From the Guardian newspaper 30 Oct 1952 Air Taxi service will soon be operating from The Entrance and Wyong if there are enough travellers The Sydney Air Taxi with a 3 passenger plane are seeking to re-open a portion of the old Entrance air strip on the Gosford Road ( that is approx opposite where the Bay Village Shopping Centre is now ) I wonder if this got off the ground ? bye MargM Central Coast List Admin

----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Wells" <colleenhasell@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:09 PM Subject: [ANCC] Re: Matthew Woodbury Hi Colleen > Richard, John and William Woodbury each had a son named > Matthew, just wondering which Matthew built Woodbury's > Inn and when was it built ? > According to Edward STINSON this was Mathew James 1838 -1921. It was built c 1866 and demolished in 1977 as was too derelict and considered dangerous. There is a picture of it in STINSONS Vol 1 p 94. Bye MargM Central Coast List Admin

Hi list, Richard, John and William Woodbury each had a son named Matthew, just wondering which Matthew built Woodbury's Inn and when was it built ? Many thanks Colleen

From the Entrance Guardian newspaper 29 Mar 1951 Tuggarah Lakes Milk Supply 1 pint 71/2 pence 2 pints 1/3 3 pints 1/101/2 ( one and ten pence ha'penny) 4 pints 2/6 ( two & six pence) 2 pints is fairly close to 1 litre I pint of cream cost 4/5 ( four and five pence) Was a different world ! MargM Central Coast List Admin

From the Guardian newspaper 29 Mar 1951 Government Notice Proclamation published in the Government Gazette no 22 of 9th Feb 1951, prohibits the use of fish traps in the Entrance Channel and surrounding lake area Further particulars maybe obtained from the Under Secretary , Chief Secretaries Dept, 121 Macquarie St Sydney MargM Central Coast List Admin

Snippets from the Guardian newspaper 8 Jan 1952 The Entrance North Bridge The traffic is presenting a problem . A Red Bus took 2 hours to cross it and return after dropping a few passengers at North Entrance on Boxing Day Traffic lights at each end have been suggested as a solution ( If any ones ever seen a photo of this original bridge they would appreciated the problem as was a single lane bridge ) The Royal Theatre Killarney Vale was showing Stewart GRANGER and Deborah KERR in 'King Solomon's Mines' In Technicolor Plus 'Ma & Pa Kettle at the fair' MargM Central Coast List Admin

http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/nsw-main.html Tim Wiffler. Ketch, 23 tons. #38864. Built NSW, 1868; reg. Sydney, 18/1868. Lbd 53 x 15.6 x 4.5 ft. Captain William Johnson. From Sydney for Lake Macquarie, capsized in a heavy squall off Bird Island, 1871. Three lost; the cook was trapped below. The sole survivor was picked up by the tug Bungaree. [GB],[LN],[ASR],[SAN] In October 1869, capsized in the Rip at Brisbane water, with the loss of one life. Was raised three days later. MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

For your info .....copied from the NSW SE mailing list For many years now librarians have been able to search the national database provided by the National Library of Australia, to discover which books are held by which library (to put it simply!) In late February a public version, accessible to all, was made available. http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au takes you to a search screen for the new service. The national database (the Australian National Bibliographic Database) lists over 40 million books, maps, pictures, microfilm, newspapers and more, in over 800 Australian libraries. Where the libraries know about a free online version of an item, you'll be able to click through from the catalogue record to the item. In other cases there's a list of libraries which hold the item, and you can click on the library name to find out more about that library. There are also links to online bookshops, and to loan and copy services. There is more information about Libraries Australia at http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/ and you can read the full press release about the new service at http://www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/2006/la-launch.html The National Library also provides PictureAustralia (http://www.pictureaustralia.org) which many of you will already know, and is now harvesting images from the Flickr site, to which anyone can add images. Go to http://www.pictureaustralia.org/Flickr.html to learn more about how you can upload images of people, places and events which can then be selected for PictureAustralia. Since this facility was made available a few months ago over 2000 images have been loaded by members of the public, on subjects as diverse as an old tobacco farm at Myrtleford in Victoria, Australia Day celebrations, a surf carnival at Cronulla, as well as some scans of old photos of historic interest. Sandra Henderson Manager, Research, Coordination Support Branch National Library of Australia CANBERRA ACT 2600 ph +61 2 6262 1481 fax +61 2 6273 2545 shenders@nla.gov.au

