ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
FEBRUARY 19
11 1918 The Australian Joint Stock Bank was amalgamated with the City
Bank of Sydney and became the Australian Bank of Commerce.
This meant it had two branches in Nowra. It was soon looking for
new premises.
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19 1932 The vessel "Northern Firth" was lost off Brush Island, south of
Bawley Point. The ship weighed 1,954 tons and was carrying 1,800
tons of general merchandise which the locals pillaged before a guard
could be placed on the cargo. The Captain was McDonald.
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9 1984 Osborne Nursing Home (now known as the Shoalhaven Retirement
Village) was opened by Senator Don Grimes - Federal Minister for
Social Security.
FEBRUARY 26
1 1909 Death of Sir John Hay LL.D. of Coolangatta. It was under Sir John's
auspices that the bequest of the late David Berry, of £100,000/-/- for
a hospital for Berry, was fulfilled.
The Government took over control of the hospital in exchange for a
large area of foreshore of Sydney Harbour to the mutual satisfaction
of the Government and people of Sydney and Berry. The hospital
continued to serve not only Berry but the whole of the Shoalhaven
area for almost half a century before a public hospital was erected in
Nowra.
9 1938 The new ambulance headquarters in Kinghorn Street (the building
now occupied by the South Coast Register), was opened by the
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