A generous donation from a long-time Forster-Tuncurry resident will ensure a significant part of the Great Lakes’ early history will be preserved forever.
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An original map of the Village of Tuncurry, dated 1928 was donated to the Great Lakes Historical Society at Tuncurry by Kemble Thompson.
The map was originally owned by the late Vic Bramble who had given it to Mr Thompson for safe keeping.
But, his wish was the historic map would be gifted to the museum.
Museum spokesman Alan Wright was delighted with the map and said the item had both general historical significance and a particular relevance to those Tuncurry residents who were descendants of the area’s early settlers
Tuncurry had been declared a village on April 22, 1893, about 18 years after it had been originally occupied.
In 1911 the streets were laid out and purchased by families whose names are still known in present times, and in 1928, it was part of the Parish of Tuncurry, the County of Gloucester, the Land district of Taree and the Manning Shire.
Another interesting annotation on the map is that the village is ‘’within the Gloucester Gold Field proclaimed on June 3, 1879.”
Names recorded on the 1928 map for the blocks and streets indicate clearly the long association with Tuncurry held by families such as Avery, Baird, Bulmer, de Lore, Miles, Douglas, Hardy, Ohma, Newman, Fazio and Wright.
Close examination of the map is both intriguing and informative.
The Great Lakes Historical Society has appreciated Mr Thompson’s generosity and is pleased that members of the public continue to value the role of the museum in the preservation of objects relevant to our past, Mr Write said.
