
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Snapshot of the past: Nurse Sherriff

A photograph of nurse Mary Alice Sherriff who served during World War I is remembered this Anzac Day. Each year as Australia remember those men and women who served on Anzac Day, Longwarry and District History Group choose to record the story of one...

The Gazette
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