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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 2008

Year: 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011

Date PublishedWT NumberTitle
2008.01.07957Conrad Martens: Landscape Artist (The Life and Times of Conrad Martens)
2008.01.14958John Verge: Architect or Farmer? (The Life, Times and Career of John Verge)
2008.01.21959Historic Buildings: The Barracks of Sydney (The Stories Relating to the Various Barracks of Sydney
2008.01.28960Early Mudgee: Law and Order (The Administration of Law and Order in Early Mudgee)
2008.02.04961Busby’s Bore: Sydney’s 2nd Water Supply (The life of John Busby—Surveyor and Civil Engineer)
2008.02.11962Elizabeth Bay House: a gem (The story of Elizabeth Bay House and Alexander Macleay)
2008.02.18963The Great Depression: Hunger, Riots and Police (The story of the Rothbury Riots and the Great Depression-1930s)
2008.02.25964Florrie Forde: Vaudeville Goddess (The Life, Times and Career of Florrie Forde)
2008.03.03965When Trams Ruled Sydney Streets (The History of Sydney Trams)
2008.03.10966Mudgee Sheep: The Early Years (The story of early Sheep and Wool in Mudgee)
2008.03.17967Lola Montez: maverick lover (The Life, Lovers and Career of Lola Montez)
2008.03.24  Not published
2008.03.31968Newspapers: Early Printers and Editors) (The Life and Times of George Howe and Sons and the “Sydney Gazette”)
2008.04.07969Newspapers: Freedom of the Press (The story of “The Australian” and the “Monitor”
2008.04.14970Transport: the steam train (The story of John Whitton and steam trains in NSW)
2008.04.21971Fashion: Dressing Australia (The story of fashion changes in Australia)
2008.04.28972Damien Parer: Cameraman at war (Life, Times and war of Damien Parer)
2008.05.05973Entertainers: Concert Parties in war. (The story of entertaining the troops in wartime)
2008.05.12974Mudgee Clergy: Two early pastors (The stories of Rev. James Gunther and Rev. Calaghan McCarthy)
2008.05.19975Gender Bending: “cross dressing” art (The history of “cross dressing” in the theatre)
2008.05.26976Fast Food: The meat pie The History of the Meat Pie and Harry’s Café de Wheels
2008.06.02977Kings Cross: A place in time (The story of Kings Cross – Pt 1 to 1920s
2008.06.09978Kings Cross: A place in time (The story of Kings Cross – Pt 2 to 1940s)
2008.06.16979Kings Cross: A place in time (The story of Kings Cross – Pt 3 to 1950s)
2008.06.23980Kings Cross: A place in time (The story of Kings Cross – Pt 4 to 1970s)
2008.06.30981Peter Scriven: Master puppeteer (The life of Peter Scriven and his Tintookies puppets)
2008.07.07982Dancing the night away (Ballroom dancing as an art in the mid 1940s)
2008.07.14983Prince Edward Theatre beautiful (The story of the Prince Edward Theatre and its Wurlitzer Organ)
2008.07.21984Marty Poppins: myths and magic (The life and work of P.L. Travers)
2008.07.28985Wowsers and the “six o’clock swill (How six o’clock closing of hotels came about)
2008.08.04986Harry Clay’s vaudeville theatre circuit (The life and career of Harry Clay and the Hub Theatre
2008.08.11987Ion Idriess—legendary writer (The life, times and books of Ion Idriess)
2008.08.18988Joseph Banks: man of flowers (The life, times and career of Sir Joseph Banks, botanist)
2008.08.25989Ordinary Women—extraordinary lives (Pioneer Women in various fields)
2008.09.01990James Ruse: first successful farmer (The Life and Times of James Ruse)
2008.09.08991Pedal Power—not for petticoats (The story of the bicycle and women riders)
2008.09.15992A duo of Unlikely Collaborators (The life and times of David Dickenson Mann and John Eyre)
2008.09.22993History Bits: Moment in Time Pt 1 (Various small snapshots of Australian History)
2008.09.29994History Bits: Moments in Time Pt 2 (Various small snapshots of Australian History)
2008.10.06995Abducter: Sir Henry Brown Hayes (The Life, Times and Transportation of Sir Henry Brown Hayes)
2008.10.13996Ann Rumsby: Scandalous web of intrigue (The legends surrounding a corrupt affair)
2008.10.20997Female Factory: Women at work (The story of the Female factory at Parramatta)
2008.10.27998The Whittons: Lives less ordinary (The life and times of Edward Whitton and family)
2008.11.03999Creating a Column: How it is done (How a Wallaby Track column is researched and written)
2008.11.101000George J. Schneider—a man and his saddle (The story of Schneider Saddlery, Brisbane)
2008.11.171001The Lawsons: places they lived. Pt 1 (The various homes of the Lawson Family)
2008.11.241002The Lawsons: places they lived. Pt 2 (The various homes of the Lawson Family, concluded)
2008.12.011003Viticulture: Vine to wine Pt 1 (The story of the beginning of viticulture in Australia)
2008.12.081004Viticulture: Vine to wine Pt 2 (The story of wine continued)
2008.12.151005Pony Clubs: Horses for courses (The history of Pony Clubs in Australia)
2008.12.221006Christmas: As time goes by (The stories behind Pavlova and Peach Melba)
2008.12.29 No publication issued (Holiday)


Norman McVicker

Norman McVicker OAM

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