Welcome Home
The night of Friday, 31st May, 1946, will surely live long in the memories of those who were present at the Gerringong School of Arts to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Illawarra · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1946
84 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 5
Legacy and War Orphans
There are hundreds of war orphans and their mothers living in the country who are being cared for by Legacy. These children are the responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land for Soldiers' Hall at Austinmer
By six votes to three, Bulli Shire Council on Monday night decided to alienate portion of the Austinmer camping area for the Austinmer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wonderful Welcome Home. Surf Club's Tribute at Memorial Arch
E. R. Brooks R. Crane N. Dann N. R. Stibbard Last Saturday evening upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome Home Committee
Final preparations were made on Monday night last for the Grand Welcome Home Ball on Friday night next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seeking the Way-out Provision of Single Farms For Soldiers
With its proposal to provide single farms for discharged ex-servicemen ruled out by the Commonwealth Government as not being within the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kiama's Grand Welcome Home Ball Up to Pre-war Standard
The Grand Welcome Home Ball held in the Antrim Theatre on Friday night was reminiscent of a prewar function…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Michael's War Memorial
A meeting of parishioners of St. Michael's C. of E., Wollongong, on Monday, night adopted a proposal to construct a war memorial in the form…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of War's Unexpected Discoveries
One of this war's most exciting stories is told not in the headlines, but in letters to loved ones at home, in Chaplain's reports and smaller items…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Michael's War Memorial
Sufficient stone, already cut, is available for the proposed War Memorial for St. Michael's C. of E., Wollongong. The stone was cut towards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unlisted War Casualties
This little fellow has a friend—his not much bigger sister. Orphaned by war and left destitute, he and she need other friends—friends with spare clothing for the little "mother" and something more suitable than that misfitting old coat for her little brother. What can you…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Cars Post-War Vauxhalls
First post-war cars to come off the assembly line at the Fishermen's Bend plant of General Motors-Holden's Ltd. are the 14 H.P. British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Post-war Phosphate Shipment
The first post-war shipment of phosphates from Nauru arrived at Port Kembla on Sunday. The vessel bringing the shipment was the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pre-war Tourist Trips Restored in Illawarra
When Australia went to war in 1930, all tourist trips from Illawarra district suspended. Since the war has been, the Wollongong Tourist Bureau has arranged numerous bus tours from the district to different parts of N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirroul News Soldiers Entertain Ladies' Auxiliary
At the Soldiers' Hall on Wednesday night the members of the Thirroul Returned Soldiers' League entertained the members of the ladies' auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Welcome Home At Gerringong
The Gerringong Welcome Home Committee is organising a further Welcome Home Social to be held in the School of, Arts on Friday next…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disabled Soldiers' Assn. Appeal
The Totally & Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Assn. is launching an appeal for £25,000 to provide suitable club premises in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kiama News Returned Soldiers League
Colonel C. D. Fuller, presiding at the monthly meeting of the Kiama Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers, League, extended a welcome to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home
Residents of Kiama and district are advised in this issue that the Tenth Welcome Home Social to discharged servicemen and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Objection to Polish Soldier Immigrants
The Pt. Kembla Waterside Workers on Monday carried the following resolution to be sent to the Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley. Delegates were…
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