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Reflections on the Clarence
Harold Winkel
Harold speaks of his arrival on the Clarence...
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Marie Crispin
Marie was not born in Grafton but has spent a...
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Irene Crispin
Although born in Sydney, Irene came to live...
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Bellingen Shire Oral Histories : from the mountains to the sea
Bridget Rees
Bridget discusses how the Dorrigo Folk and...
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Audrey Fitzgerald
Audrey was born at South Grafton, the daughter...
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Burton Dawes
Burton speaks about dentistry in earlier...
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Zetta Ford
Zetta comes from a long time Grafton...
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John Forbes
John's father was a ferrymaster before the...
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Neville Hackett Part 1
Neville worked at Mackellys all his working...
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Ron O'Connor
Ron is a lifelong resident of Grafton. ...
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Roy Morrow
Roy was born in South Grafton, both his father...
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Andrew Pollack
Andrew was from a long established family in...
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Ross Austen
Ross has always been involved in cattle...
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Elizabeth Jabour
Elizabeth is a Sister of Mercy having entered...
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Bill Dahl
Bill commenced a plumbing apprenticeship in...
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John Moran Part 1
John grew up in Grafton and spent most of his...
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Bill Watt
Bill talks about the history of McKittricks...
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Jack Lowe
Long time railway employee - wonderful...
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Muriel Shepherd
Muriel talks about her hard young life on...
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David Abrahams Part 2
David relates the history of Gerards and...
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Elsie Braund
Descended from the Wallbank and Hewitt...
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Bill Dougherty
Bill recalls memories of his rather remarkable...
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Stan Mussared
Stan was born at Tamworth and raised on dairy...
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William Marr
William served in World War 2 with occupation...
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Robert Hastings
Robert provides an insight into the history of...
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Roger Green
Although not born in Grafton most of Rodger's...
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Gordon Rogers
Gordon and Elaine Rogers came to the Clarence...
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Gordon Solomon
Gordon was born at Mclean and raised on the...
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Don Bellamy
Father founded Bellamy Bros, earth movers,...
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Neville Oxenford
Neville talks about some of the engineering...
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Marcia McCallum
Marcia is well known and greatly respected in...
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John & Julie Hutchings
John has been an outstanding jockey and has...
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Amy See Part 2
Amy and her daughter Robyn (Sparks) talks...
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Jim Knight
Jim is the son of English migrants and was...
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Gordon Jabour
Gordon talks about his involvement with the...
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Sam Lloyd
Sam was born at Copmanhurst and tells of a...
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Mary Thompson Part 1
After leaving school Mary lived in South...
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Mona Ibbott
Although born on the Richmond River her family...
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Neville Hackett Part 2
Neville worked at Mackellys all his working...
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Dr. Richard Mulhearn
Richard followed in the footsteps of his...
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Barry Powell
Barry was born in Grafton and spent his...
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Aileen Radcliffe Part 2
Aileen (nee Dunston) was born and raised in...
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Marlene Fuller
Marlene is well known in Grafton for her...
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Violet McLachlan Part 1
Violet speaks about her childhood in Grafton...
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Beryl Noud
Beryl married into an old Grafton pioneering...
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Norm Wall
Norm talks about his life as a timber worker...
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Betty Noonan
Betty, a nurse and married Brian Noonan -...
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Dr. Bill Costello
Outstanding surgeon and grazier who made a...
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Neville & Val Hayward
Neville was the President of the Clarence...
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Ivan Freeman
Ivan was born in 1913 and his great...
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Greg Ryan
Greg worked at Mackellys where he was highly...
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Nita Corbett
Nita was born at Coldstream via Ulmarra in...
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Spiro Notaras Part 1
The Notaras family have been involved in...
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Eric Hillas
Eric came to Grafton 2000, and conducts...
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Violet McLachlan Part 2
Violet speaks about the area of Trenayr on the...
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Lauretta Godbee
Lauretta followed her father into the...
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Janice (Jan) Gillett
Janice done her nursing training at Grafton...
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Bellingen Shire Oral Histories : from the mountains to the sea
Les Bravery
Les discusses how Yamacoona was formed and his...
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Doris Edmunds (nee Smith)
Doris was born in South Grafton. ...
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Barbara Fahey
Born in Grafton, Barbara recalls in great...
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Fran Hampshire
Fran came to Grafton with a young family. She...
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Les Beattie
Served in World War 2. Prominent in Ex-Service...
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Norman Whitford
Norman was born in Grafton and grew up...
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Tracey Holder
Tracey, the daughter of Robert and Sandra...
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Moya Cooksley
Moya was born in Grafton and has spent most of...
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Richard (Dick) Page
Prominent Clarence River grazing family,...
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Magda Mussared
Magda was born in the Netherlands at the...
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Bellingen Shire Oral Histories : from the mountains to the sea
Wayne Burley
Overview of Burley family’s history living and...
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Maree Burrows
Maree was born in Grafton and has lived here...
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George Castrissios
Came to Grafton as a young teenager and was...
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Nita Child
Nita was the youngest of six children and...
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Keith Ellem Part 2
Long time district family. Top cricketers...
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Bellingen Shire Oral Histories : from the mountains to the sea
Annie Stanton
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Henry Caldwell
Henry has spoken of the early days of the...
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Mary Thompson Part 2
After leaving school Mary lived in South...
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Noel Schafer
Noel born and raised in Grafton. Spoke about...
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Bellingen Shire Oral Histories : from the mountains to the sea
Sue O'Donoghue
Sue discusses the Early years of Bellingen...
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Dr. Richard Scotton
A brilliant career with National Australia...
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Sarah Eckersley
Sarah was born at Woodford Island in...
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Pat James
Although not born in Grafton, Pat came here...
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Estelle Wood
Estelle was born and grew up in Grafton. She...
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Basil Tarrant
Basil was involved in dairy farming and...
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Reg Bultitude
Grew up on a farm at Carr's Creek. Radio...
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Jack Chaseling
Jack Chaseling was born and grew up in...
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John Moran Part 2
John grew up in Grafton and spent most of his...
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Nita McKimm
Nita is the widow of the late Alexander Trvitt...
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Bill Skelly
Bill in his early life worked on the Broken...
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Betty Carlton
Betty was born and raised in Grafton, the...
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David Abrahams Part 1
David relates the history of Gerards and...
54m
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Amy See Part 1
Amy speaks of her early life at Upper...
23m 27s
5 contributors
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Baden Payne
Grafton born to a long time Grafton Family,...
37m 25s
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Spiro Notaras Part 2
The Notaras family have been involved in...
37m 20s
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Nola Mackey
Nola was born in Murwillumbah and later came...
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Neroli Clark
Neroli's father was a policeman and so they...
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Lorna Barnes & Val Wheeler
Lorna and Val are sisters who grew up in South...
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Frank Ford
Frank comes from early family settlers Ford -...
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Ron Smythe
Ron worked in the engineering department of...
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Eileen Taylor
Eileen's antecedents included a local...
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Bruce Sahlqvist
His family established the Northern Rivers...
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Rex Simpson
Rex speaks about growing up at Tallawudjah...
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Marion Cooney
Marion was born into a farming family on the...
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Ann Carroll
Ann (nee Smith) has had a long life as she is...
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Aileen Radcliffe Part 1
Aileen (nee Dunston) was born and raised in...
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Cyril Fredericks
Cyril speaks extensively on his long career on...
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Irene (Reta) Palmer
Reta grew up in Grafton during the 1920's when...
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Shirley Adams
Shirley was born at Warialda and came to...
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Keith Ellem Part 1
Long time district family. Top cricketers...
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10 contributors