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A Greek boy in Mayfield: Mike Trypas remembers

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 5, 2021
Post category:History Miscellaneous Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Mike Trypas still wonders what made his mother decide to uproot her family from the Greek island of Kos and transplant it in the foreign soil of distant Australia. His…

Volkswagen Beetle hit by a steam locomotive at Adamstown, NSW, January 14, 1963.

Prangs, crashes, accidents: Part 1

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 21, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography
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As a career fireman, transport collector Ken Magor naturally accumulated many photographs of accidents and disasters. Here are some of them, along with interesting stories that came to light after…

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