VOLUME 9 No. 3 May 2016 ISSN 1835-7628

FROM THE EDITOR way in this changing technological world . One should not It is interesting that the State Government has finally forget the annual Day event at Berry Reserve, come to the same conclusion that the founders of our , where the Council has seen fit to recognise our Society recognised 90 years ago - Manly, Warringah and activity with a very much appreciated financial contribu- are a coherent whole. Of course, geographic tion. identity is one thing, governance is another. An increase in scale brings opportunities but also challenges. We can On many occasions Pittwater Council has made the Mona only hope that both aspects are met and taken. Vale Library available to us to conduct talks and events. This has all been supplied free of charge which we appre- Special thanks to Merryn Parnell this issue for a compre- ciate and in turn we have participated in the Heritage hensive article on her recent trip to Tasmania. Also to Festival and History week activities, in coordination with Peter Graves for being able to remember the 60s and to their Local Studies unit. Jim Boyce for his versatility, everything from street direc- tories to eels. Hopefully their efforts will inspire others. We saw fit as a Society that a Council would simplify our activities and enable a balanced and Unfortunately, Shelagh Champion, one of our most prolific consistent focus to be maintained for the whole area. The contributors, has had some recent health problems. On three councils have had different approaches to the com- behalf of all readers, I wish her well. piling of history and the establishment of heritage sites Richard Michell and artefacts. No better example is the view of heritage in Manly, where the whole of the harbour and coastal fore- PRESIDENT’S REPORT shore were heritage listed, while Warringah and Pittwater Councils had a much more limited approach. This is not to We live in turbulent times and, with the merger of Manly, say that Manly were too ambitious but the three councils Warringah and Pittwater Councils, a whole new chapter had quite different definitions of heritage, which confused unfolds for our Society. It will take some time for the dust the public. to settle but Dick Persson has familiarity with the area and we have great confidence in him in establishing an amica- We all hope that a more consistent approach to history ble way forward. Each of the three councils has had its and heritage will be adopted and there is enough goodwill strengths in relation to our activities. to hope that this will eventuate.

Manly Council had had its Local History and Heritage Com- Jim Boyce mittee, ably chaired by Cr Adele Heasman, and we would DIARY hope that model is replicated in the eventual community engagement process for the new Northern Beaches Coun- cil. This focus has been sadly lacking in the two other Monthly meeting at the Curl Curl Community councils. The motion by Cr Hugh Burns at the last meeting Centre, cnr. Griffin and Abbott Roads of the Manly Council regarding the presence of a Society Archive Room at premises for the merged council was 11 June, 2016 AGM plus warmly appreciated. As many members know, our Ar- Michelle Richmond chive Room has been in the Manly Library since the early 1990s and maintenance of the archive - now valued at Local Studies Historian, Northern Beaches approximately $100,000 - is also supported by an annual Council Central Division (the old Warringah!) financial contribution. 9 July, 2016 John Koorey has been a great supporter, not only Threads - Lebanese Migration and the trans- through the arrangement of our storage room at the Cromer Community Centre but also with the occasional formation of grant to give us the ability to function in an appropriate

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 1 NEWS AND VIEWS tive Committee meets once a month at our Cromer Room, usually on the third Wednesday of the month. MONTHLY MEETING REPORT May Talk by Keith Amos As we are all aware, we are now dealing with just one council GROWING UP IN HARBORD IN THE 1940s and 50s which, while simplifying things somewhat, presents new chal- lenges. In the first instance there is a need to have more vice On Saturday, 14 May we were entertained with the memories presidents who provide general advice at meetings. We do of Keith Amos in his life growing up at Harbord. Keith has need an Executive Committee, who reside across the Peninsu- written a number of books on such varied subjects as the Irish la, particularly when the merger has alarmed people as to their immigration to Australia and the New Guard movement of the lack of representation. Once a person gets to know the ropes 1950s. Besides this output, he has contributed a range of in the Society, they then would feel confident enough to take articles on the history of the Northern Beaches. With the aid on a more specialised role eg Talks Organiser, Archivist, Treas- of our new digital projector, Keith was able to cover the early urer or Secretary. I am always available to discuss these roles history of the Northern Beaches. with a member who wants to know more. The Society does not run by itself. It needs to represent contemporary views Keith described how he had worked with Gwen Gordon to and sometimes long time Executive Committee members publish an early history of Harbord and then assist with a later need a rest. version of the same book. He was able to show an early map Jim Boyce - President of the area between and North Head which identi- fied the early land grants, particularly those of the Wentworth family. In passing, Keith made reference to the Jenkins Road, which was the first means of travel for the early settlers and to a certain extent established the route that Pittwater Road takes today. There were also images of the developments in Harbord at the turn of the 19th century and the early 20th Century when daylight bathing became permissible.

