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Norman McVicker's column Tales from along the Wallaby Track is published in the Mudgee Guardian on Monday every week.

List of Wallaby Track columns for 2010

Year: 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

Date PublishedWT NumberTitle
2010.01.041059 Eleanor Mackinnon: eloquent campaigner (The life of Eleanor Mackinnon founder of the Junior Red Cross)
2010.01.111060Bill Beatty the folklore man (The life and work of Bill Beatty, folklorist)
2010.01.181061Willliam Crick “an actor in shirt sleeves” (The life times and career of William Crick)
2010.01.251062Founding Australia and the military (The founding of Australia and the Marine Corps)
2010.02.011063Alice Chisholm the canteen lady (The life and times of Alice Chisholm founder of canteens)
2010.02.081064The Mystery of the Hansom Cab (The life and times of Fergus Hume)
2010.02.151065Elizabeth Gould artist and illustrator (The life, times and work of Elizabeth Gould)
2010.02.221066The Shakers: a wisdom paradise (The story of the Shaker religious sect)
2010.03.011067Public Stocks: a form of punishment (The story of the use of stocks as a form of punishment)
2010.03.081068Old Burial Grounds: historic places (The story of Mudgee and Sydney burial grounds)
2010.03.151069Florence Taylor: architect and publisher (The Life, times and career of Florence Taylor)
2010.03.221070Time Marches on—1890-20010 (Mudgee Guardian ‘s 120 years)
2010.03.291071The Battle of Broken Hill (The story of an attack on a picnic train)
2010.04.051072Prosper de Mestre a life of fact or fiction (The life, times and career of Prosper de Mestre)
2010.04.12*1073Brief Encounters with early Sydney (Published out of sequence) (A number of “firsts” in Sydney)
2010.04.19*1074Barron Field: a judge first then poet. (Published as 1037) (The life, times and verses of Barron Field)
2010.04.261075Hidden History: Early Sydney exposed (The stories of Sydney landmarks)
2010.05.031076Robert Campbell: his mercantile empire (The story of Robert Campbell, merchant prince of Sydney)
2010.05.101077Show Business, a dreamers world (The history of theatre in Australia) ->Click here to read this article
2010.05.171078Royal Victoria Theatre and Eliza Winstanley (The story of the Royal Victoria Theatre and actress Eliza Winstanley)
2010.05.241079Beer: the first “home brewers” of a nation (The story of beer brewing in Australia) ->Click here to read this article
2010.05.311080James Larra: convict merchant—Pt 1 (The life and times of James Larra)
2010.06.071081James Larra: convict merchant--- Pt 2 (Continuing the life, times and marriages of James Larra)
2010.06.141082Richard Brooks the squire of Denham Court (The life, times of Richard Brooks & St Mary the Virgin Church)
2010.06.211083Henry Dodd the first farmer (The life, times of Henry Dodd the first farmer in Australia)
2010.06.281084John Harris: sailor, surgeon, settler (The life, times and career of Surgeon John Harris and Experiment Farm)
2010.07.051085A Free Press: Sydney’s 2nd newspaper ( The story of the founding of the Australian newspaper)


Norman McVicker

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