WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:03.850 Hello everybody, welcome to season two of the 00:00:03.850 --> 00:00:07.450 Dairy Lane podcast. My name's Therese Sweeney 00:00:07.450 --> 00:00:12.130 and I'm a social historian and I work with media 00:00:12.130 --> 00:00:17.030 and the written word to produce histories embedded 00:00:17.030 --> 00:00:21.949 in community, in the landscape. Season two is 00:00:21.949 --> 00:00:27.429 starting in Jasper's brush. I'll define the lanes. 00:00:28.190 --> 00:00:32.310 of Jasper's Brush. On the north side, it runs 00:00:32.310 --> 00:00:38.109 from Silo's Estate to Anderson's Lane. On the 00:00:38.109 --> 00:00:42.049 southern side, we start at Muller's Lane and 00:00:42.049 --> 00:00:45.950 we run down to O 'Keefe's Lane. So they're the 00:00:45.950 --> 00:00:49.109 boundaries. Where did the name Jasper's Brush 00:00:49.109 --> 00:00:53.689 come from? Well, it's contentious and yet to 00:00:53.689 --> 00:00:58.060 be definitively proven where. But I'll talk about 00:00:58.060 --> 00:01:01.840 it briefly. So brush is fairly easy to decipher 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.540 because the colonial people referred to forest 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:13.459 and rainforest in the region as brush. So they 00:01:13.459 --> 00:01:17.340 describe a brush forest. I think that's acceptable 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.959 for the name brush. Jasper is a bit different. 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:25.030 I spoke with Laurel Price. whose mother is a 00:01:25.030 --> 00:01:28.450 Devitt and father was an Ingold. John Ingold 00:01:28.450 --> 00:01:31.549 originally arrived in Australia in the 1850s 00:01:31.549 --> 00:01:34.230 down in Milton and he had a very large family. 00:01:34.370 --> 00:01:38.310 He set up a cattle station. Now, his brother 00:01:38.310 --> 00:01:42.409 Jasper actually died. He lived in Essex and he 00:01:42.409 --> 00:01:46.049 died before migrating out here. That's one theory. 00:01:46.329 --> 00:01:49.269 There are other theories. A sawyer who worked 00:01:49.269 --> 00:01:52.310 for Alexander Berry obviously had the name Jasper. 00:01:52.670 --> 00:01:54.430 But I think I'll leave it at that for the time 00:01:54.430 --> 00:02:00.590 being. It was cited by a John Robson, 1997, who 00:02:00.590 --> 00:02:03.510 was a volunteer at the Berry Historical Society, 00:02:03.569 --> 00:02:09.710 that he had found evidence prior to 1860 of the 00:02:09.710 --> 00:02:13.750 name Jasper being used in the area. I have seen 00:02:13.750 --> 00:02:16.229 Jasper's Creek, but I've only looked at maps 00:02:16.229 --> 00:02:20.969 from the 1860s. So we'll see how we go over the 00:02:20.969 --> 00:02:26.840 season. The book Shoalhaven, written by W. Bailey, 00:02:27.259 --> 00:02:33.020 two editions, cite that Jasper's brush was named 00:02:33.020 --> 00:02:36.319 after John Ingold's father, called Jasper. The 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:39.979 writer himself was sceptical because of the evidence 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:44.199 found prior to migration. So I have written to 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:47.560 the relevant historical bodies to get a particular 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.219 myth scratched. My quick research uncovered evidence. 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:56.379 of press articles from at least 1852, where Jasper's 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:59.219 brush is mentioned as a place. And I'm sure with 00:02:59.219 --> 00:03:02.120 more thorough research, if I had time, I'd go 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.780 back to the previous decade. What has come to 00:03:04.780 --> 00:03:08.139 light recently is people like Colin Host and 00:03:08.139 --> 00:03:13.120 Pam Hitchcock were taught where the name Jasper 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.719 came from at school. Now, Colin has no memory, 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:22.069 but he acknowledges they were taught. was an 00:03:22.069 --> 00:03:27.849 Aboriginal name. So there's a lead, again, going 00:03:27.849 --> 00:03:31.729 to keep investigating and debunk the myth that 00:03:31.729 --> 00:03:35.289 John Ingold was travelling down the highway and 00:03:35.289 --> 00:03:37.889 named it after his father. His father was actually 00:03:37.889 --> 00:03:40.389 called William. Now, I say this with no disrespect 00:03:40.389 --> 00:03:43.710 to the people that have perpetuated this story. 00:03:44.050 --> 00:03:48.050 W Bailey was sceptical of the story and he states 00:03:48.050 --> 00:03:51.310 that. in his written book. I'll leave it at that. 00:03:51.530 --> 00:03:56.990 My primary sponsor for season two is Ian Zanstra, 00:03:57.229 --> 00:04:00.729 a very experienced dairyman on the other side 00:04:00.729 --> 00:04:03.849 of the river from Pirie. Season two would not 00:04:03.849 --> 00:04:07.129 be happening without Ian's support. I'm very 00:04:07.129 --> 00:04:10.930 grateful he stepped up. Thank you, Ian. Let's 00:04:10.930 --> 00:04:15.050 set the scene for the early migration to the 00:04:15.050 --> 00:04:18.709 area of Jasper's Brush. The first shipment of 00:04:18.709 --> 00:04:23.110 cedar occurred in 1811 from my sightings on the 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:26.769 ship Speedwell and arrived in Sydney. Various 00:04:26.769 --> 00:04:29.430 things happened over those couple of years after 00:04:29.430 --> 00:04:33.410 and there was a hold on chopping down cedar until 00:04:33.410 --> 00:04:37.689 Alexander Berry and Edward Wollstonecraft took 00:04:37.689 --> 00:04:41.769 up their land grant of 10 ,000 acres in 1822. 00:04:42.730 --> 00:04:48.430 From 1818 to 1820, there was a new class of person 00:04:48.430 --> 00:04:52.589 in the area and it was those sawyers and timber 00:04:52.589 --> 00:04:54.970 cutters who were working for Sydney merchants. 00:04:55.410 --> 00:04:57.329 There must have been a hell of a lot of them 00:04:57.329 --> 00:05:02.290 because when Alexander Berry began the cedar 00:05:02.290 --> 00:05:06.649 cutting, massive amounts were transported to 00:05:06.649 --> 00:05:09.509 Britain. Why were they transported to Britain? 00:05:09.730 --> 00:05:13.269 It was happening because... Both he and Wollstonecraft 00:05:13.269 --> 00:05:15.990 were in a lot of debt. They had to tick. As merchants, 00:05:16.129 --> 00:05:20.670 they had to borrow money. So they had to pay 00:05:20.670 --> 00:05:23.269 in sterling back in Britain, and until their 00:05:23.269 --> 00:05:26.370 debts were paid, all the cedar in the region 00:05:26.370 --> 00:05:29.069 to Britain. I'll give you an idea of the amount 00:05:29.069 --> 00:05:33.529 at the time of some of the cedar, the amounts. 00:05:33.990 --> 00:05:38.279 Okay, so from 18... 26 when they really got going, 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:42.300 to 1838, there is evidence existing of the amount 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:44.680 of timber being shipped to Britain. And in fact, 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.339 two thirds of the total colonies timber came 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:52.439 from this region. Overall, there were 81 ,315 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:57.819 cubic metres of cedar shipped to Britain. Cedar, 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.259 blue gum and other timber that would have filled 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:06.339 3 ,250 modern semi -trailer loads. Just taking 00:06:06.339 --> 00:06:08.600 a minute there to get an idea because I've looked 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.379 at a photo or two I've seen around in some of 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:14.839 our cafes and I can't believe how barren the 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.500 landscape looks. And it must have been a bit 00:06:18.500 --> 00:06:21.980 further on. It must have not only environmentally 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:25.560 affected the area, of course, but it must have 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:29.300 devastated the Indigenous from Dharawal country. 00:06:29.949 --> 00:06:32.370 Okay, all the timber's been cut. They started 00:06:32.370 --> 00:06:35.350 shipping again in the 1840s to Sydney because 00:06:35.350 --> 00:06:37.970 their debts were paid off, obviously, but they 00:06:37.970 --> 00:06:41.069 shipped for another decade. It all started with 00:06:41.069 --> 00:06:44.050 James Meehan, who was the Assistant Surveyor 00:06:44.050 --> 00:06:46.709 -General at the time, and he was in the Shoalhaven 00:06:46.709 --> 00:06:50.829 -Jarvis Bay area in 1805, and he made it known 00:06:50.829 --> 00:06:53.629 there was cedar in the area. Hence the first 00:06:53.629 --> 00:06:56.949 cargo of cedar left the Shoalhaven shores in 00:06:56.949 --> 00:07:00.459 1811. Berry and Wollstonecraft also had other 00:07:00.459 --> 00:07:02.779 lands where they were cutting timber. That's 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:05.699 on the central coast and at Pennant Hills. Well, 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:08.579 let's just go back to the 1820s. They announced 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:11.819 the dawn of coastal dairying had been announced, 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:15.220 where they were clearing brush and creating grasses. 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.639 In the 1840s, a couple of things happened. What 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.779 brought further migration to Jasper's Brush was 00:07:21.779 --> 00:07:26.339 in 1940, the British Parliament... passed a bill 00:07:26.339 --> 00:07:30.100 that convict labour was to cease exporting to 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:35.040 New South Wales. Berry had to work out labour 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.959 and dairying, who he was going to get, so he 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.459 gave the Chinese labourers a go in dairying and 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:43.160 they did pretty well. He also bought out Germans. 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:47.180 They were hired from Hamburg. In 1850, David 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:50.839 Berry had 36 tenants who paid 20 shillings an 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:54.579 acre for clear ground and five years free rent. 00:07:55.050 --> 00:07:59.290 to clear the timber. By 1863, the tenants had 00:07:59.290 --> 00:08:04.149 grown to 300, who occupied 8 ,650 acres, paying 00:08:04.149 --> 00:08:09.709 £6 ,000 annually in rent. 1862, they built a 00:08:09.709 --> 00:08:14.790 road from Broughton Vale to Bomaderry, which 00:08:14.790 --> 00:08:18.329 allowed the villagers to bring in their butter, 00:08:18.389 --> 00:08:20.529 and they were being shipped from Broughton Vale 00:08:20.529 --> 00:08:24.720 to the Sydney market. By 1853, the estate had 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:27.920 increased by a combination of grants and purchases 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:32.179 from its original 10 ,000 to 60 ,000 acres. There 00:08:32.179 --> 00:08:36.299 are listings of those purchases in a couple of 00:08:36.299 --> 00:08:38.840 books that I've cited, which I'll list in the 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.090 written introduction. at the podcast site. Although 00:08:42.090 --> 00:08:45.730 in 1996 the Department of Urban Planning wrote 00:08:45.730 --> 00:08:49.309 a report for citing that it was 57 ,000 acres 00:08:49.309 --> 00:08:52.029 and that was from a source organ and oil in 94. 00:08:52.309 --> 00:08:56.190 But the 60 ,000 acres was part of the sale. booklet 00:08:56.190 --> 00:09:00.090 in 1892 that I've cited and is available online 00:09:00.090 --> 00:09:02.889 as a download through the National Library. David 00:09:02.889 --> 00:09:05.350 Berry introduced the practice of share farming. 00:09:05.570 --> 00:09:09.190 We have a list of tenant farmers from the 1870s 00:09:09.190 --> 00:09:11.809 in the Jaspers Brush region, but I'll leave that 00:09:11.809 --> 00:09:15.970 to one of my interviewees down the track to go 00:09:15.970 --> 00:09:18.590 over that for you. When David Berry inherited 00:09:18.590 --> 00:09:22.629 the estate, it was valued at, for 60 ,000 acres, 00:09:22.710 --> 00:09:27.250 valued at 400 ,000 pounds. In September of 84, 00:09:27.450 --> 00:09:30.389 the Jaspers Brush Public School was opened in 00:09:30.389 --> 00:09:33.169 a temporary structure. A new permanent brick 00:09:33.169 --> 00:09:36.289 building was completed by a man named A. Johnson 00:09:36.289 --> 00:09:41.769 for £417 in October 1897. It was in the Sydney 00:09:41.769 --> 00:09:44.029 Morning Herald. Two years earlier, the school 00:09:44.029 --> 00:09:48.169 teacher, Mr Larkham, died of exposure and shock 00:09:48.169 --> 00:09:50.730 following his efforts to save the property during 00:09:50.730 --> 00:09:54.600 a bushfire. And then in 1920, the schoolmaster's 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.139 residence was destroyed by fire and the teacher, 00:09:58.179 --> 00:10:01.659 Mr Balbin, was badly burned about the face and 00:10:01.659 --> 00:10:03.620 hands and his family lost everything in that 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:07.139 fire, sighted in the Northern Star. I know the 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:09.740 community had to lobby greatly to get a school 00:10:09.740 --> 00:10:13.139 because it was too far to go to Maroo or Broughton 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:15.820 Vale and they ended up getting it. The dairy 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:19.990 co -op, well... Jasper's dairy co -factory was 00:10:19.990 --> 00:10:23.850 established in 1888 at the corner of Jasper's 00:10:23.850 --> 00:10:28.250 Brush Road and the main south road. So what we 00:10:28.250 --> 00:10:30.870 know as Jasper's Brush Road today was actually 00:10:30.870 --> 00:10:34.610 called Stations Lane because they had a railway 00:10:34.610 --> 00:10:39.649 station. From at least 1893, it appears in a 00:10:39.649 --> 00:10:42.909 map. So around 50 local dairy farms supplied 00:10:42.909 --> 00:10:45.850 the Jasper's Brush factory with milk, which was 00:10:45.850 --> 00:10:48.799 transported to Sydney. The Jaspers Brush Post 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:51.480 Office was established following the opening 