Thank you for the photograph Marg. Good to look back 50 years. Shirley

I have come to the conclusion that DYER is not a very common name with researchers, and I have yet to find someone researching the line I am interested in. Samuel DYER born abt. 1834 Oxford, married 1864 in Geelong to Elizabeth Ann MILLER born about 1847 Geelong Their children were all born in Smythdale Annie Maria b 1865 Esther Elizabeth b 1867 died 1921 lived in Auburn NSW Samuel b 1869 Olivia Amelia Oldham b1871 died 1873. I am particularly interested in Esther Elizabeth and I have a lot of information on her 3 marriages around Wyong and her 6 children. Marriages; 1. Francis GRAY aka John MURPHY 2. Arthur MORRIS 3. Francis Bede NOLAN Naturally I would like to make contact with anyone researching this DYER family. Cheers Sally Flynn Caloundra

Descendants of our 56 shipbuilders of brisbane Water might be interested in the following: Friends of George Frost House and Residents of Kincumber Assoc. ARE HOSTING THE KINCUMBER VILLAGE HERITAGE WALKS this Sunday 9TH APRIL 2006 GUIDED TOURS 11.00 AM & 1.00 PM Starting at Manasseh Frost House Avoca Drive Kincumber (Parking available at Frost Reserve off Killuna St) photographic displays * raffle * refreshments book sales * information on George Frost House * Kincumber Oral History Video Kincumber Village Heritage Walks have been organized to coincide with the anniversary of the launching of the 'Rock Lily' the last ship built by George Frost 100 years ago. For More Information Phone: Ruth on 43690558 or Peter on 43695705 -- Kay Williams Pearl Beach NSW AUS 2256 ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. **********************************************************************

From The Advocate 28 Jul 1932 Mrs LONGWORTH ( Isabel SWAN) DENTIST ( Late of Sydney) May be consulted at Alison Road, 4 doors above the Primary School >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phone 3 PO Box 23 F Gershom BAKER DENTIST Railway Street Wyong MargM Central Coast List Admin

Dear Listers I have a scan of a c1955 aerial photo for Gosford . Just yell if you would like a copy Its taken over the town looking towards Woy Woy bye MargM Central Coast List Admin

Media Release 1st April 2006 Pearl Beach Heritage Committee and Pearl Beach Events Committee presents its second "Annual Heritage Exhibition" 22-23 April 2006 at the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall 9 Diamond Road as part of the National Trust's Heritage Festival 2006. Dates: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April 2006 Entry: Gold coin donation Times: 10am - 4pm Wheel chair access Official Opening by Vincent Serventy - 1pm Saturday 22nd April Farm site tours - 11am - 1pm Sunday 23rd April … This year's Exhibition features the 8 farms of Pearl Beach and what became of them. … Special feature on the men and women of Pearl beach who served in the Armed Services with special study of the five young men who lost their lives in WW11 and the Korean war, who are named on the War Memorial. We would welcome information on all former and current residents who were or are in the armed services. … Also, the life of Bungaree, chief of the Broken Bay tribe and some of his descendents from the Woy Woy Peninsula will be on display. Bungaree was the first Australian to circumnavigate Australia, a friend of Matthew Flinders and Governor Macquarie, a man of high intelligence and a gifted linguist. … Information on many residents of Pearl Beach and a pictorial record of Pearl Beach 2005 are features. … As a special feature, former and present residents of Pearl Beach and Patonga will be able to order at cost copies of original title deeds to their properties. The Heritage Committee welcomes all inquiries and offers of archival materials as gifts, on loan or to be copied. We are interested in all material on Pearl Beach, Patonga and the Woy Woy peninsula. Contact Kay Williams 4344 4811 write to Heritage Committee at 9 Diamond Road, Pearl Beach 2256. -- Kay Williams Pearl Beach NSW AUS 2256 ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. **********************************************************************

