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History – Letter from the gumfields
9:09 Wed, 18 May
Albertland had its fair share of gumdiggers when gum was a valuable commodity. As fields worked out some men tried their luck elsewhere. Here are…
Local landmarks: The hulks of Shakespear Regional
16:04 Wed, 04 May
The ship’s railing visible from Okoromai Bay. Photo, Andy Dodd. On low tide, the boiler and rusted, mussel-encrusted railing of a ship can be seen…
Local Folk – Barry Rose
Constable Barry “Baz” Rose calls it how he sees it and in 36 years of law enforcement he’s seen plenty, from drug busts and robberies…
History – Tide of enterprise
John Anderson Brown’s timber mill was established in the mid-1840s giving employment to about 30 men and it was still operating 20 years later. The…
History – Bachelor days
12:12 Wed, 13 Apr
My great-grandfather Henry Marsh started a diary while on board the immigrant ship Ida Zeigler in 1863. He continued writing about his life – buying,…
History – And the band played on
15:03 Fri, 01 Apr
The Warkworth Brass Band has played the National Anthem through the reign of five monarchs and a display of band memorabilia can be viewed at…
