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Four generations of the Butler family

November 13, 2017 by lostadmin 2 Comments

Thanks to Peter Butler for this picture and description: Left to Right. William Carter, William Butler (jnr), Albert (Bertie) Butler, George Thomas Butler. Photo taken about 1925. 4 generations. Photo from the collection of the late Jean Jamieson. Part of the Butler collection.

Hoad Home – Corner of Richmond and Fitzroy Sts

July 6, 2017 by lostadmin 4 Comments

Thanks to Peter Butler for this picture and description:

1936 Canoeing Record

June 16, 2017 by lostadmin 1 Comment

Thanks to Jenny Goddard for this fascinating piece of history: Our Uncle Jack Robson slipped his home made canoe into the river at Tumut in January 1936, aged 23 and after four months arrived in Adelaide. He travelled over 2200 miles along the Tumut, Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers, and for many years held the Inland […]

Bombowlee – Drawing In Hay

June 14, 2017 by lostadmin 2 Comments

Courtesy of Peter Butler, the approximate time this was taken is 1930s: Drawing in hay at Bombowlee where Jack Butler lives. David Alston on the stack, Joseph (Jack)Thomas Butler, William (Bill) Clarence Butler holding whip. Photo from the collection of the late Margaret Mitchell

Tumut High School Cricket Match

March 17, 2017 by lostadmin Leave a Comment

Thanks to Chris Bonnor for this picture of a Tumut High School cricket match in the late 1950s:

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