CareyBay2283

I know a time-poor genealogist who is easily drawn into undertaking new projects. Sounds like me!

It's ten years since I joined the Society for One-Place Studies (SOPS). This is a niche online society for those who have a passion for a particular place be it a road, a cemetery, a village or a town and wish to undertake a project that studies both the family and local history of their place/s. I have admired these researchers, some of whom study more than one place and feel One-Place Studies are a worthwhile exercise. Family and Local History go together like a horse and carriage.

It wasn't until I moved to Carey Bay seven years ago that I found my place. I cannot find any books, publications or websites dedicated to this small suburb on the shores of  Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. Carey Bay deserves to have a home for its where its history can be collated, hared and preserved.

While I have been gathering material on the past and present residents of Carey Bay since Covid times. I only recently sought out information about its environment and history. I now have quite a collection of newspaper clippings , photos and stories that I must put into order and share with the community. My project will also give me a place to share some of the hundreds of photos I have taken from our pad on the Lake.

I finally bit the bullet and registered a study in April this year. You can see its profile on the SOPS website here. There's no going back.

I hope that some of my GeniAus friends will pop over and pay a visit to my project at https://careybay2283.blogspot.com/. 

I will announce new posts on my social media platforms and, when I have published a reasonable chunk of information to the site I will share it on local platforms

Trove Tuesday - Local Zoo

It appears that there was once a zoo very close to our new home. Since doing some investigating I have discovered that the old zoo site now houses a caravan park. Naturally I turned to Trove to learn more about this site. 

CAREY BAY MAN PLANS

TO DEVELOP ZOO

ON the waterfront at Carey

Bay, "Bimbimbie"--a place

of many birds--is being developed

into a miniature zoo by its owner,

Mr. Brown.

"Two years ago my doctor told

me that unless I gave up heavy

work I wouldn't live 12 months.

I came out here, and plan within

10 years to develop a zoo that the

district will be proud of," said

Mr. Brown.

He has many birds in modern

cages, constructed so that people

can move among them. Water sprays

keep the birds cool in hot weather.

A large duck pond enables the

public to view the swans and ducks

at close range.

Natural conditions of birds have

been studied by Mr. Brown. He is

developing his zoo along these lines,

and has had remarkable results in

breeding birds and animals which

normally do not breed in captivity.

Most of the big birds and animals

have been named after children who

frequent the zoo. There is "Joey"

the emu, "James" and "Sheila" the

kangaroos, and "Percy" the duck.

"Percy" is a popular identity. re-

ferred to as the "talking duck." He

can quack "hullo," and when re-

quested bows courteously. "Percy"

has no objection to children nursing

him.

A variety of pheasants have been

bred by Mr. Brown, who has also

been successful in breeding scrub tur-

keys. A peculiar feature about the

male scrub turkey is that, after allow-

ing the female bird to build the large

mound of earth, 5ft. high, in which

she lays the eggs he keeps her off

the mound. If the monund is dis-

turbed, he promptly scratches the

dirt and sticks back into original

positions.

One of Mr. Brown's peacocks can

display a 6ft. span of bright colours.

Authorities have said it is one of

the finest peacoks they have seen

Some of the birds and animals were

given to Mr. Brown by people who

appreciated his hobby and desire to

establish a zoo.

Snake Got Away

A friend ill the country recently

sent him a 12ft. carpet snake. but it

escaped when children left the cage

door open.

"Bimbimbie" is visited by people

from Newcastle district and travel-

lers. At holiday times nearly a hun-

dred people have been on the prop-

erty at the same time.

"I plan to build a jetty and a picnic

shelter, surrounded by lawns and

shrubs, on the 95ft. frontage to the

Lake, with the cages and animal

enclosures sheltered by trees, and sur-

rounded by gardens," said Mr. Brown.

A large aquarium, with a "harbour"

bridge across it, will be built on a

space already allocated. Material has

arrived for a monkey carge, and steps

have been taken to secure a strip

of timbered country for use as a

koala enclosure.

"Many people have offered to assist

by providing birds and animals. and

I hope to import some. If I can set

tile foundation for a zoo in this dis-

trict. and give pleasure to the people,

I will be happy," said Mr. Brown.

1946 'LAKE SANCTUARY FOR BIRDS, ANIMALS', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 19 January, p. 5. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140607009

1948 'CAREY BAY ZOO', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 23 March, p. 4. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134324732

1951 'OBITUARY', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 20 February, p. 4. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139502446

1953 'Social Calendar', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 27 May, p. 10. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160488623

1953 'MONKEY BITES BOY'S FINGER', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 25 August, p. 2. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134278936

1954 'To-day's Topics', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 20 December, p. 2. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134086324

1954 'To-day's Topics', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 16 January, p. 2. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134908561

Trove Tuesday - Carey Bay

Mr GeniAus and I are preparing for our permanent move to Carey Bay near Toronto, NSW. We have been dividing our time between our Sydney house and there. As one does I started thinking about the people who had lived in Carey Bay. I turned to Trove to learn about some of them.

Firstly I found a photo of Miss Ethyl Thompson but due to copyright restrictions I cannot publish it. You can view it here: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15506519.

In the Government Gazette I found a notice of Bankruptcy.

1925 'IN BANKRUPTCY.', Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), 21 August, p. 3715. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223015674

 There were several notices relating to probate and estates.

1987 'IN the Supreme Court of New South Wales.—Notice of intended distribution of estate.—Any person having any claim upon the', Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), 19 June, p. 3135. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231679490

There were also several mentions of local folk in the newspapers. The good news is that I found a photo of Ethyl in the newspaper.

1949 'No title', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 22 June, p. 2. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158289073

1924 'CAREY BAY.', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) , 16 April, p. 9. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139492442

1954 '£6000 Win To Carey Bay', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 14 September, p. 14. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163296599

1949 'Pensioner Found Dead in Tent', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 8 January, p. 8. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158239718

1934 'TO-DAY'S ACCIDENTS', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 23 November, p. 7. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166298335

1934 'Calder-Smith—Tingle', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 12 July, p. 7. , viewed 07 Apr 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165055537

It seems as though the people from our neighbourhood are typical of  Australians all around our country.