Wallaby Track Columns 2006

Norman McVicker’s Tales from along the Wallaby Track Year 2006

Date Published WT Number Title
2006.01.03 856 A Tiger at the Gates (Use of Words and Phrases)
2006.01.10 857 Elizabeth Tierney, Eurunderee Pioneer (The Early Life and Times of Elizabeth Tierney)
2006.01.17 858 Elizabeth Tierney- A Life (Concludes the later life and Times of Elizabeth Tierney)
2006.01.24 859 Circular Quay –Then and Now (How the Quay was built by George Barney and the original Francis Fowles Map of Sydney Cove)
2006.01.31 860 The Good Doctor of Liverpool (The Life and Times of Dr. J.A. Beattie)
2006.02.07 861 Louisa Lawson – Writer and Suffragette  (The Life and Career of Louisa Lawson)
2006.02.14 862 The Apple of Her Eye (The Life and Time of the Creator of the “Granny Smith” apple
2006.02.21 863 Sir John Robertson—Colonial Politician (The Life and Times of Sir John Robertson)
2006.02.28 864 Beginning a “Splendid Theatre” (The Recruiting Officer—June 4, 1789)
2006.03.06 865 Take it from the Top (The Mudgee Dance Bands from the 1940s and 2MG Mouth Organ Band- Dot Barton)
2006.03.13 866 Number Please? Meet the “Hello Girls” (The Days of the Mudgee Telephone Exchange –1950s)
2006.03.20 867 Looking Back to the 1930s (Mudgee District Through the Columns of the Press)
2006.03.27 868 Innovative Farming 70 Years Ago (Grasshopper Control, flame thrower, St John’s Wort)
2006.04.03 869 Harry Dale the Drover (The Ballad of the Drover)
2006.04.10 870 The ‘Duke’ of Mudgee (The Life and Times of H.P.C. ‘Duke’ Tritton)
2006.04.17 871 Henry Lawson in Mudgee (The 1914-1915 return visits of Henry Lawson)
2006.04.24 872 Mudgee 120 Years Ago (Description of Mudgee Town in 1886)
2006.05.01 873 Mudgee’s One O’clock Gun (The story of the firing of a one o’clock gun in Mudgee)
2006.05.08 874 The Vinegar Hill Uprising (The story of Australia’s first rebellion)
2006.05.15 875 Michael Lahy Early Mudgee Pioneer (The Life and Times of Michael Lahy)
2006.05.22 876 Mudgee’s First Winemaker (The story of Frederick Buchholtz and Son)
2006.05.27 877 Mudgee’s Forgotten Songs and Music (Down By the Cudgegong and the Mudgee Waltz)
2006.06.05 878 “Cop This Lot” O’Grady Said. (The story of John O’Grady and his books)
2006.06.12 879 Henry Lawson and the Flour Bin (The story of the Flour Bin and other Lawson stories)
2006.06.19 880 Madge and Cyril—Australians Loved Them (The life and times and career of Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard)
2006.06.26 881 Hargraves Public School – 1856-2006 (Celebrating 150 years of learning at a small bush school)
2006.07.03 882 Daniel—The Other Tierney (The life and times of Daniel Tierney)
2006.07.10 883 Simon Belinfante—Doctor and Barrister (The life and times of Mudgee doctor Simon Belinfante)
2006.07.17 884 When the Wattle Blooms (The history and language of flowers)
2006.07.24 885 When “Kiwi” was Australian (The story behind Australian icon “Kiwi” boot polish
2006.07.31 886 William Westwood—Bushranger Extraordinary (The life and times of William Westwood, the “gentleman” bushranger)
2006.08.07 887 Robbing the Mudgee Mail (Bushrangers and Police and road conditions)
2006.08.14 888 The Rush For Gold (The Gold Rushes in Eurunderee in 1863 and 1874)
2006.08.21 889 Tombstones: They Talk to Us (Old Cemeteries and Heritage Graves of the Mudgee Area)
2006.08.28 890 A Grand Electric Chain (The Building of the Overland Telegraph Line)
2006.09.04 891 Art for Art’s Sake (The Life of First Fleet artist George Raper)
2006.09.11 892 ‘Robbery Under Arms’—Epic Classic (The Life and Times of T. A. Browne aka Rolf Boldrewood)
2006.09.18 893 Advertising—Looking Back at Changes (The story of advertising and the Mudgee Guardian)
2006.09.25 894 The Way We Were (Looking Back to 1929 and films “Four Feathers” and “Show Boat”
2006.10.02 895 The Age of the Horseless Carriage (Introducing the motor car and petrol)
2006.10.09 896 Truth or Fiction in Lawson Story (The story behind “Buckholtz’s Gate”
2006.10.16 897 Shadows of Chinese Glory (The Chinese on the Goldfields)
2006.10.23 898 Musical Theatre is the Food of Love (The History of Musical Theatre in Mudgee)
2006.10.30 899 Stars in His Eyes (The Life and Times of William Dawes)
2006.11.06 900 A Whiz of a Wizard from Oz (The Life of Frank Baum)
2006.11.13 901 Let’s Go to the “Tiv” (History of Shows at the Sydney Tivoli Theatre)
2006.11.20 902 James Meehan: Surveyor (The Life and Times of James Meehan)
2006.11.27 903 Queen of Martin Place (The Life and Times of Rose Shaw)
2006.12.04 904 Shadows From the Past (Stories about Fr. Dunphy, Mons. O’Donovan, Charles Kevan)
2006.12.11 905 Old Times—Old Ways (Looking Back at the Mudgee Guardian)
2006.12.18 906 Welcome Christmas (The Traditions of Christmas)

History and locality of Budgee Budgee, The life and work of Norman McVicker, Pocket Playhouse, Theatre memories, and Tales from along the Wallaby Track