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Township from Lambie St 1958

September 7, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

With thanks to Chris Bonnor, this photo taken from the top of Lambie St in 1958:

Festival of the Falling Leaf: 1960s

September 4, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

With thanks to Shirley Thatcher for these two great photos. Early to mid 1960s period is only an estimate, would love any comments on exact year? The character walking was called Festival Fred I believe. (Click on pictures for full-sized versions)

Tumut Aerial Shot 1974

September 3, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

This picture is one of a collection very kindly supplied by Chris Bonnor, who also supplied this great description of his family’s involvement with Tumut: The family of Laurie and Jean Bonnor lived in Tumut from 1952 to 1984. From time to time they went to other towns as Laurie Bonnor sought promotion as a […]

Tumut’s First Maher Cup Team

September 1, 2015 by lostadmin 1 Comment

With a huge thanks to Neil Pollock from mahercup.com.au for the picture and incredible research:   I’m researching the first Tumut Maher Cup team. Below are some short biogs of the 15 men selected to play in that match against Gundagai on 14 July 1920 at the Racecourse. Any additional additional information or corrections would […]

Tumut Infants School 1953

August 29, 2015 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

With thanks to Jenny Borradale (Weeden) for this great picture and description:     Tumut Infants School 1953 – Can you fill in the gaps? Back Row L-R: ?,?, Crane, Ken Horton, ?, Les Boyd, Don Trevanion Third Row L-R: Chris Bonnor, ?, Peter Crampton, David Lubke, Howard Page,?Terry Lee, Terry Venables, Brian McGrath, Lyle […]

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