Good afternoon, In 1885:- Land and Stock Owners1885 ID Surname First Name Holding PD Post Town Acreage Horses Cattle Sheep Pigs Return to Pg No Notes 24306 Boston William Gosford Windsor Gosford 4 2 5 0 0 Insp. 441 Land and Stock Owners1885 ID Surname First Name Holding PD Post Town Acreage Horses Cattle Sheep Pigs Return to Pg No Notes 25435 Fagan Charles Whoming Windsor Brisbane Water 10 5 20 0 0 Insp. 454 Htioi Terry

From the Gosford Times, 16.2.1906: Death of Constable John WALLACE, who lost his life at Newtown, Sydney "on Sunday last under the most sad and tragic circumstances...." He was well-known old time identity of Gosford, and for 12 years past a popular member of the Sydney Police Force. He was sent to quell a disturbance between a man and the people with whom he had been living, when he was shot down by the man who was armed with a rifle and a revolver. WALLACE died shortly afterward in hospital. He had been a store-keeper in gosford, where he married a Miss AGGETT, "daughter of our late lamented Senior Constable John AGGETT". He left a wife and two children. ........................................................................... From the Sydney Morning Herald, 25.6.1931: Mrs Jessie JARDINE LANG (nee Dr Jessie WYPER - second doctor to practise at Woy Woy). ............................................................................. From Town and Country Journal, Sydney, Saturday 19.8.1893: John McCOIG, superintendent of the State Forest Nursery at Gosford, was found drowned in Narara Creek on Tues morning. About 50. Wrote in T&CJ as "Propagator". When he first came to Australia he was employed at Brisbane Botanical gardens, then as gardener for Mr RANKIN at Goulburn, then to Mr CROUDACE of the Scottish Aust Mining Co. He started the Gosford Nursery and has been in Gov service for about 10 years. A highly valued and able officer.[photo of the above on page 29 of T&CJ issue 26.8.93 with caption]. ............................................................................... From The Advocate, Wyong, 7.11.1935: Obit Robert BROWNLEE of Ocean Parade, The Entrance, aged 57, former sawmill owner of Ourimbah. Born Hamilton, Scotland, and left there at early age with parents for NZ, but came to Sydney at age 6. Was latterly in a partnership with Taylors at The Entrance, as Taylor Bros and Brownlee boats. Left widow and four children. Masonic funeral at Wamberal Cemetery. ............................................................................. From The Gosford Times, 21.6.1917: James GLASSON, a well-known resident of Gosford, died Sat last, aged 65. Native of Cornwall, "came to Australia about 20 years ago". Was a gold miner on the principal fields of Victoria, WA and NSW and suffered many vicissitudes. Came from Merrylands, Sydney, about 1911 to Gosford where his son at that time carried on business of baker and pastrycook. For past five years deceased had kept a little shop at the corner of Mann St and Wingello Road. Twice married, left two sons by first marriage, and widow and one son by the second. Buried Bradys Gully Cemetery, North Gosford. ............................................................................... From The Gosford Times Fri 25.8.1899: Death of Mr James P. LEWIS, a resident of Tuggerah. Left his home last Sunday morning to attend to a boat on the lake, did not return on time, and was subsequently found dead on the beach some distance from his residence. Heart failure. Born at Maidenhead, Berkshire, England in 1838, and was a veteran of the Crimean War. For many years lived in Maitland, but had recently taken up a selection at Tuggerah. Left a wife and large family. [ends] Regards from Gwen

