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  2. Passing of a Pioneer.

    On Friday afternoon, 17th June, 1932 Mr Robert Cox, J.P. of Cundletown, was conveyed to the M.R.D. Hospital, and there he passed away ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. DEATH OF MRS. ARROWSMITH.

    One of Barrington's oldest and most respected residents in the person of Mrs. George Arrowsmith passed away in Roma Private Hospital ...

    Article : 238 words
  4. FIRST CEDAR.

    Mr. Robert. Cox worked up the first cedar cut on Dumaresque Island, Lower' Munning. The Umber in question was cut down by Mr. Allan ...

    Article : 31 words
  5. TOUGH UNDERTAKING.

    The tramp from Maitland to the Manning proved a pretty tough undertaking. Hush Hacks were then the order. Roads, as we know them ...

    Article : 55 words
  6. SHIPWRIGHTS.

    In those early days, shipwrights on the Manning were paid at the rate or 4s to 5s per day, and that remuneration was then considered most ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. OVER 40 YEARS ON THE ISLAND.

    Mr. Cox resided for over 40 years on Dumaresque Island—not a bad record for any man on the land. ...

    Article : 27 words
  8. SHINGLE ROOFS.

    There were then very few shingle-roofed houses on the Manning River. There was one at Bungay, near Wingham. Mr. Joseph Andrews had one— ...

    Article : 66 words
  9. LAND TRANSACTIONS.

    In the early days on the Manning all land business had to be conducted at Port Macquarie—a Mr. Wynter then being entrusted with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  10. THE SHIP "MARY VALENTINE."

    The late Mr. Robert Cox came to the Manning River N.S.W. in the year 1819, from Ireland. With his parents, lie landed in Australia from ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. POPULATION SMALL.

    At that time the population on the Manning was so small that Mr. Cox knew everyone who resided here. About the time Mr. Cox was leaving ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. FATHER AND MOTHER ARRIVE.

    It was about this time also that Mr. Cox's father and mother arrived on the Manning. The old people settled on Cundle Plains, on the Lower ...

    Article : 67 words
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  14. THE GOLD FEVER.

    Jimmy McIntyre, of the ketch, "Emma," was one of those who got the gold lever. He left his ship, and his sailormen followed him. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. EARLY PIONEER.

    Mr. Cox well remembered Miss Isabella Kelly, one of the very early [?]neeers of the Upper Manning District. Miss Kelly was then living at ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. HAZARDOUS TRIP.

    Mr. Cox used to recount with interest how, with five others, he once set out for Port Macqua[?]e from the Manning River. The party camped ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. TEA AND SUGAR.

    During that time, Mr. Cox used to say that he had his doubts whether there was a single pound of tea or sugar on the Manning ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. BRANDING CATTLE AND HOUSES.

    Many a time Mr. Cox gave Miss Kelly a hand to brand horses and cattle at Mount George—an aboriginal being the other assistant. Miss ...

    Article : 122 words
  19. SMALL SALARY.

    After spending about a fortnight at Newtown Mr. Cox and his people left for Maitland. Settlement on the Hunter River was also very limited ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. THE ASYLUM BUILDING.

    Land business those times was transacted in what was known as The Asylum Building at Port Macquarie. There were various Government ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. OLDEST JUSTICE.

    Mr. Robert Cox should just about "hold the belt" for having been the oldest Justice of the Peace in N.S.W. prior to his passing beyond 'The Vale.' ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. HUTS.

    There were only two huts in Cundletown on the Manning, when Mr. Cox first came to that centre. Messrs. Croker and Hawthorne lived ...

    Article : 62 words
  23. MISS KELLY'S DIARY

    The late Miss Kelly is supposed to have left behind a diary of her life—in fact, it has been pretty authoritatively stated that she took her diary ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. RESTING.

    When writer last called upon Mr. Robert Cox, he was resting on a sofa on the back verandah of his residence— ...

    Article : 44 words
  25. A LONG TRAMP.

    Mr. (Joseph Andrews at that time, resided at Woodsitle, a few miles above Wingham, on the Manning River, where he then conducted a ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. FIRST WHITE WOMAN.

    Mr. Cox informed the writer on one occasion that Messrs. D. Wynter and T. Wynter then resided at Tinonee, the oldest town on the ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. THE VETERANS.

    Well might we say in conclusion, to the memory of the late Robert Cox—as to all old pioneers who have "Gone the Last Track" before him: ...

    Article : 175 words
  28. FIRST NEWSPAPER.

    It was at Tinonee that the first newspaper on the Manning was published by the late Horace Dean. Mr. Dean was twice elected to the State ...

    Article : 54 words
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    The Historic. Church of St. Thomas, Port Macquarie. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 8 words
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