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Back To Brunkerville Day. Recorded 2 May 1983. Part 1/2.
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SummaryTAPE 339A "Back to Brunkerville" Day. Recorded 22nd May 1983. Part 1/2.
This recording captures various parts of the day's proceedings at "Back to Brunkerville" Day in 1983. Recorded are a series of random interviews with past and present residents of the town and associated people. Notable family names mentioned include the Moores, Murrells, Wyborns, Homards and Gills.
00: 30
Convicts 1840s. Knox Child. Location of early convict gaol, Brunkerville
1:10
Recollection of early Brunkerville
1:35
Convict slab. Convicts cleared the scrub.
1:10
1848 Public School, Mulbring school
2:30
Reynolds family.
3:17
Whiteheads. Brokenback Public School (Mt Pleasant) 1870s.
3:55
Harton Steinbeck (first teacher).
4:45
Contours of convict road still there.
5:55
Farrells, Sawyers Gully. Other Farrells in Kempsey.
7:00
Recollection of early families in Brunkerville. Osland family.
7:45
Interviewee recollects how he came to reside in Brunkerville. Cost of houses discussed. Billy Moore. Albert Moore
9:45
Dick Murrell.
10:25
Les Murrell (former railway worker)
11:03
Alec Cully born 1901
11:20
Bob Osland
13:05
Bob Osland.
13:40
John Heany, Dave Harrison
14:40
Wyborn family of Brunkerville. (16 children) Interview with Wyborn family. Edward Wyborn, Alice Wyborn. Vera Wyborn, Jim "Price" Wyborn, Joan Wyborn, Jack Hanley, "Snowy" Wyborn
16:45
Old Grave. Leggett’s Grave.
17:48
Ida Gill
18:40
Mrs Watson (nee Wyborn) asked about the old school. Murray James.
21:10
Blissett (Lay Preacher)
22:00
Gill family.
22:30
Location of old graves in Brunkerville. Little humpy where Mr Stevenson lives, in 1918. Homers grave.
25:25
Craig Bloomfield.
25:38
Homard family early residents in Brunkerville. Julie Homard, William Homard, Henry Homard, James Field
23:45
Ted Gill.
26:26
Ted Wyborn, Jim Wyborn. Tom Avery
24:30
Hungerford. Location of Farley House, East Greta
27:35
Homard family. Judy Homard
28:40
Location of family home. Parish church map.
30:30
Preston family. Secretary of school was Mr Strong.
33:10
Mt Pleasant ‘first school’, on Gill’s land.
35:55
Charlie Lister
36:32
End (Tape 339/Side A)
PersonJack DelaneyCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Brunkerville, NSWIdentifier339A
This recording captures various parts of the day's proceedings at "Back to Brunkerville" Day in 1983. Recorded are a series of random interviews with past and present residents of the town and associated people. Notable family names mentioned include the Moores, Murrells, Wyborns, Homards and Gills.
00: 30
Convicts 1840s. Knox Child. Location of early convict gaol, Brunkerville
1:10
Recollection of early Brunkerville
1:35
Convict slab. Convicts cleared the scrub.
1:10
1848 Public School, Mulbring school
2:30
Reynolds family.
3:17
Whiteheads. Brokenback Public School (Mt Pleasant) 1870s.
3:55
Harton Steinbeck (first teacher).
4:45
Contours of convict road still there.
5:55
Farrells, Sawyers Gully. Other Farrells in Kempsey.
7:00
Recollection of early families in Brunkerville. Osland family.
7:45
Interviewee recollects how he came to reside in Brunkerville. Cost of houses discussed. Billy Moore. Albert Moore
9:45
Dick Murrell.
10:25
Les Murrell (former railway worker)
11:03
Alec Cully born 1901
11:20
Bob Osland
13:05
Bob Osland.
13:40
John Heany, Dave Harrison
14:40
Wyborn family of Brunkerville. (16 children) Interview with Wyborn family. Edward Wyborn, Alice Wyborn. Vera Wyborn, Jim "Price" Wyborn, Joan Wyborn, Jack Hanley, "Snowy" Wyborn
16:45
Old Grave. Leggett’s Grave.
17:48
Ida Gill
18:40
Mrs Watson (nee Wyborn) asked about the old school. Murray James.
21:10
Blissett (Lay Preacher)
22:00
Gill family.
22:30
Location of old graves in Brunkerville. Little humpy where Mr Stevenson lives, in 1918. Homers grave.
25:25
Craig Bloomfield.
25:38
Homard family early residents in Brunkerville. Julie Homard, William Homard, Henry Homard, James Field
23:45
Ted Gill.
26:26
Ted Wyborn, Jim Wyborn. Tom Avery
24:30
Hungerford. Location of Farley House, East Greta
27:35
Homard family. Judy Homard
28:40
Location of family home. Parish church map.
30:30
Preston family. Secretary of school was Mr Strong.
33:10
Mt Pleasant ‘first school’, on Gill’s land.
35:55
Charlie Lister
36:32
End (Tape 339/Side A)
PersonJack DelaneyCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Brunkerville, NSWIdentifier339Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Back To Brunkerville Day. Recorded 2 May 1983. Part 1/2., [339A]. Living Histories, accessed 28/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56012