Hello Judy, Wish you would come over and tidy up MY files! Re William BOSTON, your guess is as good as mine about where his paddock was, but as he was the punt keeper at Erina Creek at East Gosford, I would hazard a guess and say MAYBE it was that very old place alongside the punt, diagonally opposite your g-g-grandpa's "Stonehurst" . It shows up in 1905 postcards as tumbledown even then. Shame we can't insert photos here! William BOSTON of East Gosford died 1 August 1885 at 67, "Erina Punt Owner and Keeper". In brackets, the C of E entry asks "a native of Cheshire?". He lost his 7 year old son William Jr to accidental drowning in October 1880. The family was not a lucky one. Boston Sr lost the sight "in his good eye" on 6 April 1856 (apparently he lost his other eye in the same way, chopping wood). Thus he was a blind punt man for much of his working life. He would not have "seen" the building of the steel drawbridge across Erina Creek which replaced the old punt in 1885, but would certainly have heard it. In "Agnes Fagan's Diary" there is an entry for 24 September 1885, in which Agnes noted that she and her husband George Fagan crossed Erina Creek in a "very small punt drawn by an elegant figured woman". Perhaps a member of the Boston family? She also commented that the bridge was almost completed. Well, that doesn't throw any light on where Boston lived I am afraid, but I feel sure he dwelt reasonably close to Erina Creek in order to be on the spot when anyone wanted to cross the waterway. Regards, Gwen

I was tidying up my John SMITH file and came across this gem found for me years ago by Gwen Dundon, from the Town and Country Journal 29 April 1876. .. this is it quoted in full. "Lately I have had very little to write about, our town being very quiet. This week we have had a very serious accident: it appears that Mr John Smith, while returning home with two horses attached to a dray, took up a number of children to ride, and on arriving at his house, and before the children got out of the dray, through some cause or other, the leading horse took fright, and running around the corner of Boston's paddock the dray was upset. Fortunately there was only 2 of the boys hurt, these being sons of Mr A Hunt of this town. Luckily there was plenty of assistance on the spot, otherwise one of the boys must have been killed, as the full weight of the dray lay across his neck. Dr Harris was on the spot in a very few minutes and attended on the sufferers, who, I am happy to say, are progressing favourably under the careful attendance of that gentleman. Another accident happened to a boy, son of Thomas Duncan, who, while playing in a waggon standing in front of that gentleman's house, accidentally fell out and broke his arm; he was also attended by Dr Harris, whose presence is certainly a great benefit to the district of Brisbane Water. The weather is all that is required." This John Smith is presumably my gtgtgrandfather who arrived from Bucks in late 1855. You would have thought he would have been a bit more circumspect around drays and boys as his eldest child then aged 12 was killed in an accident with a dray, in early 1856- all recorded in Rev Glennie's journal. Thomas is buried at Pt Frederick. Gwen- I think he was living at East Gosford by 1876. Have you any idea where Boston's paddock was? And for those of you who know East Gosford, my John Smith built Stonehurst right on Erina Creek at the start of the bridge known as the Punt bridge (cause there was once a punt there!) He owned 4 .5 acres at the time of his death. This was an area bounded by George, Brougham and Adelaide St back toward Hylton Moore ovals (which was then all swamp). At the time of his death in 1892, the house and those acres were valued at 200 pounds. Wonder what it would be worth today!!! Judy Gifford researching SMITH CAIN ROGERS all of east Gosford

Gosford Times 28 Apr 1905 Death of Mrs WRIGHT ( edited) Mrs Frances Jane Elizabeth WRIGHT, relict of Richard WRIGHT ( who died 26 yrs ago ) passed away at Erina on Tuesday last at the age of 84 Mrs WRIGHT was a native of the county of Wiltshire and come to this colony 70 years ago when she was but 14 years of age. For the past 52 years she has resided in the Brisbane Water District and was naturally well known and respected. The deceased leaves many lineal descendants including 35 grand children, 19 gt grand children,most of whom reside in the area. Her funeral took place last Wednesday afternoon with a large crowd in attendance. Internment followed at the C of E cemetery, Point Frederick MargM Central Coast List Admin