----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Wells" <colleenhasell@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:46 AM Subject: [ANCC] Re: Wyong Farmers > Hi list, > > I found this very old Wyong Real Estate book but it is > not dated and would love to know what era it was > published. > > I have listed below the names of early farmers listed in > the book and hope someone may know, they were not > selling their farms, they were just telling prospective > land buyers how successful their farms were and of the > growth of the Wyong Shire. There are also photos of > these farmers. Hi Colleen I would hazard a guess at around 1905 . Does this book have an agents name on it ? > There are also very early photos of subdivision maps of > which none had been sold and the add reads like this: > > CAMPING BLOCKS - NO MUD, NO SHARKS, NO SAND FLIES, NO > HIGH TIDE, THE RIVER IS ALWAYS THE SAME HEIGHT. PRICE 35 > POUND, DEPOSIT ONE POUND, BALANCE 2/6- PER WEEK, PAYABLE > TO SUIT YOURSELF. (wouldn't that be a nice way to pay > off the mortgage ?) Not too sure about that .......... Pretty sure Camping blocks precluded building a house ??? The Wyong FHG/ Historical Society /Gosford library/ CC FHS would probably say 'Yes, please' to copy of Approx how many pages is it ? Could it be scanned to a CD ? bye MargM Central Coast List Admin

Hi list, I found this very old Wyong Real Estate book but it is not dated and would love to know what era it was published. I have listed below the names of early farmers listed in the book and hope someone may know, they were not selling their farms, they were just telling prospective land buyers how successful their farms were and of the growth of the Wyong Shire. There are also photos of these farmers. Mr J E Waters - 1st Prize at the Ag Show for growing maize - judge Alex Wilkinson J.P. Trevitt's Seedlings Mr Leopard built "Rose Cottage" Mr Strugess's Grape Farm Mr Barnes's Farm House "Garryowen" owned by Mr Phillips Mr Smith's lettuce patch and children picking strawberries Mr Ponton's Farm Mr Suggett's corn farm Mr Watson's famous orchards Van Stappen with white leghorns Lindsay's poultry farm - passionfruit and pumpkin patch Mr Smith's apple orchards Mr Deane - oranges and tomatoes Mr Mowbrey's cottage and farm Mr Steel's poultry farm There are also very early photos of subdivision maps of which none had been sold and the add reads like this: CAMPING BLOCKS - NO MUD, NO SHARKS, NO SAND FLIES, NO HIGH TIDE, THE RIVER IS ALWAYS THE SAME HEIGHT. PRICE 35 POUND, DEPOSIT ONE POUND, BALANCE 2/6- PER WEEK, PAYABLE TO SUIT YOURSELF. (wouldn't that be a nice way to pay off the mortgage ?) Regards Colleen

----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:07 PM Subject: [ANCC] Photography in hospital > Central Coast Express 8 Oct 1975 > > > Applications are invited from photographers interested > in photographing infants > etc > > Where was Wyoming Hospital ??????????????? > You certainly live and learn . We are only new chums in this area having lived here only since 1987. Thats the first ref I have ever tripped over to a Wyoming Hospital . And of course it met the fate of so many other Central Coast buildings in that it was demolished. And now there is a modern building of no particular note on this site So much heritage has been lost bye MargM Central Coast List Admin

Hi List, Just moving house and found my treasure chest of nostalgia from Strathavon Guest House Wyong and with the current changes to employment and recent "Pub" discussions, thought this might interest some. 1912 - Miss MARTIN - House Keeper - 10/- a week + board 1930 - Miss McFADDEN - first hired aged 14 - cook/waitress/housemaid/laundress - 30/- a week 1940's + RILEY, DENNIS, SOYA, LANGFORD, SHERBERT, MCDONALD, BUTLER, SCHOFIELD, MITCHELL and many more, wages averaging about 2 to 3 pound a week, most employees resided on the property in staff quarters and were sometimes permitted to join guests for drinks, but not permitted to use the cement pool or other guest's facilities. (not while the boss was around anyway), all staff were to attend work in stiffly starched uniforms with hair neat and tidy and all meals were to be eaten at the kitchen table. (Staff were provided with all meals) A weeks holiday cost 3 pound 5 shillings and this included a DELUXE ROOM with HOT & COLD RUNNING WATER. Guests were warned that water from the tap was a bit discoloured, as it was town water, but if they preferred they could drink the usual tank water as it was safe. (water was actually supplied from a large well on the property) GUEST'S RULES: Septic Sewer - no disinfectants or other matter to be used as this will disrupt the service....(lol - wonder what was permitted to go in it then ?) Piano - Thumping will NOT be tolerated and the organ must NOT be uncovered. Horse Riding - 10/- an hour and ride at your own risk. That's it for now, I have not listed Christian names, but if anyone is interested in Ancestors who were past staff (1912 +) please email off list. Regards Colleen

