ON THIS DAY - Shoalhaven Holidays

- On This Day -
DECEMBER 12
1 1878 Opening of the Rectory for St. John's Anglican Church in Plunkett
Street, Nowra. The church itself took 12 years after this date to
complete.
36 1916 The first Passing Out Parade and Prize Giving Ceremony at The
Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay, was conducted in the
presence of the Governor General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson. Two
officers of the first Passing Out Class, J.A. Collins and H.B.
Farncombe, were the first Australians to reach Flag Rank in the
RAN, both being promoted Rear Admiral in 1947. Two of the
midshipmen’s accommodation blocks are named in their honour.
1 1948 The Milton Congregational Church, after suffering extensive damage
when a gale blew off the roof and a portion off the end wall on 15 &
16 July 1948, was restored and then re-opened on this day.
19 1973 The first meeting of the Mollymook Country Womens Association
was held. Foundation President was Mrs P Fraser.
DECEMBER 13
20 1797 George Bass spent this night and the following day in Durras Bay
erroneously thinking it was Batemans Bay (named by Capt. Cook
1770).
19 1876 Sarah Claydon died aged 47. Sarah Claydon was loved by many in
the Milton Ulladulla area for her untiring work as a midwife and the
work she did in caring for the sick.
DECEMBER 14
1 1895 Amalgamation of the Numbaa and Central Shoalhaven Municipalities
to form Southern Shoalhaven Municipality. First headquarters were
at Terara.
16 1914 The bombora at the entrance to the Crookhaven River claimed the
vessel "The Brooklyn" owned by the Nowra & Jervis Bay Steamship
Company Ltd. Captain Archibald Bavistock was found guilty of
negligence and lost his Masters Certificate.
1 & 13 1963 Opening of the new bowling club house at Berry by W F A Caines,
president of the NSW Bowling Association. It cost £20,000.
DECEMBER 15
16 1893 The building of the Public School at Greenwell Point was completed.
It had cost £1,088/-/-. The school contained two classrooms and a
front verandah, and the teachers residence contained five rooms and
a kitchen. The school was a brick structure.
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