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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 2007

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

Date PublishedWT NumberTitle
2007.01.03907Cosmetic Queen: Helena Rubenstein The Life, Times and Career of Helena Rubenstein)
2007.01.15908Farmers and “The Land” Newspaper (Looking back at “The Land” in 1914)
2007.01.22909Marien Dreyer: A Writer’s World (The Life, Times and Writing Career of Marien Dreyer)
2007.01.29910Wrecks and Shipping Disasters (Maritime History-Sydney Queen-Centaur & Others)
2007.02.05911Waltz With Matilda’s Banjo The Life and Times of A. B. “Banjo” Paterson)
2007.02.12912A Sydney Ferry Tale (The Story of Billy Blue and Sydney Ferries)
2007.02.19913C. J. Brennan—Spectres and Shadows (The Life of poet Christopher Brennan)
2007.02.26914Dawn and Dusk Bohemians (The Dawn and Dusk Club History)
2007.03.05915Florence Austral—the Forgotten Diva (The Life and Times of Florence Austral)
2007.03.12916Joe Swallow: Stories and Legends (The Life and Times of Joe Swallow as seen by Henry Lawson)
2007.03.19917William Jevons- Social Scientist, Economist (The Life and Times of William Jevons, scientist)
2007.03.26918Henry Albury—Tales of a Grandfather (The Life and Times of Henry Albury—Henry Lawson’s Grandfather)
2007.04.02919John Gould: Eminent Naturalist (The Life, Times and Work of John and Elizabeth Gould)
2007.04.09 Easter Monday—no publication
2007.04.16920Tasting Australia—Cooks and Their Books (Looking back at cooking expertise)
2007.04.23921Pierce Collits- Convict Innkeeper (The Life of Pierce Collits and his Inns)
2007.04.30922Bush Tucker: Australian Native Food (The Story of Australian Bush Food)
2007.05.07923A.G. Taylor—Rowdy Orator, Local M.P (The Life and Times of Adolphus George Taylor)
2007.05.17924Edward Smith Hall and Civil Liberties (The Life, Times and Career of Edward Smith Hall)
2007.05.21925Pioneer of the Paperbacks (The Life and Times of Alfred Rowlandson and the NSW Bookstall Co)
2007.05.28926The Lindsays—Defying “Wowserism” (The Life and Times of the Lindsay Family of Artists)
2007.06.04927Chesty Bond Blue or White Australian Icon (The Story of Chesty Bond Singlets and Bonds Industries)
2007.06.11928Raymond Longford: Silent movies to wharves (The story of Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell)
2007.06.18929Children’s Games: Past and Present. (The origin and history of children’s games)
2007.06.25930Entertainment: The spice of life (Home entertainment in the last 100 years)
2007.07.02931Peter Dawson: Wax Cylinder to Tape (The Life, Times and Career of Peter Dawson)
2007.07.09932Radio’s “Dad and Dave” Remembered at 70 (The Story of the Radio Serial, Maurice Francis and George Edwards)
2007.07.16933King and Queen of Radio (The Story of the radio serial and the George Edwards Players)
2007.07.23934Jelly Jingle: A National Icon. (The Story of the Aeroplane Jelly Song and its creators)
2007.07.30935Louisa Lawson: Yesterday’s Woman (The Life and Times of Louisa Lawson and “The Dawn”)
2007.08.06936The Cartoon: A Cultural Gateway (The Story of the Australian Cartoon & Hopkins, May, Cross and Lindsay)
2007.08.13937Peter Lawson: Louisa’s Favourite Son (The Life and Times of Peter James “Birdie” Lawson)
2007.08.20938NSW Corps: A Rum Crowd (The Story of the NSW Corps and the Rum Rebellion)
2007.08.27939Wattle and Daub to Heritage Listed (Sydney architecture from Early Days)
2007.09.03940Samuel Lyons: Tailor, convict, businessman (The Life and Times of Samuel Lyons and Charles Jeffreys)
2007.09.10941William Lawson: Mudgee’s other Lawson (The Life and Times of William Lawson)
2007.09.17942Enoch Fowler & Son: Early Master Potters (The story of Fowler’s Pottery and Enoch and Robert Fowler)
2007.09.24943Saul Samuel: Goldminer to Baronet (The Life and Times of Saul Samuel)
2007.10.01944S. S. Waratah: A Shipping Odyssey (The loss of S. S. Waratah)
2007.10.08945Federation: Playing at Politics (The story of the beginning of Federation)
2007.10.15946Fiery Redhead: A Tourist Inspiration (The life and Times of L. M. Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables)
2007.10.22947S. H. Terry: Wealthy Mudgee MP (The Life and Times of Samuel Henry Terry)
2007.10.29948T. A. Scott: He put the “s” in sugar (The Life and Times of Thomas Alison Scott)
2007.11.05949Isaac Nichols: Sydney’s First Postmaster (The Life and Times of Isaac Nichols)
2007.11.12950Tilly Devine: A wild, wild woman. (The Life and Times of Tilly Devine)
2007.11.19951Andrew Thompson: Hawkesbury Flood Hero. (The Life and Times of Andrew Thomson)
2007.11.26952Augustus Alt: Footsteps in the Sand. (The Life and Times of Augustus Alt, Surveyor-General)
2007.12.03953Barbara Baynton: A Life of Fact and Fiction. (The Life, Loves and Times of Barbara Baynton)
2007.12.10954Kate Leigh: The “Sly Grog Queen”. (The Life and Times of Kate Leigh and the Razor Gangs)
2007.12.17955Mudgee Town –Two Special Anniversaries. (The Proclamation of Mudgee as a Town)
2007.12.24956It’s Christmas- Eat, Drink and be Merry. (Christmas Stories)
2007.12.31 No publication


Norman McVicker

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