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23.01.2022 Dapto with Stewart & Lloyds in foreground 1974. Photo thanks to Jeanette Stennett

21.01.2022 This is a painting of Horsley Homestead, that was given to my husband Robert Kramer when he left the Post Office on a promotion. It was painted by local artist Kay Norington. Photo thanks to Jill Kramer

21.01.2022 1966 Grand Final winning side. Sent in by Warwick Shirlaw

20.01.2022 Church of England Boys Society (CEBS) in the grounds of St Luke's Church of England Brownsville circa 1960. Photo courtesy of Alan Rodgers

20.01.2022 Illawarra Squad 1974 Country Champions. A few Dapto greats here. Photo thanks to Warwick Shirlaw

20.01.2022 Happy 8th Birthday to this page. Started it 14th November 2012. Thank you each and everyone who follows, likes, comments and posts! Thanks Scott

19.01.2022 Dapto Aussie Rules Team 01.07.1979. Photo thanks to Tracey Woolley

19.01.2022 Dapto Boxing Squad. Photo thanks to Steve Houston

18.01.2022 Thomas Moorhead who had the General store in Dapto in the early 1900s. Site of the Regal Theatre in Dapto and now it would be around the Aldi Carpark and cafe next door. Photo from Bronwyn Grinbergs (nee Walker) whose grandfather was Thomas Moorhead...

18.01.2022 Another account from JG Fairley from 31 October 1908. From the collection of Robert Fairley

17.01.2022 CAN ANYONE HELP TERRY NUNAN??? Is anyone able to remember who owned No 29 Osborne St long before it was purchased by the Leagues Club as the north eastern corner of their car park? To be hopefully published before Christmas, I am using online historical land records to track the ownership history of each block in the original Marshal Subdivision in the Dapto township from their first sale by the Marshall Family in the 1890’s through to the 1980’s-1990’s. However I am really... stumped on No 29 Osborne St (originally Lot 9 Section B)!! The block was first purchased in 1904 by Agnes O’Connell, wife of John O’Connell, Ganger of Dapto. Agnes died in 1905 and John was declared bankrupt in 1918. In the Illawarra Mercury 11.10.1918, Frank Bevan & Sons advertised that the block was to be auctioned the following day per order of Wm Palmer, the Official Assignee of J O’C’s bankrupt estate. However the subsequent newspapers do not record the result of the auction and, as sometimes occurred, the court-directed sale seems to not be listed in the Vendors Index (under either O’Connell, Palmer or any other court-related name or title I can think of). Hence I cannot continue with the chain of title / ownership for this one block from that date onwards. If I had the name of an owner for any time during the 1918-1986 period, I should be able to pick up the trail at that point and work both backwards & forwards to establish the full history. The ownership of adjacent blocks may jog someone’s memory: Either side of Lot 9 (No 29) were: To the south, Lots 6 & 7 (Nos 35 & 33) were in the hands of the Chie Family Lot 6 was sold to the Leagues Club in 1986, Lot 7 was sold by the Chies to LB Carlon in 1962, on-sold to AIS Credit Union in 1980 & then to the Club in 1993. Lot 8 (No 31) belonged to the Waples Family till it was purchased by the Club in 1984 Lot 10 (No 27 - now the Baan Baan St extension) - was owned by the Charlton Family in the 1920’s, Tomsett Family 1926-1947, Beveridge Family 1947, Pool Family 1947-1967, Gillies Family 1967-1976 and Brian Morrison 1976-1986 when it was then resumed for the Baan Baan St extension. Lot 11 (No 25 - north of Baan Baan St extension) was owned by the Charltons, sold to the Tomsetts in the 1920’s, and then Porters, Robertsons and finally to George Stanley Ball in 1937. George Stanley Ball’s Estate sold it to Alwyn Chie in 1999. Hopefully the above names of adjacent owners may prompt someone’s memories as to who owned the block in between. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Either add a comment to this post, FB message us at Wendyand Terry Nunan or email us on [email protected].

