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adrian wrote a new post, Barambah Aboriginal Settlement rugby league team c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
Frank Fisher, John Gee Gee, Percy Bond, Bill Hegarty, Norman Bird, Livingston Chambers, Dick Dalton, Johnson Mate Mate, Adam Cobbo, Hugh Ross, Bob McGowan, Colin Sheridan, Felix Saunders, Bill Fisher and Joe Hegarty.
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adrian wrote a new post, The dairy herd of Ayrshire cattle at Cherbourg c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
1932 — With the closure of St Helena prison in Moreton Bay, its dairy herd is relocated to Cherbourg. Cream and milk are sold to the South Burnett Co-op and the Murgon Butter Factory. Milk is supplied to the […]
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adrian wrote a new post, The Blacksmith Workshop at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
1930 — A Blacksmith’s workshop is established near the sawmill. The work carried out by the men who worked there include, shoeing the draught and stock horses, making new yokes for the bullock teams and making […]
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adrian wrote a new post, Robert Crawford and Doris Crawford with Mr Little 1935 54 years, 5 months ago
1934 — Head Teacher Robert Crawford, at the request of the Chief Protector, creates a new school syllabus for Cherbourg and other settlement Schools.
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Using the 1930 State School Syllabus as a guide, the […]
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adrian wrote a new post, Children in shelter at Cherbourg Settlement School c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
“My mother would have gone to that school. In my time there was Grade 5, 6 and 7 in a building next to the shed and the Grade 1,2,3 and 4 were up in a hall at the Showgrounds. This shed was knocked down in 1976 […]
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adrian wrote a new post, Cherbourg Settlement School and shelter c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
Photograph of Cherbourg Settlement School taken from the Girl’s Dormitory.
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adrian wrote a new post, Cherbourg Settlement School and shelter c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
1937 — A shelter is built at the school for the pupils.
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adrian wrote a new post, New wing at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement School c1937 54 years, 5 months ago
1937 — The school is extended with the addition of a new wing – a class room is added and an office for the head teacher.
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adrian wrote a new post, Women at the Girls Dormitory at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
“The verandahs are open here, but later on when they took down the barbed wire outside, they put wire round those verandahs.”
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adrian wrote a new post, Milled timber at Cherbourg sawmill c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
With a steady supply of timber and cheap inmate labour, the sawmill prospered. As well as a source of revenue for the settlement, building projects could be undertaken quickly and cheaply. The sawmill supplies […]
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adrian wrote a new post, The hospital at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement 1932 54 years, 5 months ago
The hospital has a ward each for male and female patients. There is an operating theatre in the round section at the front and a maternity ward at the end of the building.
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adrian wrote a new post, Girls swimming in Barambah Creek at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
Naomi Malone (nee Chambers) and Betty Mckenzie are two of the swimmwers
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adrian wrote a new post, Goona Cart in front of the Mothers Quarters and the Girls Dormitory at Cherbourg c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
The sanitary wagon or Goona Cart doing on its rounds collecting and disposing of the waste from the hospital, dormitories and the residences.
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adrian wrote a new post, Hospital at Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement 1934 54 years, 5 months ago
When there is an outbreak of illness, patients are accommodated on the front and back verandas. Canvas blinds are unrolled to protect the patients from the elements at night, from the cold and in wet weather.
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adrian wrote a new post, Cherbourg Settlement Hospital c1930 54 years, 5 months ago
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