ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
AUGUST 11
1 1870 Opening of the Wesleyan Chapel at Wood Hill by the Rev Adin
Parsons of Ulladulla.
1 1939 The opening of the new milk and butter factory for the Nowra Cooperative
in the railyards beside the Bomaderry railway station. It
had every modern facility.
AUGUST 12
1 1918 The Far South Coast March to Freedom, which was part of a state
wide rcruiting campaign for men to join the armed forces, reached
Milton.
AUGUST 13
AUGUST 14
1 & 26 1879 The original timber bridge across the river at Kangaroo Valley was
opened. At the time it was the highest bridge above water in NSW.
It cost £3,000/-/-. It was washed away by flood on 24th May 1898,
five days after the Hampden Bridge was opened.
18 1886 The "new" school at Wandandian was opened. Students came from
the Walsh, Loadsman, McLean, Condie, Mathie, Clark, Windley,
McTaggett, Parnell, Higgins, Doolans, Oliver, Hancock, Ryan,
Johnston, Glanville and Suffolk families.
9 1914 The Shoalhaven Branch of the Red Cross League was formed.
Sixty ladies were present at the meeting. Mrs Rodway was the first
president, Miss Emma Bice, secretary and Mrs Hayles was treasurer.
Membership was 1/-. The next morning a street collection raised
£17/7/9 and before the week was out a concert by Mrs Oliver raised
£30/18/-. Mrs Rodway was branch president for 51 of the next 53
years and was awarded the O.B.E. for her services.
1 1918 The far South Coast march to freedom, which was part of a state
wide recruiting campaign for men to join the armed forces, reached
Nowra. They were met by the Mayor of Nowra, Alderman J C
Bennett, the Mayor of South Shoalhaven, Alderman W Watts and
others. The marchers were informed that nine waratahs from the
1915 recruiting march (a party of 50 men left Nowra on 30 November
1915), remained in the firing line. (Front Line).
AUGUST 15
7 1888 A special prayer service for rain to break the drought was held by the
Protestant Clergymen in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Nowra.
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