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Growth of Morisset
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SummaryInterview by Angela Bentley in 1987 with Mary France about the growth of the township of Morisset in Lake Macquarie. Mary was born 1927 and was the eldest daughter of eight children born to John and Mary Wilcock. The family home at Eraring was on the site of what later became the head office of Newcom Collieries. She attended a small school at Eraring and went to High School in Wyong. She describes most of the essential services being located elsewhere, such as Cooranbong or Wyong, there was very little in Morisset during the 1930s and 1940s.
SubjectMorisset (N.S.W.)EducationGrowthServicesNewcom ColleriesPersonBentley, AngelaFrance,MaryInterview logA7464 (vii)_FranceDate Created1987Location[1] IdentifierA7464(vii)_France
SubjectMorisset (N.S.W.)EducationGrowthServicesNewcom ColleriesPersonBentley, AngelaFrance,MaryInterview logA7464 (vii)_FranceDate Created1987Location[1] IdentifierA7464(vii)_France loading google map....
Growth of Morisset , [A7464(vii)_France ]. Living Histories, accessed 20/04/2025, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/75543