ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
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1 1845 Mrs Berry, sister of Edward Wollstonecraft, died childless.
5 1901 The Prince of Wales Hotel in Junction Street, Nowra, was destroyed
by fire with the loss of two lives.
1 1951 The Berry branch of the Country Womens Association was formed
with 80 ladies present. Mrs E A Clarkson was the first President.
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16 1878 Formal application was made for the conversion of the Greenwell
Point provisional school to a public school. Average attendance was
25.5.
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1 1884 Opening of the Wesleyan Church, North Street, Broughton Creek
(later re-named Berry) by Rev. John Walken Brown.
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19 1874 Proclaimation of the Municipality of Ulladulla. It first met on 24 June
1874 at the Milton School of Arts and administered the Ulladulla area
for seventy four years when it was amalgamated into the Shire of
Shoalhaven (on 1st July, 1948? - see 29th June).
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