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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951

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Shipwreck Memorial to Be Restored

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 3

A shipwreck on Thirroul Beach was recalled at Monday night's meeting of the Northern Zone Committee, when…

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Refugees Reach Florida In Leaking Schooner

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 8

(AAP). — A small, leaky schooner bearing 11 refugees from behind the from Curtain arrived at Fort Pierce, late…

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Elderly Man Killed at Tempe; Home Wrecked

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A 71-years-old man was found dead in the passageway of his weatherboard cottage in Gannon Street, Tempe, tonight. Earlier a man had gone…

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Cadet Corps Presented 'Shipmates Ashore'

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 1 November 1951 · page 21

A successful variety concert entitled "Shipmates Ashore" was presented last Friday night in the Soldiers' Hall, Thirrioul, Playing to an appreciative audience songs were rendered by the Dwyer…

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