Yes, you gave birth in Gosford Hospital and usually the next day you were transferred out to Wyoming. That is of course if there were no complications and you were both well. I was really looking forward to going out there, but had to stay at Gosford and watch all the others go. I think I was the problem, the baby was big and healthy enough. Denise Denise Perentin Woy Woy NSW Australia Home Page http://perentin.com Natalie http://natalieperentin.com B.C.O.F. http://bcofonline.com Radio Yesteryear http://www.radioyesteryear.org.au/ It was a nursing home in the 70s as my grandfather was in there for while. In the 80s when I moved back to live, women were there after having their babies. Have a feeling they had them in Gosford hospital and were transferred to this building. It was also used as early childhood clinic in that era. It was pulled down in recent times and has been replaced by a medical centre. Right at the lights- opposite the Willows motel and Wyoming Shopping centre is on the other corner. Judy > Hi Marg, > > Wyoming Hospital was just down from the old Reptile Park, same side of the > road (next corner), would have been opposite the current McDonalds, not > sure if it was pulled down or became a Nursing Home. > > Regards > Colleen ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== For other AUS mailing lists check out: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS

It was a nursing home in the 70s as my grandfather was in there for while. In the 80s when I moved back to live, women were there after having their babies. Have a feeling they had them in Gosford hospital and were transferred to this building. It was also used as early childhood clinic in that era. It was pulled down in recent times and has been replaced by a medical centre. Right at the lights- opposite the Willows motel and Wyoming Shopping centre is on the other corner. Judy > Hi Marg, > > Wyoming Hospital was just down from the old Reptile Park, same side of the > road (next corner), would have been opposite the current McDonalds, not > sure if it was pulled down or became a Nursing Home. > > Regards > Colleen

Hi Marg, Wyoming Hospital, a subsidiary of Gosford City Hospital, stood opposite Wyoming shopping centre, on the corner of Kinarra Avenue and the Pacific Hwy. Originally it was Wingello Private Nursing Home (named because it stood on the edge of Wingello Creek), and its address was 11 Pacific Highway. Built in the 1960s I think. The present medical centre replaced it. Much more of this from me and I will have to coin a slogan "Ask an oldie!" Regards, Gwen

Hi Marg, Wyoming Hospital was just down from the old Reptile Park, same side of the road (next corner), would have been opposite the current McDonalds, not sure if it was pulled down or became a Nursing Home. Regards Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:07 PM Subject: [ANCC] Photography in hospital > Central Coast Express 8 Oct 1975 > > > TENDERS > > Gosford District Hospital > > PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE > > > Its is proposed to introduce a photography service for the benefit of > patients in the Maternity Section of Wyoming Hospital ( a subsidiary of > Gosford District Hospital) > > Applications are invited from photographers interested in photographing > infants > etc > > Where was Wyoming Hospital ??????????????? > > > > MargM > Central Coast > List Admin > > ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== > A problem aired is a problem shared >

Central Coast Express 8 Oct 1975 TENDERS Gosford District Hospital PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE Its is proposed to introduce a photography service for the benefit of patients in the Maternity Section of Wyoming Hospital ( a subsidiary of Gosford District Hospital) Applications are invited from photographers interested in photographing infants etc Where was Wyoming Hospital ??????????????? MargM Central Coast List Admin

Woy Woy Herald 16 Nov 1925 ( edited) Orchardists, Dairy Farmers and Others ! PALMDALE ESTATE The largest citrus orchard in the Commonwealth AUCTION SALE on the grounds 2 pm Saturday 1 Dec Palmdale is situated at Ourimbah in the Gosford district between the two great market towns of Sydney & Newcastle Has a 2 miles frontage to Maitland Road and is 2 miles from the railway station The estate has been sub divided into some 80 orchards, garden farms and town lots Send for a lithograph RAINE & HORNE 70 Pitt St Sydney In conjunction with Hardie & Gorman and Wilkinson Bros of Gosford & Wyong MargM Central Coast List Admin

Hello Pam There are 9 Blackfords and 1 Coulter buried at the cemetery attached to St. Patrick & St Brigids R.C. Church at Cooranbong. Do you want details. Jenny McCarthy

