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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 2006

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

Date PublishedWT NumberTitle
2006.01.03856A Tiger at the Gates (Use of Words and Phrases)
2006.01.10857Elizabeth Tierney, Eurunderee Pioneer (The Early Life and Times of Elizabeth Tierney)
2006.01.17858Elizabeth Tierney- A Life (Concludes the later life and Times of Elizabeth Tierney)
2006.01.24859Circular Quay –Then and Now (How the Quay was built by George Barney and the original Francis Fowles Map of Sydney Cove)
2006.01.31860The Good Doctor of Liverpool (The Life and Times of Dr. J.A. Beattie)
2006.02.07861Louisa Lawson – Writer and Suffragette  (The Life and Career of Louisa Lawson)
2006.02.14862The Apple of Her Eye (The Life and Time of the Creator of the “Granny Smith” apple
2006.02.21863Sir John Robertson—Colonial Politician (The Life and Times of Sir John Robertson)
2006.02.28864Beginning a “Splendid Theatre” (The Recruiting Officer—June 4, 1789)
2006.03.06865Take it from the Top (The Mudgee Dance Bands from the 1940s and 2MG Mouth Organ Band- Dot Barton)
2006.03.13866Number Please? Meet the “Hello Girls” (The Days of the Mudgee Telephone Exchange –1950s)
2006.03.20867Looking Back to the 1930s (Mudgee District Through the Columns of the Press)
2006.03.27868Innovative Farming 70 Years Ago (Grasshopper Control, flame thrower, St John’s Wort)
2006.04.03869Harry Dale the Drover (The Ballad of the Drover)
2006.04.10870The ‘Duke’ of Mudgee (The Life and Times of H.P.C. ‘Duke’ Tritton)
2006.04.17871Henry Lawson in Mudgee (The 1914-1915 return visits of Henry Lawson)
2006.04.24872Mudgee 120 Years Ago (Description of Mudgee Town in 1886)
2006.05.01873Mudgee’s One O’clock Gun (The story of the firing of a one o’clock gun in Mudgee)
2006.05.08874The Vinegar Hill Uprising (The story of Australia’s first rebellion)
2006.05.15875Michael Lahy Early Mudgee Pioneer (The Life and Times of Michael Lahy)
2006.05.22876Mudgee’s First Winemaker (The story of Frederick Buchholtz and Son)
2006.05.27877Mudgee’s Forgotten Songs and Music (Down By the Cudgegong and the Mudgee Waltz)
2006.06.05878“Cop This Lot” O’Grady Said. (The story of John O’Grady and his books)
2006.06.12879Henry Lawson and the Flour Bin (The story of the Flour Bin and other Lawson stories)
2006.06.19880Madge and Cyril—Australians Loved Them (The life and times and career of Madge Elliott and Cyril Ritchard)
2006.06.26881Hargraves Public School – 1856-2006 (Celebrating 150 years of learning at a small bush school)
2006.07.03882Daniel—The Other Tierney (The life and times of Daniel Tierney)
2006.07.10883Simon Belinfante—Doctor and Barrister (The life and times of Mudgee doctor Simon Belinfante)
2006.07.17884When the Wattle Blooms (The history and language of flowers)
2006.07.24885When “Kiwi” was Australian (The story behind Australian icon “Kiwi” boot polish
2006.07.31886William Westwood—Bushranger Extraordinary (The life and times of William Westwood, the “gentleman” bushranger)
2006.08.07887Robbing the Mudgee Mail (Bushrangers and Police and road conditions)
2006.08.14888The Rush For Gold (The Gold Rushes in Eurunderee in 1863 and 1874)
2006.08.21889Tombstones: They Talk to Us (Old Cemeteries and Heritage Graves of the Mudgee Area)
2006.08.28890A Grand Electric Chain (The Building of the Overland Telegraph Line)
2006.09.04891Art for Art’s Sake (The Life of First Fleet artist George Raper)
2006.09.11892‘Robbery Under Arms’—Epic Classic (The Life and Times of T. A. Browne aka Rolf Boldrewood)
2006.09.18893Advertising—Looking Back at Changes (The story of advertising and the Mudgee Guardian)
2006.09.25894The Way We Were (Looking Back to 1929 and films “Four Feathers” and “Show Boat”
2006.10.02895The Age of the Horseless Carriage (Introducing the motor car and petrol)
2006.10.09896Truth or Fiction in Lawson Story (The story behind “Buckholtz’s Gate”
2006.10.16897Shadows of Chinese Glory (The Chinese on the Goldfields)
2006.10.23898Musical Theatre is the Food of Love (The History of Musical Theatre in Mudgee)
2006.10.30899Stars in His Eyes (The Life and Times of William Dawes)
2006.11.06900A Whiz of a Wizard from Oz (The Life of Frank Baum)
2006.11.13901Let’s Go to the “Tiv” (History of Shows at the Sydney Tivoli Theatre)
2006.11.20902James Meehan: Surveyor (The Life and Times of James Meehan)
2006.11.27903Queen of Martin Place (The Life and Times of Rose Shaw)
2006.12.04904Shadows From the Past (Stories about Fr. Dunphy, Mons. O’Donovan, Charles Kevan)
2006.12.11905Old Times—Old Ways (Looking Back at the Mudgee Guardian)
2006.12.18906Welcome Christmas (The Traditions of Christmas)


Norman McVicker

Norman McVicker OAM

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