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COOGEE BEACH; AN ACCIDENT & A ‘MIRACLE’ CURE

On May 2, 2024   /   Blog   /   3 Comments
Tags: Charles Larsen, Concussion, Coogee Beach, Memory Loss, Redfern, Surfing, Sydney Hospital, WWI
COOGEE BEACH; AN ACCIDENT & A 'MIRACLE' CURE

  Coogee beach on Boxing Day 1921 was a very popular spot. For returned serviceman Charles Larsen the beach, in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, was a refuge from his home in  inner-city Redfern. Larsen was over six feet tall; blond and blue eyed. He was an experienced body

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GUARDIANS OF THE SILVEREYES

On September 23, 2018   /   History   /   2 Comments
Tags: Birdlife, Birds, Blue Mountains, Constable Sawtell, Japanese maples, Redfern, Silvereye, social history
GUARDIANS OF THE SILVEREYES

Many years ago one tired little traveler apparently  found it all a bit much, and took a break in Sydney’s inner city. The following article appeared in The Sydney Sun on January 28 1932. IT SLEPT ON MR PLOD’S CYCLE Alighting on the handlebars of a constable’s

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