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:55.879 of the Jaspers Brush Butter Factory in 1889 and 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:58.960 was originally located near the railway line. 00:10:59.179 --> 00:11:01.919 It was later moved to a residence on the south 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.059 side of the highway between Strong's Road and 00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:08.860 Railway Lane. In 1890, the importance of the 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:11.539 local butter factory in the social life of the 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:15.259 settlement was noted in a description of Jaspers 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:17.639 Brush. that appeared in the Australian Town and 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.940 Country Journal that year, quoting, here there 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:24.139 is a large butter factory. The farmers for miles 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:27.259 round bring their milk and this and other factories 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:30.559 are becoming centres where the men who before, 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:34.620 in inverted commas, separators were introduced, 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:39.000 were really separated one from another and only 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.720 saw a newspaper once a week. Now they meet and 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.220 talk. Now the separators bring them together. 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:47.799 The wives and daughters of the dairy farmer have 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:50.659 only as a memory the white slavery of which they 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:53.259 were the subject and the dairy and the churn 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:55.639 and the labour they had to undergo every day, 00:11:55.919 --> 00:12:01.720 Sunday included. So in July 1898, Jasper's Brush 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:05.159 Dairy was reportedly the first factory to commence 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:08.580 a new system of payment to milk suppliers based 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:11.419 on the commercial butter contained in milk instead 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:14.429 of the butter fat. A year later, the Jaspers 00:12:14.429 --> 00:12:18.230 Dairy Co. adopted pasteurisation. That was in 00:12:18.230 --> 00:12:21.809 1899. But the very central creamery postponed 00:12:21.809 --> 00:12:26.090 it until 1913. The Jaspers Dairy Co. claimed 00:12:26.090 --> 00:12:29.090 to be an innovator under the management of its 00:12:29.090 --> 00:12:32.730 engineer, Mr C Wood, who moved from the butter 00:12:32.730 --> 00:12:38.720 -producing district of Coiroit in Victoria. K 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:43.440 -O -R -O -I -T. In 1892, a series of newspaper 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:48.080 articles described innovations by Mr Wood in 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.539 controlling milk temperature during the separation 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:56.820 process. A steam -powered winch was also stated 00:12:56.820 --> 00:13:01.100 to be a local first. Mr Wood was described as 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:04.059 taking steps to protect his innovations by letter 00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:07.129 patent. That was in the Capricornian. Between 00:13:07.129 --> 00:13:11.590 1897 and 1899, the factory was one of the first 00:13:11.590 --> 00:13:16.070 places to erect a facile or improved steam turbine, 00:13:16.350 --> 00:13:20.230 Habcock machine, for treating milk. By this time, 00:13:20.230 --> 00:13:22.730 the factory was separating cream and sending 00:13:22.730 --> 00:13:25.549 it to the Berry Central factory, as were most 00:13:25.549 --> 00:13:28.330 of the local dairy companies. So how's that? 00:13:28.610 --> 00:13:30.970 Pretty cool for Jasper's Brush in those early 00:13:30.970 --> 00:13:34.480 years. They were leaders in the region. There 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:38.919 was an undated sales poster promoting the sale 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.899 of land in Jasper's Brush. I think it was a Koolangatta 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:45.820 and Berry Estates poster that also mentioned 00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:49.580 Illawarra District Farms. It was a yellow and 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:53.759 red poster. For private sale. So it looked like 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:56.360 