THE skeletal remains of Herbert Halliday were found in the bush by several boys on the escarpment near Coledale in 1929. Halliday, who was 53 at the time, had gone missing on July 29 1925 while staying with his brother, Walter, at The Grove, Austinmer. The day after he left home Halliday was found asleep…
AUSTINMER SURF CLUB (By Dumper) WITH seven firsts, three seconds and three thirds to our credit we are very satisfied with our carnival last Saturday from a competitive point of view. It is very hard to single out any particular one for special mention except George Luck (top picture, on the extreme left) whose swim…
This year (2020) marks a special chapter in the history of surf life saving in the Illawarra. During 1980, almost 100 years after the first surf life saving clubs formed in the Illawarra, women became fully fledged life savers when they received their ‘bronze medallion’. The bronze medallion course provides participants with the skills and…
THESE fantastic images were taken from an album containing 68 photographs by an unknown photographer, of groups of young women, evidently on holidays at Austinmer in the 1920s. I have selected over 30 photos that portray leisure activities undertaken by young women, presumably from the Sydney area, holidaying at Austinmer. The album also contains photos…
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BULLI, Tuesday. Mr. Murray Jones, a beach Inspector, reported to the Bulli Shire Council last night that a bather, who had been swimming in trunks at Austinmer, had refused to leave the beach or put on a regulation costume. He recommended that the council should prosecute. It was decided to demand an apology from the…
BULLI soil was used as a top dressing on the Sydney Cricket Ground for over 120 years, as well as some of the world’s most famous pitches and sporting grounds. Bulli wicket soil was first extracted in the late 1890s from several sites around Bellambi Point and was supplied by Matthew Collins to the Sydney…
To mark the centenary of Austinmer All Saints Anglican Church in March 2004, Judith Carrick put together the following short history for ‘Looking Back’. Before the church moved into the spacious former Austinmer RSL Club building in Moore Street, the congregation worshipped from a small weatherboard chapel, built in 1904, and which survives to this…
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By MICK ROBERTS © IN the days when the breweries ruled the liquor industry, owning or leasing most of the State’s pubs, and in turn tying them to exclusive beer sales, Bob and Lurline Urwin made quite a name for themselves as temporary hotel managers for one of the largest – Tooheys Brewery. Born…
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