Fifty-two years ago the township of Junee was just a mere hamlet, with few inhabitants, and the great industries which now characterise the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 549 wordsFront Row (left to right): Jack Bell (floorman), George the German (handyman), Alf Anderson, (striker), R. A. Patterson (coachsmith), Cecil Steiner (trimmer), Herb Barling (wheelwright), Edward Collins (shoeingsmith), John J. Crummy (coachworker), Cecil Ings (painter's apprentice). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 306 wordsThree well known bullock drivers who will be recalled to-day when a bullock team passes in the procession. The above is George Cheney's team and he is standing in the middle with the late Robert Cheney on the left and the late Robert Lawson on the right. The photograph was taken near Humula ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 94 wordsOld residents will remember the flour mill, which stood on a site facing Fitzmaurice-street, Wagga, the scene of which, is shown on another page ...
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Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Wed 12 Oct 1938, Page 13
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