Appendix One: Catalogue of Finds
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224 APPENDIX ONE: CATALOGUE OF FINDS © Ian Evans 2010 6KRHVDQGERRWVGDWHGDQGLGHQWL¿HGE\-XQH6ZDQQ0%( 7KHIROORZLQJUHFRUGLQFOXGHVDOOVLWHVLGHQWL¿HGIURP FRPPHQFHPHQWRIUHVHDUFKLQHDUO\WR2FWREHU New South Wales 225 – 293 Tasmania 294 – 337 Victoria 338 – 357 South Australia 358 – 375 Western Australia 376 – 399 Queensland 400 – 414 Building tradesmen, early 20th century. Grouped around the very dapper architect at front row, centre, are carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers and plasterers. One of them is holding a cat. Russell Hall, Skipton, Victoria, 1918. (MV image No. bfa001407) CATALOGUE OF DELIBERATELY CONCEALED OBJECTS NEW SOUTH WALES 225 NEW SOUTH WALES Balmain 226 – 228 Hamilton 259 Bathurst 229 Hartley Vale 260 Bega 230 Islington 261 Berrima 231 Leichhardt 262 Blackheath 232 Lithgow 263, 264 Blayney 233 Marrickville 265 Brooklyn 234 Millers Point 266 –268 Burwood 235 Milton 269 Camperdown 236 Molong 270 Campsie 237 Mudgee 271 – 273 Carrington 238 Ravensworth 274 Cessnock 239, 240 Stockton 275, 276 Cooks Hill 241 Sydney 277 – 285 Cremorne 242 Temora 286 Dawes Point 243-245 Thurgoona 287 Double Bay 246 The Oaks 288 Elizabeth Bay 247–249 Triangle Flat 289, 290 Glebe 250 Wickham 291 Goulburn 251 – 255 Willoughby 292 Gundagai 256 – 258 Windsor 293 Images in this Catalogue are by Ian Evans, unless otherwise attributed. 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At left, he indicates the place where the bottle was found at the front left-hand corner of the house. 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The jacket was a child’s, dark navy blue and fairly heavy in weight. Buttons down the right-hand side indicated that it had been made for a boy and its size suggested a child of about age seven. The house was being renovated at the time the jacket was found. The old plaster lining was not in the best of condition and, having decid- ed to replace it with new plaster sheeting, the Ridleys had decided to install insulation at the same time. The jacket was placed low down in the wall, near the skirting board and close to the doorway into one of the front bedrooms. ,YDQ6WUHHW&HVVQRFNFLUFD %ULDQ5LGOH\ Changes lay ahead for Brian Ridley and his wife, Helen, both of whom are retired teachers. The old house was thoroughly renovated before they sold it and moved to a retirement village at Bateau Bay. A lover of history, Helen had done some research into the story of their house which had belonged to her parents, James and Helen Alexander, since 1957. She discovered that it had been built in