it was the southern side of the highway for Jasper's 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:00.149 Brush. Now you can see the railway line. And 00:14:00.149 --> 00:14:02.990 it's got a railway platform that's emphasised 00:14:02.990 --> 00:14:06.809 on this poster. So it's undated, but it must 00:14:06.809 --> 00:14:10.330 have been at least 1893 because that's when the 00:14:10.330 --> 00:14:13.389 railway line was implemented. Things to note 00:14:13.389 --> 00:14:16.610 that I saw on that poster was a waterhole on 00:14:16.610 --> 00:14:20.269 the north side that was gravity fed across underneath 00:14:20.269 --> 00:14:23.429 the road to the southern side. And there were 00:14:23.429 --> 00:14:27.129 drains as well shown on that map. There's a school 00:14:27.129 --> 00:14:30.250 identified on the southern side. It was situated 00:14:30.250 --> 00:14:33.269 just north of Jaspers Creek. There was a road 00:14:33.269 --> 00:14:36.309 off the highway that led directly to the railway 00:14:36.309 --> 00:14:39.769 platform. Of course, there's Jaspers Brush Wharf 00:14:39.769 --> 00:14:42.549 evident, and it was located at the time at the 00:14:42.549 --> 00:14:46.250 end of Wharf Road. We know it today as O 'Keefe's 00:14:46.250 --> 00:14:50.590 Lane. It was where Jaspers Creek met Broughton 00:14:50.590 --> 00:14:53.549 Creek. It's an interesting map. The cream separators, 00:14:53.629 --> 00:14:58.110 I saw a Miloti cream separator advertised in 00:14:58.110 --> 00:15:00.990 the book written by Frank McCaffrey. It was his 00:15:00.990 --> 00:15:04.029 first Century of Daring in New South Wales. He's 00:15:04.029 --> 00:15:06.649 written two books. I promoted his second book 00:15:06.649 --> 00:15:09.710 in my last season. This is also available to 00:15:09.710 --> 00:15:13.669 download, this one. It was written in 1909. And 00:15:13.669 --> 00:15:16.970 the Melotti Cream Separator is advertised as 00:15:16.970 --> 00:15:19.870 king of them all. So I'll get an image of that 00:15:19.870 --> 00:15:23.129 for you. And where I quoted the dawn of coastal 00:15:23.129 --> 00:15:25.870 dairying came from that book. The Jasper's Brush 00:15:25.870 --> 00:15:29.149 subdivision sale. We're going to talk about the 00:15:29.149 --> 00:15:32.429 landowners and what year they purchased the land. 00:15:32.950 --> 00:15:36.250 There are maps that cite where, but they're just 00:15:36.250 --> 00:15:38.649 difficult to read for me at the moment. And we'll 00:15:38.649 --> 00:15:41.690 have those available down the track before the 00:15:41.690 --> 00:15:44.929 season finishes. But I'm going to read the names 00:15:44.929 --> 00:15:48.269 and the years those lands were purchased. So 00:15:48.269 --> 00:15:51.190 those, they were previously owned by W. Berry, 00:15:51.529 --> 00:15:57.750 220 acres, 101 acres and his 640 acres. And also 00:15:57.750 --> 00:16:02.330 they were land grants and also part of land grants 00:16:02.330 --> 00:16:06.309 of Hughes and Hoskins. And that was 640 acres. 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.340 So that total of lands was available for sale. 00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:13.740 And there's three map plans that I referenced. 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:16.639 So we'll talk about Plan A, which is on the north 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:19.279 side of the highway. I'm going to read a series 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:23.480 of names of those landowners. Plan A, 1916, Alexander 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:29.559 Micklejohn. 1912, Philip Dunn. 1896 and 1900, 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:35.899 Louis Host. Two parcels. 1901, William Strong. 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:42.500 1901 Samuel Timms. 1901 William Fletcher. 1906 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:48.220 Joseph Pestle. 1900 Thomas Crozier. 1901 Fanny 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:53.159 Hannigan. Plan B joins Plan A. 1918 Arthur Basil 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:58.940 Emery. 1913 Thomas Boxall. 1911 David Charles 00:16:58.940 --> 00:17:05.420 Host. 1911 Albert Schofield. 1918 Ernest Thompson. 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:12.279 1914, William Moffat. 1904 and 1913, William 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:18.019 Alcorn. 1911, Martha and Jane Nyland. 1912, Adam 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:21.880 Devitt. Plan C, three names on the north side 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.079 and then we move to the southern side. Frederick 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:32.440 Wiley in 1913. 1925, John Shepard. 