Sunshine and District Historical Society Incorporated
Archive - Interview With Mace Myers, Mace Myers, 6th December 1976
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Tom Babb (Boot Repairer)
George Costello (Stone Breaker for a Road Construction Gang)
James Babb (Boss of a Road Construction Gang)
Chinaman (Gardener)
Darby Rockett
Ted Mackie
Mrs. Boyd
Tom Cannon
Tilly Minns (Braybrook Hotel)
Miss Wolley
Billy Derham
Mary Jane Barnett
Jack Derham
John Flynn
Miss. Harvey
"Gabo" Jenkins
Eugene Flynn
Tribe
Jackson
Gough
Mullenger
Rolfe
Craddock
Dickson
Middleton
Munro (Cows, milk, etc)
Freda Roberts
Billy Roberts
Cranwell (Grocer & butcher shop)
Jack Babb
Dr. Webb
Gooley's Cracket Factory (Apparently later Phoenix Fireworks)
Baker...Shop)
Tom Babb (Boot Repairer)
George Costello (Stone Breaker for a Road Construction Gang)
James Babb (Boss of a Road Construction Gang)
Chinaman (Gardener)
Darby Rockett
Ted Mackie
Mrs. Boyd
Tom Cannon
Tilly Minns (Braybrook Hotel)
Miss Wolley
Billy Derham
Mary Jane Barnett
Jack Derham
John Flynn
Miss. Harvey
"Gabo" Jenkins
Eugene Flynn
Tribe
Jackson
Gough
Mullenger
Rolfe
Craddock
Dickson
Middleton
Munro (Cows, milk, etc)
Freda Roberts
Billy Roberts
Cranwell (Grocer & butcher shop)
Jack Babb
Dr. Webb
Gooley's Cracket Factory (Apparently later Phoenix Fireworks)
Baker ...
Gladys Maissie "Mace" Babb (b28/10/1889 d22/1/1982) married George Napier Myers (b29/10/1879 d23/9/1948) in 1912 in Victoria. Mace was the daughter of James Babb, a pioneer of Braybrook who worked as a caretaker and road contractor.
This document is a summary of transcript of an interview between Mrs Mace Myers, aged 87 years old, of her memory of early Braybrook, Braybrook Junction and Sunshine in the early 19th century.
Many of the early settlers of the Braybrook District are mentioned throughout the transcript.Interview with Mrs Mace Myers of 32 Monash Street, Footscray on 6th December 1976.
Named mentioned during the interview.
Lynn Myers
Mr Collins (Business at back of home)
Hilda Greig
Newman's Land
Tom Derham
Newman (Blacksmith)
Dempster
Alf Barnett
Bob Barnett
Donald McLeod (Built stonework of the Braybrook School)
Mrs. Holcroft (Fruit and Vegetable Shop)
Tom Babb (Boot Repairer)
George Costello (Stone Breaker for a Road Construction Gang)
James Babb (Boss of a Road Construction Gang)
Chinaman (Gardener)
Darby Rockett
Ted Mackie
Mrs. Boyd
Tom Cannon
Tilly Minns (Braybrook Hotel)
Miss Wolley
Billy Derham
Mary Jane Barnett
Jack Derham
John Flynn
Miss. Harvey
"Gabo" Jenkins
Eugene Flynn
Tribe
Jackson
Gough
Mullenger
Rolfe
Craddock
Dickson
Middleton
Munro (Cows, milk, etc)
Freda Roberts
Billy Roberts
Cranwell (Grocer & butcher shop)
Jack Babb
Dr. Webb
Gooley's Cracket Factory (Apparently later Phoenix Fireworks)
Baker
Mrs. Coomber
Fred Hill
Oscar Hill
Lizzie Watson
Lizzie Scott
Lucy McDonough
Rose Barnett
Msud Barnett
Victor Barnett
Jimmy Barnett
Alf Barnett
Mary Barnett
Ivy Steens
Blanch Stevens
Nurse Kerr
Dr. Adamson
Locations mentioned during the interview.
Braybrook State School
Braybrook Hotel
Pennells
Private School Pickett Street Footscray
Sunshine Mechanics Hall
Braybrook Public Hall
Harrison's Hall (Next to the Deer Park Hotel)
Maribyrnong River Fords (Mentions two fords across the river)
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