Balls were about youth and gaiety and expectation. They were about handsome men wooing pretty girls; for at a ball they were all handsome and pretty; and they were hoping to meet the love of their life.
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Henbury, the Early History of a Country Golf Course
When two women had an argument on Kandos Golf Course, one of them started a new golf course, Henbury. That is only part of the story of how an eighteen-hole, architecturally-designed, championship golf course was created in the small town of Kandos and why it is such a great course to play.
Henbury, the Early History of a Country Golf Course was shortlisted by The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc. It is available from the author via this website.
$12 plus p&p $8
The Magic of Mr Cant’s Gardens
There is not much left of Mr Cant’s gardens. Some old palms and cypress dotted around the extensive acreage, two avenues of deciduous trees, several groves of gums. They are the straightest, tallest gums I have ever seen, chosen, I assumed, as an anti-polluting barrier between the cement works and the town. You might have guessed that the town where Mr Cant established his famous gardens was the (former) cement town of Kandos…
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian in August 2012.
The featured image shows the office and surrounding garden beds. Built in the style of a Californian bungalow with wide verandahs, columned piers and ornamental gable, the office was the focal point of the garden.
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You’ve Got to be in it to Win it
…A belief in luck is the song of the gambler and it was sung loudly in our house: when a lottery ticket arrived with a birthday card from our grandfather; as we played cards around the kitchen table for a chocolate prize; when my mother rubbed her opal for luck; as the chocolate wheel spun at the school fete. They were reminders to hope and dream…
This article by Colleen O’Sullivan appeared in the Mudgee Guardian in July 2012. It was the first in a new series by local historians. It is a chapter about Colleen’s family’s racing background, from a book Once a Day Day, published that year. (See Publications)
The featured image is the cover of Once a Day Dawn.
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