ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
MAY 30
9 1949 A public meeting was held in the Nowra School of Arts to protest the
delays in starting the construction of a Shoalhaven district hospital.
1 1970 Bomaderry High School was opened by the Premier of NSW, Hon. R
W Ashin.
MAY 31
19 1828 Surveyor Thomas Florance reached Murramarang. The area now
known as Murramarang Island he mentioned as Mit Island.
1 1936 The Roman Catholic Church of St. Patrick, Berry, was blessed and
opened by Monsignor King. It was built of red brick and had gothic
windows and doors, the former being of amber glass.
JUNE 1
7 1870 The Paddle Steamer "The Coolangatta" was refloated in the
Shoalhaven River after it had been washed 75 yards inland by the
floods of April 23rd-26th of the same year. She was released into
the river at 9pm. The scene was lit by bonfires and tar barrels and
was witnessed by a large crowd including scores of small boys.
The Coolangatta was recorded as the first tourist vessel to operate
on the Shoalhaven River taking holiday excursions over the
Christmas/New Year period of the same year. Fares for the day trip
were 2 shillings for adults, children half price.
1 1951 The New South Wales Hospital Commission took a lease of Edman
Hospital as a maternity annexe.
15 1981 2.00am and the Lady Denman starts her second attempt to leave
Sydney Harbour under tow from the M.V. Hollandia. The departure
was "most clandestine" in nature as no official approval had been
given for the Lady Denman to leave. All went well at first but then
the weather turned nasty. The wind rose to 25 knots and the swell
to 3 metres. There were times when "the Lady" and her tow were in
two different troughs and out of sight of each other. By 9.00pm the
Navy was asked to help. HMAS Tobruk took up station to windward
to give protection from the wind and a helicopter hovered overhead.
They finally made it to the naval dock at HMAS Creswell.
JUNE 2
1 1893 The opening of the railway from north Kiama (now Bombo) to
Shoalhaven by the Governor, Sir Robert Duff, who travelled on the
first train as it drew into Bomaderry. One of the enterage, Railway
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