16.01.2022 Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum a while back and was told this early 1900s Marshal Portable Steam Engine came from Fowlers Road Dapto sawmill which operated until the late 1960s. Photo thanks to Georgina G GE

16.01.2022 A shot taken in the early 60's from 108 Princes Hwy Dapto, now around 28 Prince Edward Drive - northern end. Photo thanks to John Vohradsky

16.01.2022 The old Standykes Homestead gets a new lease on life with it being used as a sales office for the new Kembla Grange Estate on Sheaffes/Paynes Roads. Personal Photos

14.01.2022 Bong Bong Point looking east towards Yallah circa 1982. Photo thanks to Chris Hadley

14.01.2022 Early days in Yalunga St. Photo thanks to Wollongong City Libraries.

14.01.2022 The Uniting Church Hall in Marshall Street. From the collection of Noel Taylor.

14.01.2022 Early days of the new Kanahooka estate. Construction of 76 Edgeworth Ave in November 1969. Photo thanks to Heather Miller

14.01.2022 Dapto High School, late 1960s. Photo thanks to Elwyn Jordan

13.01.2022 TWO NEW RELEASES from Wendy & Terry Nunan JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS !!! Explore the origins of both the first and second town centres of Dapto!!... BROWNSVILLE LEDGERS, LETTERS, SEANCES & RECEIPTS Step back in time to the first Dapto town centre on the banks of Mullet Creek. These hand written treasures from the past are: the Daily Ledger from the Dapto Steam Flour Mill 1854-1856 (both scanned images and transcriptions); Accounts Book covering bottle sales from the Hotel 1857-1859, Flour Mill accounts 1866-1867 and property rents 1903-1909; 450 Draft Letters of John Brown dated 1900-1901 & 1909-1910; Receipt Books covering Brown Family investments and last but not least, accounts of a small number of séances held in the Brown household in 1880 (were the séances for real or were they an attempted financial scam??). Combined, these documents provide an eye witness’ insight into the local community of the mid to late 1800s and the start of the 20th Century. One can follow the changing agricultural pursuits of the Illawarra as echoed by the change in mill operations from providing a grinding service for local grain crops to becoming a flour and stock feed retailer, networking with similar Sydney and Wollongong outlets. The transcriptions are interspersed with mini biographies of key customers and contemporary newspaper advertisements for John Brown’s suppliers of choice for his mail order selections. The collection is prefaced with a brief family tree for the Brown Family and their close associates, the history of the Brown Family Estate (and hence the creation of Dapto), and a discussion on what these documents can tell us both about those who penned them, and the community they lived in. Fully indexed. A4 Soft-cover, 384 pages. Cost $45 plus $13 postage. DAPTO LAND TRANSACTIONS THE MARSHALL ESTATE Released in 1890, the Marshall Estate Subdivision was the first land available adjacent to the newly built Dapto Railway Station. Rejection of the flood pron

13.01.2022 1977 Grand final squad. Photo thanks to Warwick Shirlaw

13.01.2022 The Waratahs marching into Dapto. Photo thanks to Wollongong City Library.

13.01.2022 Lakelands estate in the early 1960s looking down on to Cornwall Road and Parkside Drive. From the collection of Lynne and Russell Higginbottom

12.01.2022 Cleveland Homestead in 1980. Photo thanks to Wollongong City Libraries

12.01.2022 Dapto Centenary Parade 1976. Photo thanks to Fi Robinson

12.01.2022 A photo of Dapto Court years ago. Sent in by Michael Duggan

12.01.2022 Dapto High School Canoeists 1972. Photo thanks to Sandra Rosiak

10.01.2022 1972 Overlooking Kembla Grange. Photo thanks to Jeanette Stennett

09.01.2022 Blast from the Past 1968 Grand Final. Sent in by Warwick Shirlaw.

09.01.2022 Dapto Apex members demolishing house in Byamee St to make way for new Police Station, March 1983. Sent in by Barry Gus O'Brien

09.01.2022 Historical Dapto 1834-1971 Newspaper Article. Photo thanks to Warwick Shirlaw

08.01.2022 1966 - Dapto Fire Brigade. Neville Simpson and retiring Captain Wally Arnold. Sent in by Smith Hedges

