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Newcastle’s Leonora Glassworks

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 26, 2019
Post Category:History / Newcastle, NSW, Australia / Vintage Photographs and Photography

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

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:March 9, 2019
Post Category:History / Militaria / Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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…