SS Dureenbee Plaque unveiled
Moruya Country Markets Secretary, Kay Nash has unveiled a bronze plaque commemorating the lives lost in the 80th Anniversary of the...
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- Aug 2
Celebrate Montague Lighthouse at Narooma Lighthouse Museum
Celebrate Montague’s Lighthouse and the reopening of Narooma’s Lighthouse Museum at Narooma’s Visitors’ Information Centre (VIC) with...
- Jul 26
100 Years Ago July 29th 1922
OVER 20 members of the C. E. Church met at the cemetery on Saturday last and felled the two trees in the Methodist portion, the wood of...
- Jul 19
100 Years Ago July 22nd 1922
THAT good and trusted maintenance man, Mr. C. Callaghan, is to be highly commended on the excellent condition in which he keeps the road...
- Jul 18
August/September 2022 issue of ‘Recollections’ OUT NOW
The August/September 2022 issue of ‘Recollections’ is now available. Editor Peter Lacey says "It’s available a little earlier than...
- Jul 12
100 Years Ago - 15th July 1922
NEW machinery for use in the sawing out of spokes has been installed at Perry’s factory, which recommenced operations last week at...
- Jul 6
100 Years Ago - July 8th 1922
THE death of an eight-months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berriman of Turlinjah, from an infantile ailment, occurred on Sunday last. MR....
- Jun 28
100 years Ago July 1st 1922
MR. Fred Ladmore, the popular baker of Bateman’s Bay, and one who is noted for using his side car as an ambulance in conveying the sick...
- Jun 24
Bodalla Pub highlights its history
Two historical boards were erected on Bodalla Pub this week. “They’re a fabulous record of the hotel’s early days, first established as...
- Jun 21
100 Years Ago June 24th 1922
THE following tennis players will represent Moruya against Braidwood at Braidwood on Monday: - Mesdames Ison and Simpson, Messrs. C....
- Jun 19
Moruya History: Lieutenant J.L. Ross 1919
From: Moruya History in photos MORUYA'S JAMES STUART LESLIE ROSS Moruya Examiner 22 November 1919 As an entrant in the England to...
- Jun 17
100 Years Ago17th June 10922
A meeting of the local teachers took place on Saturday last at the local school in order to discuss the new syllabus. Mr. Inspector...
- Jun 8
100 Years Ago June 10th 1922
MR. H. J. Thomson informs us that the 300-ton silo erected by him at Ninderra last year, was opened last week and the contents found to...
- Jun 3
100 Years Ago June 3rd 1922
3-6-1922 The “Daily Telegraph” says that Tilba Tilba is the home of silage making in New South Wales. There are more silos to the square...
- May 29
Moruya Country Markets supporting the community and our history
A wartime incident from 1942 that is seldom commemorated in Moruya involves the tragic death of three merchant seamen who were killed of...
- May 27
The Story of My Life - By A House Named “Sandown”
There are not many houses of my vintage still standing in Moruya, or many looking much like they did when they were first built. In the...
- May 25
100 Years Ago May 27th 2022
Messrs. E. de Mestre and G. E. Siddall notify in this issue dissolution of partnership in the business of Moruya Refrigerating Works....
- May 20
Moruya Museum presents: REMARKABLE – Stories Of Australians And Their Boats
A New Exhibition explores Australians love of boats REMARKABLE – STORIES OF AUSTRALIANS AND THEIR BOATS At the Moruya Museum, 85...
- May 17
100 Years Ago May 20th 1922
OWING to a cyclonic disturbance, which greatly disorganised shipping, the local steamer did not arrive until Tuesday last, four days over...
- May 11
100 Years Ago - 13th May 1922
13-5-22 DONNELY BROS. slaughtered a prime cow last week end, fattened in Luck’s paddock. She turned the scales at 596 lbs, and is...
- May 6
100 Years Ago - May 6th 1922
QUAIL season opens May 15th, closes August 31st. Lieut.-Colonel Hurley (well-known in Moruya as proprietor of Moruya-Tilba “Times,”) has...
- Apr 29
100 Years Ago 29th April 1922
SOME Snapper. Bartie Turner landed a 25 pounder at Broulee the other day. The skeleton is kept as evidence of size. MR. C. Berriman...
- Apr 27
Heritage grants available for Eurobodalla property owners
Owners of heritage properties or objects in Eurobodalla can now apply for grants of up to $5,000 to help them restore their items or...
- Apr 26
Vale: Norm Moore
24/4/2022 Aged 92 years Loving husband of Helen; father and friend. Norman’s relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral...
- Apr 22
The Third Chopstick: Tracks through the Vietnam War
The Third Chopstick: Tracks through the Vietnam War THE VIETNAM WAR ROCKED AUSTRALIA TO ITS CORE... By Biff Ward The Third Chopstick...
