ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
37 1770 “Living Echoes” quotes this day as the day that Captain James Cook
named Long Nose, the northern point in Jervis Bay.
37 1770 “Living Echoes” surmises that Captain James Cook in the HMS
Endeavour passed by the entrance to the Shoalhaven River around
10 or 11 o’clock (in the evening)
1 1871 "Broughton Vale" Municipality was gazetted remaining until
eventually amalgamated with Shoalhaven Shire in 1948.
16 1879 The Legislative Assembly passed the sum of £1,000/-/- for the
construction of a public wharf at Greenwell Point.
1 1937 The Methodist Parsonage, Berry, was dedicated by Rev. Wallace
Deane, MA BD, President of the Methodist Conference of NSW.
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1 1879 Laying of the foundation stone for the Cambewarra School of Arts.
It was erected at a cost of £380/-/- and opened on 2nd September,
1879.
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20 1797 Eight survivors of the wreck of the "Sydney Cove" came across "a
very deep bay" (Jervis Bay?). They were all that remained of a
party of 17 that had attempted to walk from Point Hicks. By May
15th, only three survived.
1 & 7 1842 First recording of a flood in Shaolhaven River. More
floods were recorded in 1852. The most damaging were recorded
in February 1860, May 1860, August 1860 and
1870 finally one more for that year started people thinking of moving from
Terara and Numbaa to Nowra. The floods of June 1864, April 1867
and June 1867 caused more crop and livestock loss. Another flood
was recorded in March 1870 and yet another in April of the same
year which on this day reached its peak. This one swept away the
Terara Post Office, Telegraph Office, the steam company's store and
the wharf. The paddle steamer "The Coolangatta" (affectionately
known as the wheelbarrow), of the Illawarra Steam Navigation
Company, was washed from its moorings at Terara by this 1870
flood. It was carried 200 yards and was left stranded 75 yards
inland. It demolished at least one home in its path. These
disasters and the loss of life (see April 24th) finally convinced the
people to start building in Nowra.
1 1866 Milton Agricultural Society was formed at a meeting at the Star Hotel.
Mr T Hobbs was elected to the Chair. Fees were set at 10 shillings
per year.
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