Category: Photos
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Sydney Leslie Jack – aka ‘Les’
Uncle Les was quite a character, full of wit and bush wisdom. He quickly became an integrated part of our family and I was close to him. I can remember when Halley’s Comet was blazing across the sky one night in 1986, my grandparents dragged the by-now old Uncle Les from his bed to witness…
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The House that Jack built -Hymen Villa, Tingha
Chen Quin Jack built the original family home on tin-bearing land. The property was called Hymen Villa. A simple timber building with a few rooms – a kitchen with an open fireplace for cooking
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Ellen (Nell) TooTong
A significant portion of my collection originated from Ellen (Nell) Tootong, and her close family. Nell’s artefacts add to the narrative of her life in Tingha and travels to China. They include family documents, photographs, personal keepsakes and relics — like this front door key to Mrs Ellen Hyde’s House in Tingha. For me, this…
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Tingha Public School, 1899
Quin and Mary Jack’s children all attended the local Tingha Public School, and this photo from 1899 has an inscription that three of the Jack siblings are in the picture: Ethel, Cecil and Billy Jack. If you can identify anyone in these photos, or have any information, leave me a comment.
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