Author: heather

Kingsford-Smith, Rollo,

Rollo Kingsford-Smith DSO AM DFC With the surname of one of Australia’s pioneer aviators, it was almost inevitable that Rollo Kingsford-Smith would join the RAAF in

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Kirra Private Hospital

Beecroft Road, Beecroft Kirra Private Hospital is recorded as operating at least between 1929 and 1952 when Beecroft identity Pat Spark  gave birth to twin

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Knight, Harold

Sir Harold Murray Knight Kt, KBE, DSC MComm, was born in Melbourne on 13 August 1919 to Walter and Agnes Knight. He won a scholarship

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Knit It Beecroft

Knit it Joan Reid’s passion, since the age of four, was knitting!  This is the story of her shop. With my passion for knitting I

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Lamont, Edward

Edward Louis Lamont was born about 1846 in London the son of Edward Buller Lamont and his wife Maria A. of Monydrain, Agyllshire and Parramatta

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Lancaster, Henry

Oliver Henry Lancaster, (Oliver) [1] AO, FAA, MB BS, BA, Phd, MD, DSc was born on 1 February 1913 to Llewellyn Bentley Lancaster (1871-1921) and

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Lapidary

Northern Districts Lapidary Club This club was formed in 1966 and met in a number of premises, including at Carlingford Court. When advised that those

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Laurie, Bill

William (Bill) Rae Laurie, B Arch (USyd), FRIBA, FRAIA, DSC (Hon) (UNSW) was raised in Tynron, Hannah Street, Beecroft. He was the son of John

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Lidwill, Mark

Dr Mark Lidwill (1878-1968) commenced his medical practice in Beecroft in 1904. It would seem that he was the first medical practitioner to live and

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Lion’s Club

History of Beecroft Cheltenham Lions Club In 2014 Beecroft Cheltenham Lions Club celebrated 10 years since it was first Chartered in 2004. The original impetus

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