1913, Arthur 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:37.920 Oak E. On the southern side, the railway side, 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:46.019 1916 Thomas Daly, 1914 Isabel Morton, 1912 C 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:52.420 .A. Heane, H -E -E -N -E, 1911 Hector MacLeod, 00:17:52.460 --> 00:18:00.059 1911 Frederick Oakey, 1913 Dennis O 'Keefe, 1913 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:06.029 James Quilty, 1912, Thomas McIntyre. Someone 00:18:06.029 --> 00:18:08.609 sent me a photo of that family last night. I'll 00:18:08.609 --> 00:18:15.430 put that up. 1913, H &J Williamson. 1911, Patrick 00:18:15.430 --> 00:18:22.849 Walsh. 1912, Henry Hitchcock. 1915, Mark Morton. 00:18:23.609 --> 00:18:30.250 1911, Henry Smith. 1916, Alexander Lammond. There 00:18:30.250 --> 00:18:33.599 you go, folks. A school of arts hall was established 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:38.240 at Jasper's Brush prior to 1898 and served as 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.819 a focus, of course, for community and social 00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:45.839 activities up to its demolition in 1949 following 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:49.519 damage from strong winds. The site of the hall 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:52.960 was removed during excavation works for highway 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:56.460 improvements in 75. You know, the highway's always 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:59.920 in transformation which changes boundaries and 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:04.319 roads. all throughout colonisation. I'll give 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:07.039 you a bit more information on the Jaspers Brush 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:11.299 Dairy, just with some other articles. In 1924, 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:14.900 the Jaspers Brush Dairy Co. acquired the Jaspers 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:18.099 Brush branch of the Shoalhaven Milk and Ice Company 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:21.579 Limited. In 1927, the company installed a new 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:26.900 fuel oil engine and compressor. In 1930, a profitable 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:29.559 year was reported by the Jaspers Brush Dairy 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:32.940 Co. However, shareholders expressed alarm at 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:35.619 the decision of milk companies to pay only a 00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:38.059 certain amount per gallon for milk, meaning that 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:40.720 dairy farmers would soon only be receiving a 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.140 price for milk equivalent to that of butter. 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:45.180 And that was in the Sydney Morning Herald in 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:51.279 1930. There was a profit reported in 1935. Three 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:53.160 years later, the company went into voluntary 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:55.960 liquidation and that was in the Herald in 1938. 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:59.099 The Jaspers Brush Railway Station, it was officially 00:19:59.099 --> 00:20:03.359 opened in 1893. The early station consisted of 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.359 a near 200 -foot platform, a waiting room, amenities 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:11.440 and a goods shed. There was a milk depot siding 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.339 on the downside and a goods siding on the upside. 00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:18.420 In the early years, the station was a hub of 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:22.089 activity. The nearby milk factory sent milk to 00:20:22.089 --> 00:20:24.690 Sydney and the ice factory sent ice to Berry 00:20:24.690 --> 00:20:27.869 every day. Other local products such as peas, 00:20:28.089 --> 00:20:31.130 mushrooms and poultry were sent to the Sydney 00:20:31.130 --> 00:20:34.369 markets. The train was also used as a means of 00:20:34.369 --> 00:20:37.829 transport by many residents. During the 30s and 00:20:37.829 --> 00:20:41.309 40s, children attending high school in Nowra 00:20:41.309 --> 00:20:44.269 travelled by train to Bomadere and then caught 00:20:44.269 --> 00:20:47.319 the bus to Nowra. Many a trip to Sydney began 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:49.940 by flagging down the train with the lollipop 00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:53.420 sign at the Jaspers Brush railway station. As 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:56.000 other forms of transport became more readily 