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  • History Stories - Small Town Stories - Uncategorized

    The Town on the Flood Plain

    August 10, 2017 - By gbarron

    Gundagai Flood 1900: National Library of Australia Australia’s worst flood drowned one third of the population of Gundagai in 1852. The town was originally built on low-lying areas around a natural river crossing and Morley’s Creek. The inhabitants were used to being cut off by floodwaters, taking refuge in their…

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  • History Stories - Small Town Stories

    Lost

    September 15, 2017 - By gbarron

    It was May 1885, and twelve-year-old Clara Crosby was boarding with a local family at Yellingbo, Victoria, when she decided to visit her mother, who lived some two kilometres away. Setting off across paddocks and bushland, Clara was seen by several locals, including the publican, as she left town. She…

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  • Drovers and dust - History Stories - Small Town Stories

    James “Jimmy” Darcy

    February 9, 2018 - By gbarron

    The year was 1917, and it had been a long day in the saddle for Walter and Thomas Darcy. They drew first turn at the night watch, keeping the cattle contained on the river flats, while the rest of the crew slept. A rider came in from Wyndham with terrible…

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