Wallaby Track Columns 2009

Norman McVicker’s Tales from along the Wallaby Track Year 2009

Date Published WT Number Title
2009.01.05 1007 2009: Another year begins (The stories behind Lamington, Anzac Biscuit and Fruit cake)
2009.01.12 1008 Ghosts: Terror or nightmare (The stories of Australian ghosts)
2009.01.19 1009 Wireless: The glory days (The Golden Years of radio-1937)
2009.01.26 1010 1788 the first Australia Day (The story of 26th January, 1788)
2009.02.02 1011 Ben Hall: Gentleman bushranger (The Life of Ben Hall and his gang and Sir Frederick Pottinger)
2009.02.09 1012 Valentine’s Day: Suitor or sweetheart (The folklore stories behind Valentine’s Day)
2009.02.16 1013 Punch and Judy—a lost art (The history of Punch and Judy)
2009.02.23 1014 A. B. Spark and his “Tempe” house (The life and times of A. B. Spark)
2009.03.02 1015 John O’Brien the people’s poet (The life and times of John O’Brien)
2009.03.09 1016 Richard Atkins: Drunkard and womaniser (The life and times of Judge Advocate Atkins)
2009.03.16 1017 “Sophia Jane”—steam on the harbour (The story of the first steamboat in Australia)
2009.03.23 1018 Identity: What’s in a name (The stories behind the names of places and people)
2009.03.30 1019 James Hardy Vaux: his memoirs (The life and times of James Hardy Vaux and the “flash” language)
2009.04.06 1020 William Dampier: buccaneer and navigator (The life and times of William Dampier, pirate)
2009.04.13 1021 Budgee Budgee: Past and Present Pt1 (The locality of Budgee Budgee and Budgee Budgee Inn)
2009.04.20 1022 Budgee Budgee: Past and Present Pt2 (The story of Budgee Gold and Pianist)
2009.04.27 1023 Budgee Budgee; Past and Present Pt3 (The story of Budgee Song and Ross’s Farm)
2009.05.04 1024 Coins: New money from old (The history of Australian coins)
2009.05.11 1025 Old Pubs: their place in history (The changes to old pubs, taverns etc)
2009.05.18 1026 Furphy: a real Aussie word (The story behind the word “furphy”)
2009.05.25 1027 Connie Robertson: a woman of style (The life and career of Connie Robertson)
2009.06.01 1028 Urban legends: home remedies (The stories behind old time remedies)
2009.06.08 1029 Royal Visit: assassination attempt (The 1868 visit of Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh)
2009.06.15 1030 Mrs Mabel Freer: unwanted migrant (The story of Mrs Freer and the dictation test)
2009.06.22 1031 Anna Russell: singer, satirist, and comedienne (The life and career of Anna Russell)
2009.06.29 1032 The Restless Years: Governor Bourke
(The life, times and achievements of Governor Richard Bourke)
2009.07.06 1033 Mudgee Mail Robbed: guard bound and gagged (The story of the robbing of the Mudgee Mail Train in 1930)
2009.07.13 1034 Circus: a pocketful of dreams (The story of Wirth’s Circus)
2009.07.20 1035 Florence Broadhurst: a designing woman (The life, times and career of Florence Broadhurst)
2009.07.27 1036 Operetta—a magical world (The story of operetta)
2009.08.03 1037 Douglas Snelling: designing architect (The Life and work of Douglas Snelling)
2009.08.10 1038 John Knatchbull: thief and murderer (The life of John Knatchbull)
2009.08.17 1039 Lennie Lower: laureate of humour (The life, times and work of Lennie Lower)
2009.08.24 1040 BCPA: the forgotten airline (The rise and fall of BCPA)
2009.08.31 1041 Mrs Beeton: the first domestic goddess (The life and times of Isabella Beeton)
2009.09.07 1042 Mudgee Goes to Press (The local newspapers of the past)
2009.09.14 1043 Cookbooks: a culinary revolution. (Various Australian Cookbooks)
2009.09.21 1044 Aristology: one long picnic (Edward Abbott and the first Australian Cookbook)
2009.09.28 1045 Tin Soldiers or men of merit (The story of the NSW Corps)
2009.10.05 1046 Old newspapers: headlines of history (Excerpts from old local newspapers)
2009.10.12 1047 Eureka’s tattered flag (The story of the Eureka flag)
2009.10.19 1048 Mudgee Guardian and times past- Pt 1. (Looking at past stories and people)
2009.10.26 1049 Mudgee Guardian and times past- Pt 2 (Looking back at past stories and people)
2009.11.02 1050 Mudgee Guardian and times past- Pt 3 (Looking at past editors George Cohen and Madell)
2009.11.09 1051 Peter Lalor and Eureka Stockade (The story of Eureka Stockade)
2009.11.16 1052 “Sydney Cove” Pt 1: the voyage (The story of the voyage of the “Sydney Cove”)
2009.11.23 1053 “Sydney Cove” Pt2: the wreck (The continuing story of the wreck of the “Sydney Cove”)
2009.11.30 1054 Eliza Fraser: myths and legends (The storyof Eliza Fraser and the shipwreck of the “Stirling Castle”)
2009.12.07 1055 Mudgee 1932: vice regal visit- Pt1 (The vice-regal visit of Governor –General Sir Isaac Isaacs)
2009.12.14 1056 Mudgee 1932: vice regal visit- Pt 2 (The Mudgee Jubilee Agricultural Show)
2009.12.21 1057 Christmas 1788: the colony’s first (Events in Christmas week 1788 at Sydney Cove)
2009.12.28 (No publication of Mudgee Guardian)
2009.12.31 1058 1058 Laurence Halloran: first schoolmaster (The life and times of Laurence Halloran)

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