In the talk, Keith made reference to his family and his elder brother who led the way for the Amos family into the teaching profession. There were a number of early family photos at the front of their Harbord house. There was reference to the early picture theatre at Queenscliff and various acquaintances in Harbord at that time.

Keith has had a distinguished career as a primary teacher and Keith (centre) and friends playing Cowboys and Indians he described his first country posting before, luckily enough, being posted back to the Harbord Primary School. He had a POT POURRI copy of the recent book written on the history of the school with extensive photographs, which included one of himself at Window on the Archive 1 - Street Directories a tender age. While the NAVMAN is increasingly occupying the role of a As with engaging talks, there were plenty of questions from driver’s locational information, many of us of somewhat older the audience, some of whom had attended the Harbord persuasion still retain our Street Directory in close proximity to School. The talk was a delightful mixture of personal reminis- the drivers seat. Directories have been with us from the 1870s cences in the context of a broader time span, focusing on a but in somewhat larger versions, to be consulted in one’s small suburban locality. As with all good talks, we had people home. It is with the coming of the motor vehicle in the early still talking at 4pm when we left the community Centre. 1900s that the smaller street directory with printed informa- Thanks again to Keith for opening this rich chapter in his life. tion and maps came to be seen as a necessity. After all, such an almanac in a horse drawn carriage was seen as cumber- Jim Boyce some and accompanying a bicycle was seen as impossible.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Car ownership, on the Northern Beaches and elsewhere in Sydney before World War 1 was uncommon. It was only in I know this is a bit late in the year but the audit of the 2015 1909 that the Motor Traffic Act came into being, licensing Annual Accounts always results in some delay. The Annual drivers and registering vehicles. The speed limit, within 5 General Meeting to pass the 2015 Accounts and elect new miles (8 km) of Sydney, was restricted to 15 mph (25 kph). As officers for 2016 will be held at the beginning of the 11 June late as 1911 there were only 3,978 motor vehicles registered meeting, to be held at the North Curl Curl Community Centre, in the whole of NSW. Model T Fords, imported from the USA, starting at 2PM. It is very important that members consider began to make their presence felt. Taxis were a rarity and involving themselves in the administration of the Society. commercial vehicles were few in number. Anyone taking on a role will not be working alone. The Execu-

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 2 It is therefore an interesting part of the history of Syd- ney that Wilson’s Authentic Street Directory appeared for the first time in 1902. Our Historical Society has a 1915 Wilson’s in its Archive and Manly features in this little book, and with Warringah Shire (created in 1906) as an addition. The entry for Freshwater gives some indication of another world. ”Leave Brookvale tram at Curl Curl. From thence the walk is a pleasant one – about one half mile“. No mention of a car there.

The majority of advertisements in the book are for estate agents and furniture removalists rather than tourists. The advertisements for furniture removalists Curl Curl stop all feature horses and a substantial carriage for said furniture, which makes the little book a wonderful witness to a world in transition.

However Wilson’s Street Directory disappeared from the scene about 1939. By that time several competi- tors had appeared. Firstly there was Robinson’s, which was set up as a map publishing business in 1895. Robinson’s first street directory appeared after it took over the Premier Street Guide in 1925 and continued till 1959, when it was taken over by Angus and Robert- son Ltd. Angus and Robertson, now part of Dymocks, discontinued Robinson’s Directory shortly after. The other major directory in the inter-war period was Gre- gory’s which commenced in 1934 and published its last directory in 1975, when it was taken over by Universal Tram routes 1913 Publications who produced directories under the UBD brand. The UBD Directory for Sydney was first published in was built to Freshwater, via a cutting which is today Oliver 1964 and continues to this day. Street, eliminating the need to walk.

