Love of Mallacoota

Last week we looked at the Hawkers, Rag Merchants, Rag Men, travelling Salesmen that worked across rural Australia, Leone continues with ladies wear. I remember...

One of the most exciting happenings for we children during those 1930 years was the arri­val of the Hawkers, Rag Merchants, Rag Men travelling Salesmen;...

Mallacoota had many identities living here in the 1930s. One I remember well was Michael Pignatelli (mostly referred to as ‘old Mike’). He had come...

Anzac Day always evokes sad memo­ries for those who lost loved ones in war, none more so than Mallacoota’s Allan family whose much loved cousin...

Last year I wrote about the times during the 1930s when my sister Mione and I with our parents stayed at Hotels whenever we travelled...

Mallacoota was a very isolated town in the De­pression years of the 1930s, with fishing our only industry. Transport was limited, so our groceries and...

On Cattle Sale Days Bega was a hive of activity; the streets were literally crowded as families from the surrounding districts came into town. Whilst...

Few people travelled off the Princes Highway to visit Mallacoota in the 1930s and with only about six families living here we were real ‘bush’...

Our Mother loved our stop over in Eden as her family came from Nethercote and with her four siblings had spent many happy occasions there....

The focal point of every Australian town in most cases was the Hotel, or Hotels in the more pros­perous areas, in even the smallest hamlet...