ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
man's history. (Ref 20 - Aboriginal name - "Dithol" p49) This
conflicts with numerous other reports which put it as 21st April, 1770.
On the 5 th October 2007 the NSW Govt Gazette proclaimed that the
Mountain should carry two names – Didthul and Pigeon House).
37 1770 “Living Echoes” uses the date Sunday 22 nd April 1770 as the date
Captain James Cook sighted and fixed Pigeon House Mountain. This
conflicts with numerous other accounts
1 1913 Official opening of the Broughton Mill Creek bridge by M F Morton,
MLA. This replaced an earlier bridge.
1 1972 The opening of Voyager Park, Huskisson as a memorial to the
Voyager disaster (10th February, 1964) by C J Hines, RSL State
President.
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1 1770 After noon on this day Captain James Cook in the HMS Endeavour
named "Cape George", now known as "Cape St George" (April 23rd
is St. Georges Day) and further north noted the entrance of a bay of
which he named the inner North Head "Longnose Point".
37 1770 “Living Echoes” uses this date as the date Captain James Cook
named Cape St George.
7 1870 Start of the rains that fell for the next several days - causing one of
the biggest floods in the Shoalhaven River experienced to that time.
It flooded Terara, washed many buildings away and was virtually the
last straw - forcing the populace to Nowra to re-settle. In all 5
people, 387 cattle, 53 houses, 279 pigs, 5 sheep and between 4,000
& 5,000 poultry were lost. The flood was followed by a plague of
caterpillars which cleared the land of grass, crops, vegetables and
fruit.
2 & 13 1885 The Anglican Church, St. Luke, Broughton Creek (later
re-named Berry) was officially opened. Cost was £800/-/-.
13 1913 The NSW Government and Berry Municipal Council together
purchased the 16 acres of the Hazelberry Parklands for £2,500 and
the land was dedicated on this date as a public park. The main
section of the Hazelberry Parklands is known as the Berry
Showgrounds.
9 1935 The first sod was turned of Nowra's first sewerage scheme by Dr.
Francis Ryan, Mayor. The cost to Council was £13,000 the balance
of £45,000 to be met by the State and Federal Governments.
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