Wallaby Track Columns 2010

Norman McVicker’s Tales from along the Wallaby Track Year 2010

Date Published WT Number Title
2010.01.04 1059 Eleanor Mackinnon: eloquent campaigner (The life of Eleanor Mackinnon founder of the Junior Red Cross)
2010.01.11 1060 Bill Beatty the folklore man (The life and work of Bill Beatty, folklorist)
2010.01.18 1061 Willliam Crick “an actor in shirt sleeves” (The life times and career of William Crick)
2010.01.25 1062 Founding Australia and the military (The founding of Australia and the Marine Corps)
2010.02.01 1063 Alice Chisholm the canteen lady (The life and times of Alice Chisholm founder of canteens)
2010.02.08 1064 The Mystery of the Hansom Cab (The life and times of Fergus Hume)
2010.02.15 1065 Elizabeth Gould artist and illustrator (The life, times and work of Elizabeth Gould)
2010.02.22 1066 The Shakers: a wisdom paradise (The story of the Shaker religious sect)
2010.03.01 1067 Public Stocks: a form of punishment (The story of the use of stocks as a form of punishment)
2010.03.08 1068 Old Burial Grounds: historic places (The story of Mudgee and Sydney burial grounds)
2010.03.15 1069 Florence Taylor: architect and publisher (The Life, times and career of Florence Taylor)
2010.03.22 1070 Time Marches on—1890-20010 (Mudgee Guardian ‘s 120 years)
2010.03.29 1071 The Battle of Broken Hill (The story of an attack on a picnic train)
2010.04.05 1072 Prosper de Mestre a life of fact or fiction (The life, times and career of Prosper de Mestre)
2010.04.12* 1073 Brief Encounters with early Sydney (Published out of sequence) (A number of “firsts” in Sydney)
2010.04.19* 1074 Barron Field: a judge first then poet. (Published as 1037) (The life, times and verses of Barron Field)
2010.04.26 1075 Hidden History: Early Sydney exposed (The stories of Sydney landmarks)
2010.05.03 1076 Robert Campbell: his mercantile empire (The story of Robert Campbell, merchant prince of Sydney)
2010.05.10 1077 Show Business, a dreamers world (The history of theatre in Australia) ->Click here to read this article
2010.05.17 1078 Royal Victoria Theatre and Eliza Winstanley (The story of the Royal Victoria Theatre and actress Eliza Winstanley)
2010.05.24 1079 Beer: the first “home brewers” of a nation (The story of beer brewing in Australia) ->Click here to read this article
2010.05.31 1080 James Larra: convict merchant—Pt 1 (The life and times of James Larra)
2010.06.07 1081 James Larra: convict merchant— Pt 2 (Continuing the life, times and marriages of James Larra)
2010.06.14 1082 Richard Brooks the squire of Denham Court (The life, times of Richard Brooks & St Mary the Virgin Church)
2010.06.21 1083 Henry Dodd the first farmer (The life, times of Henry Dodd the first farmer in Australia)
2010.06.28 1084 John Harris: sailor, surgeon, settler (The life, times and career of Surgeon John Harris and Experiment Farm)
2010.07.05 1085 A Free Press: Sydney’s 2nd newspaper ( The story of the founding of the Australian newspaper)
2010.07.12 1086 Ship Ahoy! The Rose Hill Packet (The building of the first boat in Australia)
2010.07.19 1087 Edward Cureton and his stonemason structures (The story of Macquarie Place Obelisk and Greenway fountain)
2010.07.26 1088 A Rebel Chorus: the young at heart (The story of the Currency Lads and Lasses)
2010.08.02 1089 The Rocks: a serenade to early Sydney (The story of the Rocks—past and present)
2010.08.09 1090 Larrikins and the rites of passage (The story of the larrikins and donahs)
2010.08.16 1091 Sentimental Blokes: C. J. Dennis and Hal Gye (The story of the verse –novel “The Sentimental Bloke)
2010.08.23 1092 A Fashion odyssey from earlier years (The story of fashion from the First Fleet to present)
2010.08.30 1093 John Dunmore Lang: clergyman, educationalist (The life, times and work of Rev. John Dunmore Lang)
2010.09.06 1094 Australia’s Early Churches (The founding of First Church, Ebenezer Church, St Luke’s etc)
2010.09.13 1095 A Love Story: Nathaniel and Olivia, Pt 1 (The story of the life of Nathaniel Lucas and Olivia Gascoigne)
2010.09.20 1096 A Love Story: Nathaniel and Olivia, Pt 2 (Continuing the story of Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas)
2010.09.27 1097 A Love Story: Nathaniel and Olivia, Pt 3 (Concluding the story of Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas)
2010.10.04 1098 Betsy Broughton: destiny’s child (The life of Betsy Broughton and Boyd massacre)
2010.10.11 1099 Windmills: back to the future (The history of windmills in Australia)
2010.10.18 1100 James Squire: brewer, baker, banker (The Life, times and Mistresses of James Squire)
2010.10.25 1101 Thomas Rose: convict philanthropist (The Life, times and relationships of Thomas Rose)
2010.11.01 1102 1945: A world at peace (Australia under threat of invasion 1942)
2010.11.08 1103 Shipwreck: an 1835 mystery (The story of the shipwreck of the Hive)
2010.11.15 1104 Mudgee: its forgotten heritage (Mudgee past history, sheep, diamonds, police)
2010.11.22 1105 Cowpastures and a wild herd (The lost herd and early settlers of Cowpastures)
2010.11.29 1106 Henry Savery: first novelist (The life, crimes and novel of Henry Savery)
2010.12.06 1107 Anna King: female orphans’ friend (Anna King’s life, family and Female Orphans’ School)
2010.12.13 1108 E. T. Both’s portable iron lung (The story of inventor Ted Both and polio)
2010.12.20 1109 Christmas icons and stories (The stories about Christmas traditions)

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