Category: L-R

Oxley, Samuel

Samuel James Oxley (1859-1952) [1]  the son of English-born Owen Oxley who had arrived in the colony, on board the ‘Roxburgh Castle’ with his family,

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Pierce, Arthur

Arthur Ernest Pierce, born in Newtown, Sydney, in 1889, and his wife Lillian Martha (née Woodham), came to Cheltenham in 1914. They had been living

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Pines, Eleanor

Eleanor Frances Pines (born 1869) was the daughter of Edward Martin, a draftsman in the Colonial Architect’s Office. She became the fourth wife of Frederick

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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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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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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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Rushforth, Peter

Peter Rrushforth AM was a leading foundational Australian Potter [1] He was born in Addison Road Manly on 4 December 1920. His paternal grandfather was

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