This pencilled letter from 1892, was written on the steamer 'Success' by Mr Terry Davidson's grandmother, Frances Edith Ashe was posted to her sister, Florence (Floss) when the steamer arrived at Pooncarrie en route to the Murray and Echuca. Frances Edith (who signs the letter with her nickname 'Yeeds') was finishing her employment as a governess at the Teryawynia Station in the employ of the Gilberts. Teryawynia is situated on the Talyawalka Creek some 30 kms from the Darling River. The beginning point for the river journey recorded as being Henley Outstation - this being some 50 kms upstream from Menindee. At the time of writing this letter, she was 20 years old and on her second job as a governess. Her sister Floss was three years older. The references to 'George' withint the letter relate to a 24-year old George Alecander Davisdon, w worker on Teryawynia while she was therre - she was to marry Geroge some six years later. the description of life onboard and of the river journey (more than family chit chat) make up the valuable historical elements to thi sletter. It is appropriate that this letter will reside within a collection that tells the story of the paddlesteamers and their part in our Australian history. Steamer "Success" stampp.s. success, darling river, pooncarrie n.s.w

Photograph from Mrs E Dowling collection. Black and White. Ten people posed in two rows. Bush backdrop. On reverse labelled - Uncle George's Family. Back row left to right - Eva, Nellie, Gilbert, Lansell, Elsie, Edna. Front Row - Edith, Dad, Mum, Hillier. Possibly related to Lithgow and Weir families.genealogy, family, lithgow, weir family, lithgow family

Register of First Pupils Dated 8 - 7 2026|Adams, Stella Adderley, Thomas Adderly, Olive Ainsworth, Violet Allen, Laura Anderson, Holly Anderson, Lola Ayton, Arthur Ayton, Jeffrey Barlow, Leila Bartlett, John Batten, Audrey Batten, Mavis Beadon, Alan Bell, Florence Benn, Dorothy Benn, Edna Benn, Walter W. Bennet, Edith Bennet, Elsie Bennett, Dorothes Bennett, Henry Bennett, Norma Benoulli, Royce A. Beynon, Frank Binns, Stella M. Blakey, Harold Breaden, Marion Breadon, Maxwell Bridges, Agnes G. Bridges, Bessie Bridges, Charles Bridges, Joseph Bridges, Myrtle Brock, Jethro Brock, Rose Annetta Brooks, Adas Brooks, Clarence Brooks, George Brown, Jean Brown, Robert Brown, Stanley Brutnell, Kathleen Bunting, John Campbell, Jessie Campbell, Marjory Challen, Peter Champman, Joy Chapman, Keith Chapman, William Clayton, Ada Clayton, Thomas Clemson, Nancy Close, Irene Jean Collison, Hannah Collison, Vera J. Coulter, Ronald Coulter, Thelma Cox, Roy Cox, Sydney Crompton, Raymond Dale, Dorothy Dempsey, Eileen Dickson, George Dickson, Leslie Dickson, Maria Francis Dixon, Isobella Donald, David Downing, Marjory Dunstan, Frances Dunstan, William Dyett, Gordon Dyett, Ronald Evans, Edward Firth, Emily Foran, Frank Frith, Emily Frith, Maisie Gardiner, Jack Gardiner, Monica Gilbert, Laughrey Gillman, Jean Gillman, Marvis Hall, Gladys Hall, Marjory Hall, Trevis Harbottle, Charles Harbottle, Ethel Heffer, Annie Heffer, Elizabeth Heffer, Maud Heffer, Olive Heid, George L. Hiscock, Augustus Hiscock, Evelyn Hiscock, Muriel Hiscock, Valma Hogarth, Ludwig Hunter, Dorothy James, Daisy Johnston, Merle Kenny, Frank Lapthorne, Coral Lapthorne, Joy Lawson, James "Jim" Neil Lowe, Lyla Mahoney, Stuart Mancell, Herbert Mancell, Jack McCall, Janet McDonald, Victor McKay, Edith McKay, Jessie McPherson, Flora Millar, George Montgomery, Albert Montgomery, Alen Montgomery, John Morris, Albert Morrisey, John Morrisey, Mathew Morrisey, Raymond Mounsey, Ray Nayler, Jack Neish, William J. Norman, Elizabeth Norton, Dennis Nye, Florence Nye, Helen J. Nye, Mabel Ethel Perry, William Phillips, Melva Prichard, Marie Proughton, Dorothy Quick, Elsie Quick, Jean Ivy Rautman, Marie Raymond, Vivian Reddrop, Bertha Reddrop, Jean Roberts, Percival Roberts, Walter Rose, Maxwell Scott, Gillah Scott, Norman Searle, William Skinner, Seslie Small, Duncan Smith, Joseph Smith, William Soutar, Henry Stafford, Dorothy Stafford, Thelma Stark, Alfred W. D. Stark, Edith Starke, William Steele, James Sweeney, David Tindell, Maudel Trickey, George Trickey, Violet Trowbridge, Harry N. Trueman, Henry Vivian, Raymond Walker, Harold Warmiington, Ian Warmington, Ian Warmington, John Warmington, Stuart Warmington, Wilson White, Norma Whittet, Jessie Whittet, Lyn Widdy, Jessie Wilson, Eric Wilson, Normanalbion primary school, albion state school, state school, primary school, albion, adelaide street

Primary School 502 Class Photo 1931-33. This photo is of pupils who attended Stawell 502 Primary school. The names of students are typed out on a separate sheet of paper. Sepia toned photograph of a group of school children. A back ground of treed on a brown lined mount card.Primary School 502 Pupils who attended 1931-33. Back row. Veron Cunningham, Ron Kindred, Jack Neighbour, Arthur , Jack Johanson, Allan Collins, Ian Cook, Edward Mills, Allan Coward, Les Arnel, George Hollaway, Bob Holloway, Lloyd Brown, Spencer Whelan, Jim Illig, Third row. Joan Hardwick, Gladys Leslie, Joyce Miller, Joan Fry, Jean Marshall, Valda Cottingham, Doreen Croes, Doris Gorman, Jean Gilbert, Pearl Burrows, Elleen Kindred, Olive Dalkin. Fourth row. Mavis Darker, Norma Chapman, Paisley Bradley, Lorna Skurrie, Edith Cox, Edna Stephens, Betty Knipe, Dorothy Whiteside, Joan Knipe, Jean Cox, Joan Vagg, May Young. Front row. Jack Greenwood, Jack Byron, Jock Hill, Len Draper, Arthur Haywood, Laurie Hay, Allan Walker, Allan Stockton.stawell education students