Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Booklet - Collection of Local History Booklets, Rosemary Boyes B.E.M
... Rosemary Boyes BEM... Society. Australian History Rosemary Boyes BEM In 1976 Rosemary ...
In 1976 Rosemary Boyes was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to Australian History. She was the author of more than 20 publications about local and national historical events. From 1970 to 1981, writing as Mrs Frank Boyes, she contributed a regular column to the Wodonga/Albury Express newspaper. Rosemary was a Founder Member of the Albury & District Historical Society in 1961, a Life Member of Wodonga & District Historical Society and also a Life Member of the Wodonga RSL Sub-Branch. She and her husband, Frank, a veteran of the Kokoda Trail, farmed at Leneva before moving to Albury and then to Frankston. Rosemary Boyes died in September 1991.
A collection of small paper back booklets on a range of topics related to Albury and Wodonga history. Their titles are:-
1. "Violet Grange Leneva" and its History
2. Albury - Murray River to Botanic Gardens
3. The Hume Highway - A potpourri of Stories and Scenes, Today and Yesterday
4. The Hume Monument - Albury NSW
5. Remembering Robert BrownIn 1976 Rosemary Boyes was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to Australian History. She was the author of more than 20 publications about local and national historical events. From 1970 to 1981, writing as Mrs Frank Boyes, she contributed a regular column to the Wodonga/Albury Express newspaper. Rosemary was a Founder Member of the Albury & District Historical Society in 1961, a Life Member of Wodonga & District Historical Society and also a Life Member of the Wodonga RSL Sub-Branch. She and her husband, Frank, a veteran of the Kokoda Trail, farmed at Leneva before moving to Albury and then to Frankston. Rosemary Boyes died in September 1991. australian history, rosemary boyes bem