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.119 accessible, the demise of the railway station 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:03.940 began. The milk factory closed in 1939 and the 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:07.180 siding was removed in December that year. Strong 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:09.759 winds blew the railway buildings down in the 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:13.960 late 1940s and the rebuilding did not incorporate 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:17.740 a good shed. The Goods Siding was removed in 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:21.960 December 1951. The remaining buildings were removed 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:26.859 in the 70s. In 1988, the platform was removed 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:31.099 and Jaspers Brush Railway Station is now just 00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:34.579 a memory. The gates to the railway. Although 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:37.559 there were several sets of railway gates in Jaspers 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:42.500 Brush, the only staffed gates were in Railway 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:46.180 Lane. now known as Jasper's Brush Road. These 00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:49.039 gates were shut by the gatekeeper when a train 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:51.660 was nearing the station and reopened after departure. 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:55.279 Gatekeepers over the years have included Mrs 00:21:55.279 --> 00:22:01.440 Carr, Mrs Long, Mrs Ball and Mrs Burgess. When 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:05.220 the Burgess family left in 1970, the gates were 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:09.799 left unstaffed. The Fettlers. There was a Fettlers 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:13.880 cottage in O 'Keeffe's Lane. For many years, 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.299 the Barron family lived in this house. Mr Barron 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:19.960 had to walk the line after floods to ensure that 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:22.660 the tracks were clear. Other Fettlers remembered 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:26.440 by residents are Mr Carr and Mr Brown. Railway 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:29.700 tracks are known to attract snakes. On a sad 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:33.700 note, Myra Gould, a resident of Railway Lane, 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:37.019 died when she was bitten by a tiger snake at 00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:40.930 the railway gates in the late 1930s. This incident 00:22:40.930 --> 00:22:43.509 was very distressing for the close -knit community. 00:22:44.170 --> 00:22:47.190 Now, we have a mention of Sunday School. We can't 00:22:47.190 --> 00:22:50.789 forget Sunday School for the mob in Jasper's 00:22:50.789 --> 00:22:53.549 Brush. The records are a bit sketchy of the Sunday 00:22:53.549 --> 00:22:56.630 School, but it appears the Sunday School was 00:22:56.630 --> 00:22:59.609 held in the School of Arts. Several denominations 00:22:59.609 --> 00:23:02.710 organised the school over the years. The earliest 00:23:02.710 --> 00:23:06.630 records of the Sunday School are from 1898, when 00:23:06.630 --> 00:23:10.700 it was ran as a union school. Miss Nylons was 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:13.920 the teacher. Pupils included Broughton, Stanley 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:18.460 and Osborne, McIntyre, Olive Somerville, Sidney 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:22.799 and Alice Smith, Ruby and Pearl Spruill, Pearl 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:27.440 Forburn and William Nicholls. In 1899, the known 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:31.359 pupils were Maud and Janie Harrigan, Sarah and 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:37.640 Flory Penny, Hilda Nylons, Florence Gox and Sarah 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:40.980 Allen. Miss Hitchcock was the teacher in 1906 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:45.000 and Mr Oakey was the superintendent. There were 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:50.240 25 scholars. From 1919 to an unknown date, the 00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:53.500 school was organised by the Salvation Army. The 00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:57.099 teachers being Captain English, Mr and Mrs Evans, 00:23:57.420 --> 00:24:01.740 Adjutant Hull. Pupils included Gwen and Bessie 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:05.799 