Journal #45 – August / September 2012

Glenda Smith: MVHS Life Member

[Life membership award]
by Carol Pammer, MVHS Vice President

Ancestor: Humphrey Richardson

[‘Father’ of public school education on the Manning River]
by Eric Richardson OAM, MVHS Vice President

National Schools: The establishment of public schools in NSW

[How public schools came into being]
by Eric Richardson OAM, MVHS Vice President

Tinonee National School

[Early trials and tribulations]
by Maurie Garland, MVHS Member

Accolades for Horace Dean biography

[Press reviews of Maurie Garland’s book]
by Pam Murray, MVHS member

The Dangerous Manning Bar and the wreck of the steamer Gipsy

[First-hand accounts of the disaster]
Edited by Maurie Garland, MVHS member

Captain Jean Benaud: Master Mariner

[Stories of great-grandfather of Australian cricketer, Richie Benaud]
by Maurie Garland, MVHS member

In MVHS museum: The minute gun

[Includes the story of builder, William John Smith, ancestor of donor family]
Edited by Maurie Garland, MVHS member

The Next Generation: Reminiscences of Albert George Smith [1860-1939]

[Writings of son, William John Smith]
Document held in MVHS archives

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