Street directories provide a wealth of information about a The official renaming from Curl Curl to Manly of the lagoon suburb and its various institutions. Our Archive has examples and the creek that runs into it from via Miller’s from the various decades from the 1960s onwards but we Reserve occurred as recently as the 1980s. However if you would be delighted to receive donations of used street direc- look at your modern street directory, or go to Google maps tories, particularly those which are 25 years or older. via the following link, you will see that the headland at the northern end of Queenscliff Beach is still Curl Curl Head and, Jim Boyce rather amusingly, that the portion of the creek above Manly Dam is still Curl Curl Creek (expand the Google map if it does More musings on the 1915 Wilson’s not show the labels on the scale you are viewing).

Jim makes the comment on the directions given in this street https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Manly+Dam/@- directory in order to get to Freshwater beach - namely ”Leave 33.7805011,151.2584677,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xf01 Brookvale tram at Curl Curl. From thence the walk is a pleas- 7d68f9f19420 ant one – about one half mile“ - that there is no mention of a Richard Michell car. Today’s readers may also be puzzled by another aspect of the instruction. Given that the Brookvale tram from Memories of yesterday’s music (More on the article in the Manly ran pretty much along today’s Pittwater Road, how last issue) would one alight at Curl Curl? The article on Sydney’s pubs of the 1970s and 80s (“Yester- The answer is that, in 1915, Curl Curl was the name given to day’s Music”, April 2016) by Jim Boyce referred to his time the area at the northern extremity of Manly. Europeans had with Tooth’s and included the Hotel. These are used this name for over a hundred years and Aborigines for some short recollections of the Manly Vale Hotel in the perhaps thousands of years. The Lagoon that we today call 1960s, when it was owned by Millers Brewing. Millers Manly Lagoon was originally called Curl Curl Lagoon and the operated a number of hotels and brewed beer in Sydney Curl Curl tram stop was just north of the road bridge over the from 1951 until the 1970s when Toohey’s, who had pur- Lagoon. Having alighted there, it was a relatively short albeit chased the brewery in 1967, closed it. steep walk up over the hill to Freshwater. In 1925 a spur line

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 3 Manly in the 1960s had few venues for live music and its pubs were more of the “drink up” variety. So, if you were unable or unprepared to go to the city for entertainment, then Millers Manly Vale was the place. It was also the time of very different licensing hours for NSW hotels, when the six o’clock closing had only been abolished in February 1954. In its place was closing at 10pm, with the proviso that the hotel could remain open until midnight if it served food.

I doubt that many stayed on at the Millers Manly Vale for the food. The dancing and the live music were always the drawcards for such late night adventures. I went and stayed late several times and was more than slightly amazed at what was provided for the patrons to “eat”. Plates of Jatz Miller’s Manly Vale Hotel in its heyday crackers, warm (and small) cubes of cheese and lettuce may well have satisfied the licensing definition of “food”, but did not satisfy my stomach. Tellingly, many of those plates seemed subsequently to have been untouched when the place closed down shortly before midnight. Perhaps every- Proposal 2016 one knew they had to eat before going for a drink and dance at the Millers Manly Vale in the 1960s.

Peter Graves (Peter last contributed to the Journal in February 2015, about helping to write the history of the suburb of Curtin in Canber- ra. Earlier, in 2012, he had written about living in Manly’s boarding houses during the 1960s and early 1970s - Jim Boyce)

Intersecting ideas

With the construction of the new Northern Beaches Hospital underway, attention has been focused on associated traffic problems, particularly the intersection of Warringah Road with Wakehurst Parkway. The new plan is for an underpass with an incredible total of some 16 lanes on Warringah Road at its widest point. A far cry from the late 1950s, early 60s. Does anyone know exactly when the blinking light was in- stalled and who initiated the concept? Was it in response to some incident? Richard Michell

