Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← The wars & local soldiers, all years

Central Coast · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1915

210 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 11

War News In America

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

The peculiar interest which America takes in the news of the war with Germany lies in the fact that the United States is largely made up of…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Great War. Case and the Colonies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 6

Article published in the London 'Morning Post," signed "Candid [?]ritic," and quoted by Mr. A. M. Hemsley, in Tuesday's "Herald"…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

War in The Camp

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

The Labor paper, "The Worker," violently attacks the State Government over the Norton-Griffith proposal, which it declares is the greatest…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

War Burns up Money

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 21

Every time a big gun is fired £300 goes in smoke and a splash, and there are 372 such guns in the fleet which Admiral Callaghan led out of…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 10

We desire to notify the members of our League that our usual biweekly meetings will be resumed on Tuesday, 19th January. Our first…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

A Soldier's Letter

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 9

Mr. Henry Hastings, son of Mr and Mrs William Hastings, who with his brother joined the Contingent now stationed in Egypt, writes to his…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

War News. Zeppelin Raid on England

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

A Zeppelin raid was made on England on Tuesday night, and much damage was done at Yarmouth and other places…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

The Defence Act. Dismissal of Soldier Employee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

A novel case, the first of its kind, came before the Sydney Police Court the other day, when the firm of Kitchen, Ltd., was proceeded against for…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

A Soldier's Letter

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Henry Hastings, of Gosford, now with the Australian soldiers in Egypt, writes to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hastings:--…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Horrors of War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 17

A gruesome coincidence is recorded in the meeting of a German soldier, who is a member of the Salvation Army, and a British soldier, who…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

War Tax on Young Men

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 8

It is suggested (says an exchange) that as young men who volunteer for service aud go to the front, give up much, and may be called upon to give…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 11

On Tuesday, 19th instant, the local Branch of our Red Cross resumed its bi-weekly meetings, when a fair number of the original workers were…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Beside The Pyramids. A Gosford Soldier Writes Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 3

Mr. Henry Hastings, who sailed to Egypt with the Expeditionary Force, writes home to his parents at Gosford:--…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Employers and The War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

The Employers' Federation of New South Wales, at its fortnightly meeting, discussed the position of employees who had volunteered to go to the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

"Wowsers" and the War

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

The Rev. F. Colwell, President of the N.S,W. Methodist Conference, paid an unofficial visit to Inverell recently. During the course of an…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Gosford District War Relief League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 11

The usual meeting was held on Tuesday, 2nd February, when many parcels were received, including a donation of flannels, and some dainty…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

A Romance of War. Russian Girl Among the Killed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

The ''Vossische Zeitung" quotes the following from a German officer's letter from the Polish front:-- "Here we are in Poles' land--about…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Dismissed Soldiers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 16

It appears that a small section of the Australian troops in Egypt have proved undesirables, and are to be sent back. Others are being invalided…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Wyong's Wounded Sailor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 15

Two of the wounded sailors from H.M.A.S. Sydney are passengers by the steamship Medina which has arrived at Freinantle. One of them…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

War News SYDNEY

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 11

There are indications that Bulgaria has entered into a financial arrangement with Germany. This is intended to exercise a…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →