Pauline Conolly

Did you ever wonder when the elusive 1930 Australian penny became so sought after?  For some reason it wasn’t immediately valuable, even though very few were struck due to the Great Depression and the cancellation  of orders from the Commonwealth Government. However, it is thought that 1,000...

Fifty sent pieces were introduced in Australia and New Zealand with the advent of decimal currency. The 1966 Australian coins were round and had a high silver content (80%).  Within twelve months the silver price had risen  substantially and the coins were suddenly worth more than their...

Visits to the dentist these days are vastly different to those of my 1950s childhood. However,  this does not guarantee that the experience will be any less horrific. A DENTIST VISIT DECADES LATER It all began with a broken tooth, which left a fifty year old filling...

John and Hannah Duff  lived in a hut on Spring Hill Station in the Wimmera region of Victoria. Their three children; Isaac (9) Jane (7) and Frank (4) often went  into the bush  to gather bunches of twigs  for their mother, who used them to make simple...