Circa 1960

Intersection of Warringah Road and Wakehurst Parkway

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 4 THE SLIPPERY EEL The Aboriginal word for eels was burra but this may have In researching the history of Brookvale, I came across a suffered in translation to the ears of settlers and there may also number of comments, particularly from the younger brigade, have been differences in dialect. The geographic name most as to their favourite spots for catching eels. These comments people associate with eels is Parramatta. Its accepted Aborigi- began to disappear in the late 1930s and now, one would be nal meaning is ‘’place where eels lie down and sleep”. The hard pressed to find anyone devoting a certain amount of Parramatta rugby league team acquired the name “The Eels“ their recreational time to catching eels. The favourite spots from this association. were a pool at roughly the location of the Bus Depot and another on Brookvale Creek, approximately at the point The Romans were quite partial to eating eel but there is a rich where Pittwater Road and Condamine Street meet. history in England, also going back into very early history. The Doomsday Book, prepared shortly after the Norman Conquest Here we are talking about freshwater eels rather than the in 1066, reported that 52,000 eels had been caught in one year, saltwater variety. The marine eel family is a large one, com- in the main river of East Anglia, the Great Ouse. The name of prising 50 genera and 250 species worldwide. About 16 the cathedral town of Ely (pronounced eelie), in East Anglia genera and 35 species are recognised in Australian waters but originated from its involvement in the eel trade. only six species occur in south-eastern coastal waters. The most numerous of eels found in Australian waters are the Eel in the 1800s and early 1900s began to be seen as food for Anguilla reinhardtii (long-fin eel) and the Anguilla australis poorer people, particularly in the East End of London. In pre- (short-fin eel). paring this article I discussed meals containing eels with John MacRitchie’s assistant, Gill Bass, who was raised in England. The habitats of adults are primarily in freshwater systems but She spoke of a popular dish of meat pie and mash with eel individuals of various sizes can be found in coastal marine gravy. The enclosed photo gives a broader idea of how eel was waters. Like other eel species, while they live in fresh water sold to the public. they spawn in salt water, which in Australia is the Coral Sea. The eels only go to spawn after they have matured in the While there is only a very small quantity of eel consumed in fresh water for approximately 10 years. Thus the young eels Australia, 75% of the world’s eel consumption takes place in or elvers spend their early stages in marine environments, Japan. By no means can Japan satisfy the nation’s appetite for entering freshwater systems as juveniles. This is a similar eel from its own resources so a large quantity of eel is imported situation to the European eel species who, at maturity, mi- from Europe. Recently there has been intensive farming of eels grate out into the mid-Atlantic Ocean to spawn and then in China and there is also significant consumption of eel in return. Europe. Sadly the prevalence of eel on the dining tables of England has declined considerably. However that encyclopedia The eel has a rich history in Aboriginal life, being seen as a of food, the Larousse Gastronomique, devotes a page and a marine version of the Rainbow Serpent. Ian Jacobs, in his half to various eel dishes. book “A History of the Aboriginal Clans of the Northern Beach- es”, makes reference (P18) to the catching of eels in the pools Certainly in the late 1800s and early 1900s there was some along the Peninsula. Val Attenbrow, in her extensive book consumption of eel in Australian cities and this came from “Sydney’s Aboriginal Past“, has many references to the pres- people who had been born in England. In the present time ence of the eel in Aboriginal life. Lastly Bill Gammage in his there is still some eel caught and consumed in rural NSW but is book “The Biggest Estate on Earth“ makes a number of refer- now only found on menus as a curiosity. According to various ences as to the way Aboriginal people varied their fishing rural acquaintances, the country eel consumers prepare eel by regimes in order to allow the eels to return to being a bal- soaking them in milk overnight. However, the ever growing anced stock. number of Japanese restaurants do occasionally offer eel dish- es. Eric Rolls in his great book on Australian eating practices “A Rock engraving sites on the Peninsula display depictions of Celebration of Food and Wine“ gives an enlightening view on eels alongside fish and other marine creatures. The eels were invariably displayed pointing upwards, with horizontal bars and pointed gills. Aboriginal people in Gippsland have been discovered to have had virtual fish farms in the raising of eels, cutting canals across watersheds. At Brewarrina on the Bar- won River in western , the Aboriginal people used hollow logs to catch eels. In other parts of Australia, eel traps were known to be types of netted bags created out of vines and bark.