Taylor, Doris, Alice and Beryl Hackman, Olive 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:10.900 Fawkes, Mary Hannigan, and Merle, Vera and Elva 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:14.599 Host. In the late 1920s, it is thought that the 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:17.920 Sunday school was organised by the Anglicans, 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:21.900 with Arthur Lidbetter as teacher. Pupils included 00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:25.420 the Harvey girls, who walked three miles to get 00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:28.740 to lessons. During the 40s, the Sunday school 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:31.839 was again a union school. The teachers were Miss 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:35.740 Clayton MacDonald, Una Eisen, Nora Campbell, 00:24:36.250 --> 00:24:39.210 Mrs Williams and Gwen Williams, who played the 00:24:39.210 --> 00:24:42.269 piano for the gathering. Pupils included the 00:24:42.269 --> 00:24:45.569 Turner family, the Herbert family, Hauser family, 00:24:46.170 --> 00:24:50.809 Betty and Val Mafal, Marina Barron, Alan and 00:24:50.809 --> 00:24:54.609 Bruce Harvey and Vera and Jill Alexander. Sunday 00:24:54.609 --> 00:24:57.910 school met on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4pm. 00:24:58.569 --> 00:25:01.690 End of year concerts and prize givings are still 00:25:01.690 --> 00:25:05.049 fondly remembered. And there is a document here. 00:25:05.630 --> 00:25:08.529 They have a signature presented to William Strong 00:25:08.529 --> 00:25:13.970 from Jasper's Brush Union School 1914 by Alfred 00:25:13.970 --> 00:25:16.950 Strong, who was the superintendent. I just have 00:25:16.950 --> 00:25:20.890 one final thing to add. Hope you're all awake. 00:25:21.190 --> 00:25:24.890 Jasper's Brush, when the milk factory closed. 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:28.650 They had to choose between going to Berry or 00:25:28.650 --> 00:25:31.309 Nowra Dairy Co -op. So I just have a shareholders 00:25:31.309 --> 00:25:36.589 list from 1972 from Nowra. List the Jasper's 00:25:36.589 --> 00:25:39.269 Brush residents who had their milk collected 00:25:39.269 --> 00:25:42.049 from Nowra Dairy Co -op. I'll go through the 00:25:42.049 --> 00:25:45.170 names. From Jasper's Brush, there was D .H. Barham, 00:25:45.250 --> 00:25:51.109 Mrs. U .M. Barham, L .T. Bate, Mrs. M .J. Bate, 00:25:51.150 --> 00:25:57.130 P .C. Bate. ISIN, AR and Mrs. ISIN, Stan and 00:25:57.130 --> 00:26:04.410 Mrs. VS ISIN, BJ Jones, MM Jones, Mrs., Mrs. 00:26:04.670 --> 00:26:10.950 RE Jones and WF Jones, MD Matthew, JF Matthew, 00:26:11.289 --> 00:26:18.750 Mrs., KF Stanbury, FP Walsh, JM Walsh, FJS Wiley, 00:26:19.309 --> 00:26:23.289 PJ and MA Young. So that's from the 72 list. 00:26:23.609 --> 00:26:27.710 It's probably enough for a brief intro. Send 00:26:27.710 --> 00:26:30.329 me an email if I got anything grossly wrong, 00:26:30.450 --> 00:26:33.710 but I did quite a bit of research and a lot of 00:26:33.710 --> 00:26:36.470 the stuff was provided with great gratitude by 00:26:36.470 --> 00:26:39.269 the community, especially Karen Eisen. She's 00:26:39.269 --> 00:26:42.009 very keen on those maps because she used to work 00:26:42.009 --> 00:26:45.069 for Department of Lands, I believe. There are 00:26:45.069 --> 00:26:48.779 many maps and all... of this work in the end 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:54.880 sound maps digitizing and scanning private records 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:58.279 and memorabilia will all be delivered to Nowra 00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:01.440 library and that will be available online the 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.720 sound because they've already set it up there 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.940 at Nowra so they're really excited that they're 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:09.539 going to be receiving this entire project okay 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:13.319 it's a goodbye from me episode one Friday night 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:16.740 We've got Ray Strong talking from Strong's Road. 00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:20.099 Thank you very much, and I really appreciate 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:23.880 the support you've given Season 1, and let's 00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:26.740 hope we attract more for Season 2, and I hope 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:29.619 you're enjoying it. I know those that are participating 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:33.119 are loving it, and there is a bit of talk around 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.779 about it, which is really great.