Category: interesting

During the First World War, Edgar Yeager invented an anti-torpedo device to ward off attacks on shipping.

George Eaton’s new traction engine arrives 1909

Mr. Connah, whose 40 years of sea embraced nearly every experience it has to offer.

… their role was a social one and the work they did toward the war effort assisted practically, not only by raising funds but morale in the community

The GFS emerged as part of a broader Anglican movement aimed at supporting young women through fellowship, moral guidance, and practical assistance.

Harry and Agnes Long shot and killed with the same bullet. Freak accident.

S. Frank Cashmore was a poet and school teacher. He lived at Evans Head for many years before moving to the Macleay River.

A series of articles by W.J. Stewart McKay imagining conversations with the settlers.

Using the might of the media to embarrass the politicians of the day into acting to make improvements to the Richmond River bar.

Suggestions for fixing the Richmond River bar came thick and fast – some more inventive, or ludicrous, than others.