Extensions to the Post Office in Burnie (North West Tasmania) were completed in 1901. Civic pride was reflected in the following section of a detailed newspaper article on the merits of the building. I love the mention of Tasmanian blackwood and Huon pine; Six months
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FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE SIRIUS COVE STORY, CLICK HERE. In 1913, above Sirius Cove on Sydney Harbour, a new zoo was under construction….Taronga Park Zoo. One of the many labourers was Herman Thiel. Thiel was German born, but had been in Australia since 1877, when
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Sirius Cove is a delightful spot on Sydney’s Lower North Shore at Mosman, directly below Taronga Park Zoo. In 1929 a scout group from the inner-city suburb of Leichardt was taken on an outing to Mosman. While the boys were attending some entertainment at a radio
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