It also part of Aboriginal history that Aboriginal clans focused, in autumn, on inland lagoons to catch eels. April was a particularly popular month for this activity. It is not known if the lagoons on the Northern Beaches experienced this type of activity. It is a remarkable story in the way eels were present in Australian history long before the arrival of the white man. Eel specialist shop, London

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 5 eel production on King Island where smoked eels are pre- used to pay us 2 shillings an eel, up to a maximum of three pared for 3 days in aerated tanks. eels. It was a very good rate of pay for an hour’s work (or play) although you did have to avoid being bitten. Eels can still be found in the streams running through golf Richard Michell courses on the Northern Beaches. They are renowned for their dexterity for climbing small walls and leaving a water course and crawling through grass, particularly on a rainy day. Eels, because of their hard skin and a similarity with snakes, are not everyone’s favourite fauna but they do have a small place in our history. Jim Boyce Personal encounters of the eel kind

It wasn’t just in Brookvale in the 30s that boys and eels interacted. In the early 1960s, when I was about 15, after heavy rain we used to walk barefoot along some of the open stormwater drains in Dee Why West - wearing our swimming trunks and submerged up to nearly our waists - feeling with our feet for eels, or encountering them floating Anguilla reihardtii along in the fast running water. A Dutchman in our street

Manly Library Local Studies Unit

John MacRitchie has been the Local Studies Librarian at Manly since 2002 when he succeeded Maureen Smith. As his name may imply, John is of Scottish origin, educated at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and coming to Australia in 2000 on a one-year job exchange. As can happen, affairs of the heart intervened and John returned to Australia in 2002 to marry and find a permanent job. Scotland’s loss was Manly’s gain.

John’s arrival coincided with the major move of libraries into electronic and computer technology. A lot of his focus has been on digitising the collection and setting it up to facilitate search and retrieval. He is assisted part time by Gill Bass.

In a historical sense, Manly differs to a degree from the rest of the Northern Beaches. Its European settlement history has an obvious major starting point via the efforts of Gilbert Smith. It came into being relatively quickly and largely in the role and format that it would continue in. It also has some key relationships to the First Fleet and Governor Phillip. In contrast, the rest of the Peninsula evolved slowly from modest and scattered beginnings, over quite a long period of time.

This development background impacts on that part of John’s work that is driven by the public. Quite a lot of it is related to the history of particular houses in Manly, with family history also a strong interest. John also has quite a lot of interaction with school children but, with the spread of home computers and the John interrupted at work ubiquitous Google, the face-to-face contact has reduced. Under the NSW curriculum, all Primary School children have to do a project on their local area and its history.

With respect to self-initiated work, current projects include the identification and re- searching of all of the people from the area who enlisted in World War I and, with the obtaining of a copy of the 1913 Electoral Roll for Balgowlah, research into many of the individuals listed on it, using in part the tools in Ancestry.com.

Richard Michell

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 6 ARTICLE

A VISIT TO TASMANIA IN FEBRUARY 2016

In February I was one of a group of thirteen who toured Hobart and Launceston looking at early Tasmanian buildings. It was organised by the Historic Houses Association of NSW and was led by Robert Griffin, an architectural historian, a man with a wide knowledge of architecture and history, an engaging per- sonality and a passion to share his knowledge. As I had taken the HHA tour of Adelaide in 2014, also led by Robert, I knew what to expect – a jam packed program.

I won’t write about the individual places we visited – not only Government House, Hobart, 1858. The drawing room. Robert Griffin would it be longer than the Journal could accommodate, but talking to the Governor, HE Kate Warner without seeing the places it would be a very dull account. This is just to give a taste of the tour. the house led by her private secretary, finishing on top of the tower with a grand view of Hobart. On arrival at Hobart airport we were met by our quirky driver and his mini bus. Grahame stayed with us the whole time and We had whistle stop visits to Richmond, where the community drove us everywhere. was setting up a St Andrews festival, and where one of the stalls was selling knitwear from alpaca wool, made by the Over five full and two half days we visited twelve early Tasma- stallholder who runs an alpaca farm; and to Ross, where we nian houses, ranging from the grand to the humble, two public had a picnic lunch in the car park. Ross is known for its large art galleries/museums, one design centre and MONA. We took public square at the crossroads, where one corner represents two walking tours of Hobart (Battery Point and the early build- Recreation (the town hall); another Temptation (the pub); the ings in the city) and one of Launceston. We were let loose in next Salvation (the RC church) and the fourth Damnation (the Salamanca markets. We visited a synagogue, an Anglican local jail). cathedral, a Greek revival style Anglican church, a chapel set in country paddocks, an English Gothic-style Roman Catholic church designed by Pugin and set improbably on a dusty hill- side outside a small country settlement. We paused outside Lady Franklin’s museum, named Acanthe (1842).

