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 The year after Tim Whiffl er, Glencoe won the cup, owned and trained by Richard Dines, who built his sandstone mansion Hambledon Hill near Singleton and developed a private racecourse where he held a racing carnival in 1865.

Elected to Newcastle City Council in 1968, she became lord mayor in 1974 and again in 1975, returning for two three-year terms from 1977 and a four-year term from 1983. Along the way she was awarded the Order of Australia, was a director of the National Bicentennial Authority and vicechairperson of the NSW Bicentennial Authority, was a member of the NSW Planning and Environment Authority, a member of the state advisory committee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission and made a life member of the Australian Labor Party. Among gifts to the city she served so well she had a hand in the preservation of Blackbutt Reserve, the establishment of Shortland Wetlands and Glenrock State Preservation Areas, preserving heritage buildings and the redevelopment of the harbour foreshore. 

Almost 10% of Venezuela’s 31 million-strong population have fled overseas; of those who remain, nearly 90% live in poverty (see chart above).

 The first settlement failed, however, and closed at the end of 1802, although some miners remained. In May, 1803, the Sydney Gazette reported “a new mine has been found at Hunter’s River, which is likely to yield an abundance of the finest coal that has ever been witnessed”.

Gold #28 – On the upper level of the terminal are two offices. More caution here, as one of them contains and Ubercommander. In the other one, is your gold. It is sitting on the desk in there.

Robert Ellis and Courtney Hartman bring you an evening of duets written by John Hartford. Texas-based singer-songwriter Robert Ellis and Colorado’s Courtney Hartman are longtime friends with a shared love and appreciation for Hartford’s songwriting, and are looking forward to playing these songs for you.

In spite of my counseling, they got real testy about goin’ through the squeeze chute for a little needle and bolus therapy. I can remember many occasions acting as braymer bait. They’d get on the fight and one of us would stand in the gate waving like a shipwrecked sailor, trying to entice them out of the pen. Even when sick, they were fast and I’ve had more than my share of snot on my shirt tail.

Gold #30 – Head to BJ’s old house and make your way to the basement. The second gold piece is in a pile of crates in the back left corner of the larger basement room.

The foundation stone of the Knights was laid that day. Tony Townsend, Glenn Frendo and Glenn Miller scored tries for Newcastle, and five-eighth Rob Tew kicked six goals, with coach McMahon nominating hooker Townsend as the best player on the park.

Terry soon had the yellow plastic clothes line attached to the calf’s leg. The remainder of the poly rope lay coiled ominously behind these two obstetrical wizards. It snarled and gaped like a rhino trap. “Lemme grab some gloves outta the pickup,” were Terry’s last vertical words.

Although the case was thrown out, the stress left Dobell seriously ill and he did not paint for a year. Dobell was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965 and knighted in Canberra by the Governor General, Lord Casey, on September 23, 1966, the day before his 67th birthday.

Gilmore herself sometimes worries that proliferating wave pools will create legions of new surfers, causing crowds in the ocean to increase. Other times, she imagines that they will keep inland surfers happy at home, and thus actually reduce crowds. “I’m always fighting with these ideas of how a wave pool could benefit us, and maybe ruin surfing.” (By “us,” she meant pro surfers.) “But I think we have to embrace it. They’re going to be built whether we like it or not.”