Entries by tracey

Woodlands – the birthplace of ‘Seven Little Australians’

May 21, 2023 /0 Comments/in /by

‘Woodlands’ – the home of celebrated author, Ethel Turner and the birthplace of ‘Seven Little Australians’ recently opened its doors to the public as part of the Ku-ring-gai Heritage Festival. A forecast of rain did not hinder us from opening the doors to ‘Woodlands’ and celebrating ‘all things Ethel’ in conjunction with the Ku-ring Heritage […]

Battlefield war graves on the Western Front

October 7, 2015 /0 Comments/in , /by

Soldiers that were killed in action or died as a result of wounds were buried in cemeteries close to where they fell, or in larger collective cemeteries such as that at Villers-Bretonneux, France. Sometimes when military or medical units were located near to a village behind the Front Line, military burials took place in the […]