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cement history, Local history, social life

A School of Arts for Kandos? Why Not?

March 1, 2021February 27, 2021 Kandos History

Throughout 1918 there was great enthusiasm and support for the new School of Arts, at least from the top end of town.

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Occupations, social life

James Bellamy Bloodworth a Colonial Boy Begins His Career

February 1, 2021February 6, 2021 Kandos History

The first colonials born in Australia ‘currency lads and lasses’ were, according to Commissioner Bigge, taller, fairer, stronger, healthier, better educated and more industrious than their immigrant counterparts; and, it goes without saying, their parents.

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family history, social life, war

Four Hundred and Three Postcards

January 1, 2021December 27, 2020 Kandos History

Most of my four hundred and three postcards are about travel – the great Australian pastime of the last four or five decades – leaving home, coming home and, for the recipient, staying home.

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Local history, migrant history, social life

Who Owns St Patrick?

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Kandos History

When I started researching Kandos history almost two decades ago I was intrigued by the number of newspaper articles about St Patrick’s Day in our industrial town. This month I headed back to St Patrick and discovered a few unvarnished truths.

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family history, Local history, social life

The Emergence of Lue

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 Kandos History

the beginning and emergence of Lue village

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