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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 2009

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Date PublishedWT NumberTitle
2009.01.051007 2009: Another year begins (The stories behind Lamington, Anzac Biscuit and Fruit cake)
2009.01.121008Ghosts: Terror or nightmare (The stories of Australian ghosts)
2009.01.191009Wireless: The glory days (The Golden Years of radio-1937)
2009.01.2610101788 the first Australia Day (The story of 26th January, 1788)
2009.02.021011Ben Hall: Gentleman bushranger (The Life of Ben Hall and his gang and Sir Frederick Pottinger)
2009.02.091012Valentine’s Day: Suitor or sweetheart (The folklore stories behind Valentine’s Day)
2009.02.161013Punch and Judy—a lost art (The history of Punch and Judy)
2009.02.231014A. B. Spark and his “Tempe” house (The life and times of A. B. Spark)
2009.03.021015John O’Brien the people’s poet (The life and times of John O’Brien)
2009.03.091016Richard Atkins: Drunkard and womaniser (The life and times of Judge Advocate Atkins)
2009.03.161017“Sophia Jane”—steam on the harbour (The story of the first steamboat in Australia)
2009.03.231018Identity: What’s in a name (The stories behind the names of places and people)
2009.03.301019James Hardy Vaux: his memoirs (The life and times of James Hardy Vaux and the “flash” language)
2009.04.061020William Dampier: buccaneer and navigator (The life and times of William Dampier, pirate)
2009.04.131021Budgee Budgee: Past and Present Pt1 (The locality of Budgee Budgee and Budgee Budgee Inn)
2009.04.201022Budgee Budgee: Past and Present Pt2 (The story of Budgee Gold and Pianist)
2009.04.271023Budgee Budgee; Past and Present Pt3 (The story of Budgee Song and Ross’s Farm)
2009.05.041024Coins: New money from old (The history of Australian coins)
2009.05.111025Old Pubs: their place in history (The changes to old pubs, taverns etc)
2009.05.181026Furphy: a real Aussie word (The story behind the word “furphy”)
2009.05.251027Connie Robertson: a woman of style (The life and career of Connie Robertson)
2009.06.011028Urban legends: home remedies (The stories behind old time remedies)
2009.06.081029Royal Visit: assassination attempt (The 1868 visit of Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh)
2009.06.151030Mrs Mabel Freer: unwanted migrant (The story of Mrs Freer and the dictation test)
2009.06.221031Anna Russell: singer, satirist, and comedienne (The life and career of Anna Russell)
2009.06.291032The Restless Years: Governor Bourke
(The life, times and achievements of Governor Richard Bourke)
2009.07.061033Mudgee Mail Robbed: guard bound and gagged (The story of the robbing of the Mudgee Mail Train in 1930)
2009.07.131034Circus: a pocketful of dreams (The story of Wirth’s Circus)
2009.07.201035Florence Broadhurst: a designing woman (The life, times and career of Florence Broadhurst)
2009.07.271036Operetta—a magical world (The story of operetta)
2009.08.031037Douglas Snelling: designing architect (The Life and work of Douglas Snelling)
2009.08.101038John Knatchbull: thief and murderer (The life of John Knatchbull)
2009.08.171039Lennie Lower: laureate of humour (The life, times and work of Lennie Lower)
2009.08.241040BCPA: the forgotten airline (The rise and fall of BCPA)
2009.08.311041Mrs Beeton: the first domestic goddess (The life and times of Isabella Beeton)
2009.09.071042Mudgee Goes to Press (The local newspapers of the past)
2009.09.141043Cookbooks: a culinary revolution. (Various Australian Cookbooks)
2009.09.211044Aristology: one long picnic (Edward Abbott and the first Australian Cookbook)
2009.09.281045Tin Soldiers or men of merit (The story of the NSW Corps)
2009.10.051046Old newspapers: headlines of history (Excerpts from old local newspapers)
2009.10.121047Eureka’s tattered flag (The story of the Eureka flag)
2009.10.191048Mudgee Guardian and times past- Pt 1. (Looking at past stories and people)
2009.10.261049Mudgee Guardian and times past- Pt 2 (Looking back at past stories and people)
2009.11.021050Mudgee Guardian and times past- Pt 3 (Looking at past editors George Cohen and Madell)
2009.11.091051Peter Lalor and Eureka Stockade (The story of Eureka Stockade)
2009.11.161052“Sydney Cove” Pt 1: the voyage (The story of the voyage of the “Sydney Cove”)
2009.11.231053“Sydney Cove” Pt2: the wreck (The continuing story of the wreck of the “Sydney Cove”)
2009.11.301054Eliza Fraser: myths and legends (The storyof Eliza Fraser and the shipwreck of the “Stirling Castle”)
2009.12.071055Mudgee 1932: vice regal visit- Pt1 (The vice-regal visit of Governor –General Sir Isaac Isaacs)
2009.12.141056Mudgee 1932: vice regal visit- Pt 2 (The Mudgee Jubilee Agricultural Show)
2009.12.211057Christmas 1788: the colony’s first (Events in Christmas week 1788 at Sydney Cove)
2009.12.28 (No publication of Mudgee Guardian)
2009.12.3110581058 Laurence Halloran: first schoolmaster (The life and times of Laurence Halloran)


Norman McVicker

Norman McVicker OAM

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