Author: heather

Professions

Professional people working in Beecroft  Medical Services Beecroft and Cheltenham were founded at a time of tuberculosis, cholera and the plague in Sydney. By way of

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Quodling, Robert

Robert Alfred Quodling was born in Paddington, Sydney, in 1866, son of an Irish-born father, Robert, a surveyor, and an Australian-born mother, Susan Ann (née

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Red Cross

Red Cross in Beecroft The Red Cross had some activities in Beecroft prior to a branch being established. For example Red Cross Nurses demonstrated an

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Redshaw, George

George Redshaw, one of six sons, was born in Sydney of English parents, his father, from the city of Derby, coming to Australia as officer

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Reeve, Mary Jo

Mary Jo Reeve was a formidable activist and supporter of the communities of Beecroft and Cheltenham. [1] She was raised in a Catholic orphanage where

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Rifle Shooting

Rifle Shooting Rifle shooting was seen to be a useful sport to both keep the male youth of the district occupied and to assist with

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Roads

  Murray Farm Road (date unknown) and Murray Farm Road Bridge in the 1950s.                       

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Rouse, Marjorie

Marjorie Gwenneth Rouse BSC, DIP ED (1914-2013) was born in Waratah (now a suburb of Newcastle) to Stanley Rouse (chief cashier for the Hunter District

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Rugby

Beecroft Rugby Club A junior rugby union club existed in the 1950s and 1960s where Mr Barrell and John Cornford were coaches and John Cornford’s

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