Hi Margaret, Thanks for page 220 information, PamC (nee COULTER) Blue Mtns, NSW. Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargaretB" <mbergies@kooee.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [ANCC] The Old Inns COULTER and BLACKFORD > Hi Pam, Gwen and List > > I had the Reid's Mistake book at home, so have typed up relevant entries. > > Page 220 > Samuel and Edwin COULTER operated a small fleet of ships in partnership with > the BLACKFORD family, who also resided at Cooranbong. Two years before the > "Emily and Mary" was launched, the two families were together operating at > least four vessels on Lake Macquarie. Two of these craft, the "Maggie > Scott" and the "Queen", seem to have been utilized mainly in taking hardwood > from Cooranbong to Newcastle. Two other small ketches, named "Star of > Peace" (17 tons) and "Sea Gull", made regular trips to Sydney with oak > shingles, the cargo averaging approximately 65,000 shingles for each boat. > The "Sea Gull" met with an untimely end in the spring of 1876, while > endeavouring to cross the Lake entrance bar. ..more...... All hands on board > the craft were drowned. > > If anyone has an interest with the Blackford family I know a young man who > would appreciate some extra relatives. > > MargaretB > Lake Macquarie > NSW Australia > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== > Please type surnames only in all caps. Helps them stand out from a computer screen >

Thanks for information Margaret, however I have a copy of Reid's Mistake which I am currently rereading. Opposite page 33 you will see a Plate of the 'Hand and Heart' Hotel (sic), Cooranbong and the Roman Catholic Church. circa 1884. PamC (nee COULTER) Blue Mtns, NSW. Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargaretB" <mbergies@kooee.com.au> To: "pam clarke" <pamclarke@optusnet.com.au>; <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [ANCC] The Old Inns - Heart and Hand > Reids Mistake (printed 1967) > page 233 > > On the western side of the Catholic Church, Edwin COULTER established a > general store about 1875. With his brother Sam, Edwin owned and operated > one or two ketches of the timber cargo fleet, and in those days a general > store was a profitable concern if you possessed your own means of importing > stock. About 1880 Edwin COULTER turned his business to greater profit by > erecting a two-storied hotel which he christened the Heart and Hand. This > and O'NEIL's Cricketer's Arms were the two hotels mentioned in a description > of the town in 1883. The Heart and Hand was pulled down after the railway > boom, and a house now standing on the site is said to contain some of the > timber from the old hotel. > > MargaretB > Lake Macquarie > NSW Australia > >

Thanks, Gwen, you are correct, I do have my own copy of Reid's Mistake and am currently rereading it !! PamC (nee COULTER) Blue Mtns, NSW. Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <David.Armstrong@Sun.COM> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [ANCC] The Old Inns - Heart and Hand: O'NEILL and COULTER > > Does anyone know what became of these old pubs in the Cooranbong area ? > I went for a drive around there a while ago and I can't remember seeing > any pubs at all....which I must say I thought was very odd......almost > un-Australian in fact ! > > My interest stems from an ancestor of mine, John Taaffe, of Swansea who > had a run in with Edward H Hargraves. I heard that there was even a > court appearance after an incident at a Cooranbong hotel (don't know > which one). > > BTW - I think John Taaffe might have been a licencee of a pub at Swansea. > Would anyone have any information on that ? > > regards, > David > > > G Dundon wrote On 31/03/06 07:03 AM,: > > > Thanks for typing up those refs from 'Reid's Mistake' by K. Clouten, > > Margaret. Pam has her own copy of the book I think. > > > > Last night I looked up my possibly incomplete licensing notes on the > > HEART AND HAND hotel at Cooranbong, and they are as follows: > > > > James O'NEILL was licensee of the HEART AND HAND HOTEL from 1.7.1876 > > to 30.6.1877, when he became licensee of the CRICKETERS HOME INN, also > > at Cooranbong (this was not new - John O'LEARY was licensee in 1869, > > and perhaps earlier). > > > > 1877: Edwin COULTER took over the HEART AND HAND, and remained > > licensee until 1884. > > > > Then followed: > > > > 1885 -1886 George BEVAN > > 1887 John T. SMITH > > 1888 - 1889 Dennis CULLA > > 1890 -1898 William H. SMITH > > 1898 to 6June 1900 Thomas CAPPER (did not use the whole of the latter > > year's licensing period, and perhaps this was when the pub was finally > > delicensed. I do not know). > > > > These notes were made a long time ago at the Mitchell Library in > > Sydney by consulting the Government Gazettes (bound volumes on the > > shelves). Look for 'Publicans Licences' in each year's index. I > > happened to be looking for particular Gosford hotels at the time, but > > jotted down the Coulter connection, since he originated at Brisbane > > Water. > > > > Best regards to all from Gwen > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== > > A problem aired is a problem shared > > > > -- > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== > > Found any bad ancestors recently ? >