Nile Chapel, Deddington, (1840) where painter John Glover is buried. Said to have been designed by him.

We stopped for morning tea at Callington Mill, Oatlands, Aus- St Patrick’s RC church, Coledale – designed by Pugin and built 1855- tralia’s third oldest windmill and the only working tower mill in 57. Described at the time as “the most beautiful country church in the the southern hemisphere, where you can watch the miller at southern part of the island”. work and buy his flours and cereals. We stopped for lunch at the historic and charming village of Evandale. We were also driven around Hobart and Launceston by Gra- ham and had places of note pointed out. We were taken into the Anglican cathedral opposite our hotel in Launceston, and shown around by our coach driver, who is We were received by the Governor of Tasmania, Her Excellen- a member of the congregation. He then treated us to cham- cy Professor the Honourable Kate Warner and her husband, Mr pagne in the cathedral! Richard Warner, at a morning reception at Government House (1858), where we were each presented to HE, and then given Some of the houses we visited were normally open to the morning tea in the superb drawing room, followed by a tour of public (though not when we were there), and some were private houses, so we were privileged to see inside them. At

Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 7 every place we were welcomed by the owner/curator/volunteer guide/architect in charge of restoration, and at one place by the Director of the Tasmanian National Trust, all of whom very generously shared their love of and knowledge about the building and its history, and sometimes offered us home-made afternoon tea. Merryn Parnell

Panshanger, c 1835. Regarded as one of the most outstanding examples of Greek Revival architecture in Australia. We did not Afternoon tea in the courtyard of Panshanger. The owner is go inside, but were taken on a tour of the extensive and beauti- second from the right, and her gardener is the one in the hat and fully maintained grounds by the owner, accompanied by her boots. gardener. You can stay in the bed and breakfast here, and fly in to its private airstrip.

Hobart Synagogue (1845). Believed to be the oldest place of Jewish The ceiling of the ballroom, Government House worship in Australia. One of three Egyptian revival style synagogues that were built in Australia – Sydney 1841 (demolished) and Launce- ston 1844 (altered). This one has its original cedar fittings and is mostly intact.

Woolmers, Longford, one of the most intact 19th century homesteads in Australia. Woolmers is among eleven places included in the Australian Convict sites World Heritage Property. It also has its original outbuildings. The original homestead was commenced in 1817 and completed two years later. The house was brick nogged, which consisted of a timber framework filled with bricks and with weatherboards on the external walls. By the 1840s the family had become prosperous and the old house was too small for entertaining. In 1843 an addition in the Italianate style was built onto the back of the old house, and the entrance was changed to the new section. The new section consists of a grand dining room and a grand drawing room with an upstairs bedroom. Peninsula Historian Vol 9 #3 May 2016 Page 8 WHAT’S ON

Manly Art Gallery and Museum

Out of Quarantine 5 Dec 2015 - 19 June 2016

An exhibition exploring the ideas of quarantine, migration and place. Four contemporary Australian artists have selected items from the Q Station’s collection to respond to, while also drawing inspiration from the site and its history. The artists involved are Julie Bartholomew, Mandy Pryse Jones, Ben Rak and Izabela Pluta. Curated by Katherine Roberts.

Mulunma (Within, Inside) - Nicole Foreshew Manly, Warringah and Pittwater 13 May - 26 June 2016 Historical Society Inc. An exhibition of photographic works by prize-winning Established 1924 Sydney-based Aboriginal artist Nicole Foreshew

OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN 13 May - 26 June 2016 Patron Alan Ventress BA DipLib An exhibition of contemporary Australian ceramics curated by Glenn Barkley, formerly Senior Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. President Jim Boyce 0402 096 080 Mona Vale Library [email protected] Readers Writers Festival Program - Saturday 28 May 2016. Treasurer Events include:- Reading to Write - with Simone 'Reg' Gaunt (Currently vacant) Literary Luncheon - with Mark Lamprell Writing Workshop - with Owen Ravenscroft Author Talk - with Bruce Lyman Minutes Secretary My Midlife Mayhem - with Louisa Simmonds Literary Trivia Night - with Shane Withington Clive Halnan 0410 867 685 [email protected]

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