- Apr 19
100 Years Ago - April 22nd 1922
NAROOMA was well patronized again this year by long distance tourists, judging by the car loads that passed through Moruya making that...
- Apr 12
100 Years Ago - April 15th 1922
The Sydney show is said to excel any of its predecessors as an all-round exhibition. The South Coast and Tableland won the District...
- Apr 8
Assigned. A new publication from the Moruya & District Historical Society
The Moruya & District Historical Society has recently published, with funding from the NSW Cultural Grants Program, a book which...
- Apr 6
100 Years Ago 8th April 1922
P.P. BOARD ELECTION. – Messrs. H. J. Thomson (photo), H. J. Mallon, F. H. Anderson, J. and R. M. Bate, A. G. Sutherland, F. W. Cork and...
- Mar 29
100 Years Ago - 1st April 1922
DEATH. – A half-caste child named Davis, aged 2 years, died in the local Hospital on Monday from double pneumonia. SUNKEN ROCK. – Messrs....
- Mar 25
100 Years Ago 25th march 1922
LOSS. – Mr. A. F. Louttit, one of Mullenderree’s most progressive farmers, informs us that owing to the heavy hailstorm and depredations...
- Mar 25
Recollections: Spotlight Focuses on Local Museums
Museums in the south-east of New South Wales have had a tough couple of years trying to cope with the effects of major bushfires and then...
- Mar 22
Heritage award winner brings history to life
Shirley Jurmann is the 2021 recipient of the Fergus Thomson OAM Heritage Award. A fourth generation Louttit family member, Ms Jurmann is...
- Mar 19
Can our past guide our future
In the early1920's the government knew they were going to build a bridge. A very large bridge. In order to build it they needed to...
- Mar 19
Moruya Mardi Gras Parade, March 19th 2022
The following are images captured by Kate and Rob of South Coast Pix
- Mar 17
Moruya Celebrates - Sydney Harbour Bridge 90 Years - Parade & River Lights
Australia's favourite bridge is turning 90 and the little town of Moruya is playing a huge part in the birthday celebrations. Moruya has...
- Mar 15
100 Years Ago 18th March 1922
Deau River polling booth at State elections, 25th March, will be presided over by Mr. Martin J. Flynn and conducted at the half-way house...
- Mar 15
Moruya Celebrates March 19th
Australia's favourite BRIDGE is turning 90 years young in 2022! And the little town of Moruya is playing a huge part in the birthday...
- Mar 10
100 Years Ago - 11th March 1922
ST. PATRICK’S NIGHT CONCERT. – Our R.C. friends at Bateman’s Bay are making a special effort this year to hold a grand concert and Ball...
- Mar 4
100 Years Ago March 4th 1922
AMUSU THEATRE. – Pictures and dance every Wednesday. See ‘If Only Jim,’ a Western drama at the Amusu on Wednesday. Editors Note: you...
- Feb 23
100 Years Ago - February 25th 1922
NEW BANK NOTES. – New Commonwealth Bank notes, of an altered design will make their appearance within the next six weeks. The color...
- Feb 16
100 Years Ago 18th February 1922
18-2-1922 BODALLA Q.C. – Willie Head, Barbara Brown and Edna Nixon passed from the above school. DEATH. – The death of Mr. Edward John...
- Feb 8
100 Years Ago 11th February 1922
Q.C. RESULTS. – The following pupils passed the Q.C. examination from Dwyer’s Creek Public School: V. Foreman, E. Foreman, L. Stubbs....
- Feb 3
Cook's Endeavour found in the US
British explorer James Cook's ship Endeavour has been identified after languishing in US waters for more than two centuries. Endeavour...
- Feb 2
100 Years Ago 4th February 1922
OUR STREETS. – The Shire Council’s maintenance man has been giving some slight attention to the water-tables in our main streets, which...
- Feb 2
NSW records worst ambulance response rate in a decade
With continued pressure on ambulance services in the South East of NSW it comes as no surprise to learn that NSW Ambulance response times...
- Jan 31
100 Years ago - 4th February 1922
OUR STREETS. – The Shire Council’s maintenance man has been giving some slight attention to the water-tables in our main streets, which...
- Jan 25
100 Years Ago - 28th January 1922
PIGEON MATCH. – An old sport in this district will be resuscitated at Mogo on Saturday, 11th, Feb. when a pigeon shooting match will be...
- Jan 18
100 Years Ago - 21st January 1922
DONNELLY BROTHERS. – are having Phone No. 28 installed at their new butchery. …The shop in Campbell Street has undergone thorough...
- Jan 10
100 Years Ago - 14th January 1922
14/1/22 DEATH. – Mr. Phillip Coman, one of the district’s best known and most highly respected residents, died at Eurobodalla on...