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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 | 2011

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)
2010.07.121086Ship Ahoy! The Rose Hill Packet (The building of the first boat in Australia)
2010.07.191087Edward Cureton and his stonemason structures (The story of Macquarie Place Obelisk and Greenway fountain)
2010.07.261088A Rebel Chorus: the young at heart (The story of the Currency Lads and Lasses)
2010.08.021089The Rocks: a serenade to early Sydney (The story of the Rocks—past and present)
2010.08.091090Larrikins and the rites of passage (The story of the larrikins and donahs)
2010.08.161091Sentimental Blokes: C. J. Dennis and Hal Gye (The story of the verse –novel “The Sentimental Bloke)
2010.08.231092A Fashion odyssey from earlier years (The story of fashion from the First Fleet to present)
2010.08.301093John Dunmore Lang: clergyman, educationalist (The life, times and work of Rev. John Dunmore Lang)
2010.09.061094Australia’s Early Churches (The founding of First Church, Ebenezer Church, St Luke’s etc)
2010.09.131095A Love Story: Nathaniel and Olivia, Pt 1 (The story of the life of Nathaniel Lucas and Olivia Gascoigne)
2010.09.201096A Love Story: Nathaniel and Olivia, Pt 2 (Continuing the story of Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas)
2010.09.271097A Love Story: Nathaniel and Olivia, Pt 3 (Concluding the story of Nathaniel and Olivia Lucas)
2010.10.041098Betsy Broughton: destiny’s child (The life of Betsy Broughton and Boyd massacre)
2010.10.111099Windmills: back to the future (The history of windmills in Australia)
2010.10.181100James Squire: brewer, baker, banker (The Life, times and Mistresses of James Squire)
2010.10.251101Thomas Rose: convict philanthropist (The Life, times and relationships of Thomas Rose)
2010.11.0111021945: A world at peace (Australia under threat of invasion 1942)
2010.11.081103Shipwreck: an 1835 mystery (The story of the shipwreck of the Hive)
2010.11.151104Mudgee: its forgotten heritage (Mudgee past history, sheep, diamonds, police)
2010.11.221105Cowpastures and a wild herd (The lost herd and early settlers of Cowpastures)
2010.11.291106Henry Savery: first novelist (The life, crimes and novel of Henry Savery)
2010.12.061107Anna King: female orphans’ friend (Anna King’s life, family and Female Orphans’ School)
2010.12.131108E. T. Both’s portable iron lung (The story of inventor Ted Both and polio)
2010.12.201109Christmas icons and stories (The stories about Christmas traditions)


Norman McVicker

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