Gosford Times 28 Apr 1905 The Steamers 'Erina' & 'Woy Woy' Gosford Wharf presented a very busy scene on Good Friday as both our steamers arrived within an hour of each other. The 'Erina' put in an appearance a little after one o'clock, while the' Woy Woy' came along side half an hour later. Both Steamers carried a number of pleasure seekers, campers, and sailing boats for the Regatta and general cargo On the home journey the 'Erina' ran up Cowan Creek for a cargo of oysters for some new leases on the George's River so that on rounding Barenjoey on the back trip , the 'Woy Woy' had the lead of some 10 minutes This the 'Erina' picked up on the spin along the coast and entered Sydney Heads , a few lengths in advance of her rival, although in the smooth waters of Port Jackson there was little difference in the speed of the two popular Gosford traders ( Not edited) MargM Central Coast List Admin

Would anyone know if this person is still around as I sent an email to the louiseg@hotkey.net.au but it bounced but as this is my family I would love to get in contact with Louise. The message was posted Sept 2003 and as you can see by the email address it is an Australian email. Thanks Chris Hi, George TOUGH m Elizabeth TROUP in Jan 1829 in Aberdeen Their son George TOUGH m Jane RIDDELL in 1860,in Aberdeen They had Jane,George,Alexander,Elizabeth,Margaret,Louisa,John,Mary & James Jane m James McKENZIE ,George ??,Alexander d 1year,Elizabeth m Joseph MUNRO,Margaret ??, Louisa ??,John ??,Mary m James MARTIN, James m Margaret ROBERTs Any connections out there??? Louise

Hello Lister As Marg is offering such great reads on the region I would like to add the following which I found of great interest and so informative about these gems of the Central Coast - the three Lakes. Besides lots of other data it covers: Aboriginal Settlement 1st European Settlement 1820-1870 Settlement after the opening of the railways 1880-1850 Urban Deveopement 1960-1990 The Ecology of the Tuggerah Lakes Historical Records by Anthony Scott www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical99/tr4-99.pdf Regards Joanne Wyee

Hello Lister As Marg is offering such great reads on the region I would like to add the following which I found of great interest and so informative about these gems of the Central Coast - the three Lakes. Besides lots of other data it covers: Aboriginal Settlement 1st European Settlement 1820-1870 Settlement after the opening of the railways 1880-1850 Urban Deveopement 1960-1990 The Ecology of the Tuggerah Lakes Historical Records by Anthony Scott www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical99/tr4-99.pdf Regards Joanne Wyee

Hello Listers As Marg is offering such great reads on the region I would like to add the following which I found of great interest and so informative about these gems of the Central Coast - the three Lakes. Besides lots of other data it covers: Aboriginal Settlement 1st European Settlement 1820-1870 Settlement after the opening of the railways 1880-1850 Urban Deveopement 1960-1990 The Ecology of the Tuggerah Lakes Historical Records by Anthony Scott www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical99/tr4-99.pdf Regards Joanne Wyee

Gosford Times 28 Apr 1905 Amateur Fishing Club ************************* A Meeting of those interested in the formation of an Amateur Fisherman's Club for Gosford & Woy Woy , will be held at the Fern Tree hotel, next Monday night , 8pm Gosford Times 18 Aug 1905 NOTICE ********** We , the undersigned, have agreed to close our blacksmiths and wheelwrights shops at noon every Wednesday . No work will be taken on after that hour Jas KIBBLE RG KEENE WH PARRY

Good evening, Would love to locate family photos of the following Ancestors: WELLS (descendants of THOMAS WELLS per Baring 1815 and MARTHA SHAW per Brothers 1824) WOODBURY - Mary Ann Wells - Woodbury descendants - Wyong Shire HENRY - Lisarow - Violet Wells WELLS - Ernest Thomas -Central Coast WATERS FERNANCE and I think Gavenlock ? - still checking this line. Many thanks Colleen