December 27 On This Day in Australian History
1803 - A convict by the name of William Buckley, escaped from the Sullivan Cove settlement at Sorrento and lived with a group of...
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December 27 On in Dunolly (Lea Kurribur) History
1856 - During a monstrous thunderstorm the old Pick and Shovel Hotel was levelled. 1861 ALLEGED CASE OF HORSESTEALING. — Robert Valentine...
December 25 On This Day in Australian History
1643 - Captain William Mynors of the Royal Mary was swanning past a patch of dirt that took his fancy so, being Christmas Day, he named...
December 25 On This Day in Dunolly (Lea Kurribur) History
1856 THE WANTS OF DUNOLLY. The following has been handed to us for publication by the Chairman of the meeting: Pursuant to notice, a...
December 24 On This Day in Australian History
1790 - Watkin Tench, on orders from Gov Phillip to "catch, kill and behead" Aboriginal people, wrote in his journal;"Sydney: ‘Our final...
December 24 On This Day in Dunolly (Lea Kurribur) History
1856 Bank of Australasia began business in Dunolly. 1907 The Licenses Reduction Board has awarded Richard III Hotel in Dunolly 117 pounds...
December 23 On This Day in Australian History
1789 - The ship Guardian carrying stores for the colony struck an iceberg and was forced back to the Cape. It never reached the colony in...
December 23 On This Day (Nganko Nyawiyu) in Dunolly (Lea Kurribur) History
1864 Mayor and councillors sent a petition to anti-transportation league. 1878 Local magnates argued at the opening of a section of the...
December 20 #OnThisDay in #Australian #History
1811 - Gov Lachlan Macquarie began humming a Rod Stewart number when he sailed from Port Dalrymple in the Lady Nelson for Port Stephens....
December 20 On This Day (Nganko Nyawiyu) In Dunolly (Lea Kurribur) History
1861 Miners started digging Ah Wing’s garden as it was in the middle of the gold lead. Gold warden fined all the diggers 10 pounds each....
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Christmas trading hours Sunday open Noon till 6 pm lunch only Monday ( Christmas Eve) bar only 2 till 6 pm Tuesday ( Christmas Day)...
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