Newcastle’s Leonora Glassworks
Newcastle’s sadly missed Leonora glassworks was founded by three Czech immigrants - Joe and Henry Vecera and Joe Tvrdik - who came to Australia before World War II as highly…
Newcastle girls helped build bombers
Mollie Clewett was 21 years old and had only been married a year on November 29, 1943 when she started working as a machinist at Newcastle’s Lysaghts plant. It was…