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Aboriginal History, Family History, Local History, Rylstone, Social Life

Dabee Country

April 17, 2020July 5, 2021 Kandos History

They were absentee landowners, colonial gentry, fraternising with their peers, making deals, raising capital and writing letters to public officials and newspapers. They paid an overseer to manage their holding.

Tagged Aboriginal History, Family History, Farming, Local History, pioneers, Rylstone23 Comments
Family History, Sport

Beatrice Hayley Kandos Sporting Hero

January 24, 2020July 6, 2021 Kandos History

On 7th February 1962 Beatrice shared the front cover of the Australian Women's Weekly Teenagers' Weekly with two other sporting heroes from the bush, tennis player Margaret Court from Albury and squash player Heather Blundell from Queanbeyan.

Tagged Farming, pioneers6 Comments
Rural life, Social Life

What’s a Wool Press?

December 27, 2019July 6, 2021 Kandos History

Is it any surprise then that many Australians in the nineteenth century, especially those newly arrived, saw opportunity in sheep farming? Little labour (most of the year) and big returns.

Tagged Farming, pioneers8 Comments
Cement History, Family History, Social Life

Hunting Harleston

December 28, 2018July 7, 2021 Kandos History

The turn of the century was a time when young rural men in particular, hungry for their own bit of land, raked among the hills, dales and gullies to identify and secure a portion of crown land.

Tagged Family History, Farming, Local History, Rylstone, Social Life10 Comments
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