punt Archives ~ Photo Time Tunnel

Mrs Farley and her children cross the river by punt, ahead of Mr Farley and the dairy herd.

The dairy herd travelled by punt

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:February 21, 2020
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia Vintage Photographs and Photography

It was February 24, 1948, and the Farley family of Eagleton, near Raymond Terrace, NSW, had a difficult house-moving problem. The farming family was shifting from their home of the…

The first ocean voyage of the ferry Koondooloo

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:November 21, 2019
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia

A few weeks ago my sister-in-law gave me a pile of old magazines that had once belonged to her father, Frank Norris, of Kotara in Newcastle, NSW. These magazines, titled…