ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
SEPTEMBER 13
SEPTEMBER 14
1 1964 Southern Sea Foods Pty Ltd took over the former butter factory at
Milton and commenced canning and freezing fish. These were
mainly blue fin tuna for export to America.
31 1998 Shoalhaven’s Lori Munz as a member of the Australian Womens 4 x
100 m freestyle relay team wins her second Gold (see October 12 th )
at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team
was Lori Munz, Rebecca Creedy, Susie O’Neill and Sarah Ryan. Lori
swam the third leg and grabbed the lead.
SEPTEMBER 15
1 1830 William Huskisson (after whom Huskisson was named) , whislt
talking to the Duke of Wellington stepped back into the path of a
train and was run over. He later died.
5 1856 Government Surveyor George Legge was drowned while crossing
the Shoalhaven River on horseback. Nearby island was named
Legge's Island in his honour.
However some locals claim it was called "Leg Over Island" because
of some of the antics of people who attended annual picnics on the
shore, just opposite.
SEPTEMBER 16
11 1859 The first bank in Shoalhaven, the Commercial Banking Company of
Sydney, opened its doors in Terara. It is believed that this was on
the corner of Southern Road and West Berry Street, Terara. It
didn't last long, being washed away in the 1860 flood.
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