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brunyhistory
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
Stafford Bolton Bird- an exceptional record of public usefulness...
'...An exceptional record of public usefulness in religious, social, and political spheres extending over a very long period of years...'...
brunyhistory
- Jun 18, 2022
- 4 min
Sr Veni Cooper - 'I am a certified Metaphysician'
Veni Cooper Mathieson arrived in Tasmania around 1933, where she spent the next 10 years of her life teaching, lecturing and running...
brunyhistory
- Jun 9, 2022
- 2 min
from Tinderbox to Bruny
In 1943 Captain Miley began running the Gayclite between Dennes Point and Snug Jetty. This was soon changed to Tinderbox. Buses met the...
brunyhistory
- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
Jane Florence Finn- Bruny Bush Nurse
Jane was born in South Australia, one of seven girls. Her training in nursing varied from Streaky Bay to Port Pirie. She studied...
brunyhistory
- Mar 10, 2022
- 4 min
The First Post Mistress of Bruni
‘Are you interested in a portrait of my Great Grandmother, Marianne Martha Gray’, read the email, ‘it’s rather large!’ I said yes, but it...
brunyhistory
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
25 April
On this day in 1915, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or ANZACs as they have come to be known, landed upon the shores of the...