ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

HAROLD TOOLEY

  *  Dedication to “Mick” Constable

  *  Arrived in Australia 1914

  *  Dedication to Dawn McMaster

  *  Children and Business

  *  Died 1937

PIONEERS OF THE GREAT LAKES AREA

SCHOOLS IN FORSTER

GREVILLE’S POST OFFICE DIRECTORY

  *  School requested 1871

  *  Inspector’s Report 1871

ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT LAKES
(by Narelle Marr)

  *  First school built & opened 1872
  *  Second school built 1873

  *  Two tribes in Great Lakes District

  *  Dialects

  *  Name changed to Forster School 1890

  *  Tribal Territories of the Worimi Tribe

  *  Map of Aboriginal territories

GEORGE UNDERWOOD (Teacher)

  *  First School Teacher

A LOOK AT COOK

  *  Fees and Donations

  *  Lieutenant (later Captain) Cook’s Journal

  *  Landowner

  *  Named Port Stephens

  *  Night School

  *  Named Cape Hawke

  *Named the Three Brothers

FORSTER BREAKWALL

  *  Decision to build breakwall 1890s

EXPLORATION AND LIMITS FOR SETTLEMENT

  *  Steam operated railway 1898

  *  Exploration after Cook

  *  Shipwreck Survivors 1816

CHARLES KERANS (Pharmacist)

  *  Land exploration 1818

  *  First Pharmacist

  *  Land grant 1825

  *  Typhoid Outbreak 1870s

  *  Early limits for settlement

  *  Difficulties of the time

MURDOCK McINTOSH (Lot 1)

GRANNIE RENNIE

  *  Background Information

  *  Born in Ireland 1832

  *  Early life of Murdoch McIntosh

  *  Marriage and family

  *  Life in Forster

  *  Gift of a healer

  *  Died 1908

GEORGE GODWIN (Lot 2)

  *  First permanent settler arrives

CHRISTINE HADLEY

  *  Robertson’s Land Act 1861

  *  Midwife

  *  Other settlers arrive in area

  *  George & family move to Smiths Lake

JANE MAYERS

  *  Registered nurse

JOSEPH BARLING (The Lessee)

  *  Leased land prior to 1869

FORSTER’S FIRST HOTEL

  *  Family and early times in Australia

  *  Application for licence 1872

  *  The sawmill at Forster

  *  Hotel burnt down

  *  Well known place for refreshments

A PLAN TO BEGIN WITH FORSTER/MINIMBAH

  *Plan for village submitted 1869

RICHARD PHEGAN

  *Plan for village returned 1884

  *  Early life and move to Forster 1870s

  *Land purchased by pioneer families

  *  Family

  *Leases taken on waterfront

  *  Shipbuilding

  *  Hotelier

BUT WHO WAS FORSTER

  *  Died 1916

  *Area known as Minimbah

  *Early life of William Forster

GEORGE RAVELL

  *Political life of William Forster

  *  Born 1846

  *  Working life

CAPE HAWKE HARBOUR

  *  Family

  *  The Harbour 1818

  *  Sailing champions

  *  The Harbour 1827

  *  Meeting Ridge School

  *  The Harbour 1869

  *  Died 1931

  *  The Harbour 1897-1900

  *  The Harbour 1926

TIONA (Reunion Grounds)

  *  The Harbour 1938

  *  Land acquired 1922

  *  The Harbour 1965

  *  Construction

  *  The “Green Cathedral”

WHAT HAPPENED TO MINIMBAH

  *  John Oxley’s Journal - 1818

GOGERLY FAMILY AT BOOTI BOOTI

  *  Plan for proposed village - 1869

  *  Early life

  *  First environment mistake

  *  Gogerly family arrive at Booti Booti 1882

  *  Changes to Tuncurry area

  * Death of Captain Gogerly 1901

WILLIAM PIPER

PACIFIC PALMS

  *  Early Years, Marriage 1864

  *  Location

  *  Settled in Forster, Family

  *  The Name “Pacific Palms”

  *  Shipbuilding, Died 1895

SMITHS LAKE

WILLIAM BRAMBLE

  *  Smiths Lake Village

  *  Arrival in Sydney - 1822

  *  Marriage and family

THE HISTORY OF SANDBAR

  *  Location

THE BRECKENRIDGE FAMILY

  *  The Beginning 1926

  *  Founder of Forster 

  *  Informal Camping area

  *  Building commenced

  *  Now Caravan Park & Golf Course

  *  Early Life and life in Forster

  *  Shipbuilding

COOMBA HISTORY

  *  Location

THE MILES FAMILY

  *  The First Settler & other landowners

  *  Early pioneer family

  *  The School and the Village

  *  Early life, Arrival in Australia

  *  A Guest House

  *  Life in Forster

  *  Timber Mill 1884 and Shipyard

BUNGWAHL

  *  A Timber Town

 ALBERT von EHLEFELDT

  *  The School, Police Station & Church

  *  Foreign Migrant No. 1

  *  Hotels, Cemeteries & Race Course

  *  A Baker, 1870s

  *  Marriage and Family

SEAL ROCKS

  *  Universal Provider & Ship Owner

  *  Location

  *  Sugar Loaf Point Lighthouse 1873

THE HADEN FAMILY

  *  Early Life and Family

  *  Employment and Business

  *  Died - Henry 1910

ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS IN THE FULL PRINT EDITION

  *  Died - Janet 1948

THE EMMERSON FAMILY

THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY

  *  Jumps Ship & walks North 

  *  Family

HELP IMPROVE THE BOOK AND MUSEUM

  *  Working Life

ORDER FORM FOR FULL PRINT EDITION OF BOOKS

THE MATHIAS FAMILY

  *  The Farm

LINKS TO OTHER ON-LINE BOOKS AND WEB SITES

  *  Agnes & Harry Mathias

  *  Family

  *  Died - Agnes 1964, Harry - 1964

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