Stories Of Old Manly & the Northern Beaches

They-Came-by-Sea-My-Family-History-Research 

They Came by Sea

Many Australian family trees boast a convict or two in their lineage. While it was once a secret shame to be covered up at all costs, they are nowadays viewed...

They Came by Sea

Many Australian family trees boast a convict or two in their lineage. While it was once a secret shame to be covered up at all costs, they are nowadays viewed...

Isabel Letham - Australia's First Lady of the Surf

Isabel Letham - Australia's First Lady of the Surf

Australia’s first female surfer When Hawaiian swimming champion Duke Kahanamoku visited Freshwater to give a surfboard-riding demonstration, the event attracted an enormous crowd, including Letham, then 15. It was the...

Isabel Letham - Australia's First Lady of the Surf

Australia’s first female surfer When Hawaiian swimming champion Duke Kahanamoku visited Freshwater to give a surfboard-riding demonstration, the event attracted an enormous crowd, including Letham, then 15. It was the...

He-was-only-19... 

He was only 19...

I knew Stanton, he was in D.Co.XV Platoon, his initial was C. or S. He came over as a 17th Reinf. To 13th Battn. He was about 5ft8, fair, thickset....

He was only 19...

I knew Stanton, he was in D.Co.XV Platoon, his initial was C. or S. He came over as a 17th Reinf. To 13th Battn. He was about 5ft8, fair, thickset....

LEST-WE-FORGET 

LEST WE FORGET

LEST WE FORGET They went with songs to the battle they were young.Straight of limbtrue of eyes, steady and aglow

LEST WE FORGET

LEST WE FORGET They went with songs to the battle they were young.Straight of limbtrue of eyes, steady and aglow

The-ANZAC-on-the-Wall 

The ANZAC on the Wall

THE ANZAC ON THE WALL I wandered thru a country town, 'cos I had some time to spare, And went into an antique shop to see what was in there....

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The ANZAC on the Wall

THE ANZAC ON THE WALL I wandered thru a country town, 'cos I had some time to spare, And went into an antique shop to see what was in there....

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For-ANZAC-DAY 

For ANZAC DAY

FOR ANZAC DAY I stand alone in the twilightWith a letter in my hand;A letter and a sprig of wattlefrom Australia, in my hand.

For ANZAC DAY

FOR ANZAC DAY I stand alone in the twilightWith a letter in my hand;A letter and a sprig of wattlefrom Australia, in my hand.