One possible re-enactment for next year could be the reading of the witty and intense correspondence between Henrietta Heathorn, of Jamberoo,( her father Henry operated a brewery at the Woodstock Mill near Jamberoo, and a business partner of the Menzies) and her fiance of nearly ten years, Thomas Huxley, who went on to be a famous scientist, [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Huxley and Heathorn, a scientific love story that started in Jamberoo
Posted in Kiama Family History on September 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Early History of Women’s Right to Vote revealed in Kiama!
Posted in Kiama Family History on September 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Document from the campaign for the women right to vote. Vida Goldstein rain for the senate, the first woman to do so, in 1903 in Victoria.
http://www.foskc.org/goldstein.htm
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0218b.htm
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The Cocks family of Kiama
After a visit this week September , 2007) by South Carolinean Rotarian Exchange students, a search of the Pilot’s Cottage archives has uncovered a certificate entitling [...]
Kiama’s Blowhole leading the wave in Green Power revolution.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As you will read here, the Wave Energy Generator was inspired by Tom Denniss’s childhood watching the Kiama Blowhole, a natural oscillating water column where the waves force out the air, but could be used to turned a turbine to generate electricity. That is base-line power!
http://www.energetech.com.au/ now http://www.oceanlinx.com/
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1117412.htm
http://www.jgpress.com/inbusiness/archives/_free/000711.html
Loss of Dairying Heritage?
Posted in Kiama News, What Happened in Kiama This Week on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Are we seeing the loss of our dairying heritage, or the start of a new one?
Is covering the whole place with housing really the answer?
Surely preserving the ‘Kiama-ness’ which makes us attractive and unique is the answer.
http://kiamaindependent.com.au/07/aug29/news/index.htm
www.duap.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/pdf/fs_kiama.pdf
www.kiama.nsw.gov.au/corporate-services/pdf/Business-Papers/Notice-of-Motion-Recision-040518.pdf
www.kiama.nsw.gov.au/environmental-services/pdf/community-panel-recommendation-final-report.pdf
http://blogs.smh.com.au/science/archives/2006/11/where_does_our.html
Pattern of Vandalism at Gerringong and Gerroa?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2007 | Comments Off
Reading the week’s papers am I the only one who notes a pattern of vandalism at Gerringong and Gerroa, and not just golf holes?
Is there a pattern here?
http://www.kiamaindependent.com.au/07/sep05/news/index.htm
New Cultural officer appointed!
Posted in Kiama News, What Happened in Kiama This Week on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sarah Levitt has been appointed to be the new full-time Cultural officer and has already been up to the Pilot’s Cottage with an eye to the future. Is a new era of heritage culture contributing to Kiama’s tourism economy about to begin?
Watch this space!
http://www.kiama.nsw.gov.au/community-services/cultural-development-program/index.html
Proposed Plaques around Kiama
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
kiama-harbour2.pdfThese are the following plaques proposed. Has anyone got any human interest stories to add to them?
Fry’s Trolley found in Kiama!
Posted in Kiama Mysteries and Questions on September 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
An unexpected find has made its way into storage at the Pilot’s Cottage after a woman moving out of home wanted to find a refuge for a treasured heirloom of her father.
It was the museum or the skip
The Museum took it in order to find it a home and it turned out to be an important part of [...]
Kiama High School Captains?
Posted in 25 Years of Kiama School Captains on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hamish East, Nerrissa Bradley and Matt Brown were Kiama High School Captains, any others?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiama_High_School
Here is a website with the history of Kiama High with a list of alumni
Jack Alexander, Australian and NSW Rugby League representative.
Matt Brown, NSW Labor Member for Kiama.
Kim Dalton (27 April 1981 – 1 November 2005), Kiama’s first international Taekwondo representative, multiple [...]
Ern ‘Dunc’Gray First Gold Medallist in Cycling came from Kiama !
Posted in Kiama Sporting Legends and History on September 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This gentleman. Ern ‘Dunc’ Gray, came from Kiama, and won Australia’s first cycling gold medal, in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in 1932. He had previously won a bronze medal in Amsterdam in 1928. Does anyone remember him? His son still lives in Kiama.
This is Australia’s Olympic team in 1932.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunc_Gray
http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/2494/Edgar+Dunc+Gray
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He has a [...]