08.01.2022 1968 bushfire. Taken from Glengarry Park homestead. Before the landslide. Photo thanks to Jeanette Stennett

07.01.2022 This afternoon I called into to see the great local history book authors Wendy and Terry Nunan. I was lucky enough to get a peak of their new book 'Brownsville Ledgers, Letters, Seances & Receipts'. For anyone interested in early Dapto history, this book is just the best. It will be released in coming months with another early Dapto history book called 'Dapto Land Ownership History - The Marshall Estate'. Look out over the next month or so for more details on how to order the...se awesome books. Wendy and Terry still have copies of previous books available on 'The West Dapto Cemetery- The Early Families', 'The Black Swan' , 'Shellharbour's Forgotten Cemetery and Selected Pioneers', 'St Paul's Catholic Cemetery, Albion Park', 'For the Love of Will' and 'Brigadier Cecil Herbert Speer- An Old Campaigner'. All are fantastic, well researched books. If anyone is interested in any of these books, please contact Wendy and Terry Nunan by email [email protected] or message here https://www.facebook.com/wendy.e.nunan I cannot recommend these books enough. See more

06.01.2022 Dapto High pennants from 1962/1963. Photo thanks to Warwick Shirlaw

05.01.2022 The Marshall Estate, an early subdivision of Dapto. From the book, 'Living on Pommy Hill'

04.01.2022 Finally framed picture of my old man and his teammates from 1982 no.5 bowls winning side I remember a lot of these faces. Most are now no longer with us

03.01.2022 Harry Whyte's house taken from Glengarry Park homestead in 1973. Photo thanks to Jeanette Stennett

03.01.2022 The old McPhail farmhouse just off West Dapto Road. Photos thanks to Mick Burns

03.01.2022 Today's historic photo of the day: The signalman has just given the staff to the driver of the Moss Vale to Wollongong passenger train at Dombarton, NSW, Decemb...er 14 1985. Located 97km by rail from Sydney via Wollongong, Dombarton is on the cross country railway between Moss Vale and Unanderra south of Sydney. The line, which connects the main south line at Moss Vale with the Illawarra line at Unanderra, is 57km in length and runs through lush and thickly vegetated areas as is descends the steep grades down the escarpment east of Summit Tank. Regular passenger trains on this line were provided by railmotors until their withdrawal in September 1985, just three months before this photo. Whilst the line lost its daily passenger rail service at that time, subsequent to that, loco hauled trains between Moss Vale and Wollongong ran on weekends only for some years thereafter. It was from one of these trains that this photo was taken. This line is unusual in that it opened in 1932, much later than most other rural railways. Dombarton signalbox and crossing loop opened later still, in 1942. The layout was highly unusual. Being located on quite a fierce gradient, it was equipped with a runaway track to 'catch' any downhill runaways. The runaway track was however also used as a crossing loop, but in a very unusual way. Trains entering the crossing loop would enter the runaway road and pull up to the dead-end, then they would reverse through a connecting track that ran beneath the main line before reaching a dead-end on the other side, then finally pull forward and re-join the main line from the other side. The crossing loop was effectively a zig-zag beneath the main line. These days, all the crossing infrastructure at Dombarton is gone, but the main line remains and although it doesn't carry regular passenger trains, there are semi-regular heritage trains through here and quite regular heavy freight traffic too.

03.01.2022 1972 Dapto High School 6th Form Formal Industrial Arts class. Photo thanks to Jim Neailey

02.01.2022 A young Bobby Smithies-1976 GF. Sent in by Warwick Shirlaw

01.01.2022 The mighty Cronulla Sharks in 1987. Assistant coach is Dapto rugby league legend Allan Fitzgibbon, a year before he took over as head coach in 1988.

01.01.2022 The Old Cleveland Homestead. Last lived in back in 1973. Photos thanks to Mick Burns

01.01.2022 Dapto v Wollongong played at Dapto Showground 1974. Photo thanks to Warwick Shirlaw

01.01.2022 William Beach Park. Photo courtesy of Noel Taylor.

01.01.2022 Construction starting on the new Mall carpark. Photo thanks to Michael Duggan