Mt Wilson Childhood by Helen Warliker (nee Gregson)
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Wyndham, named after the surveyor of Mt Wilson (1868) in 1928 |
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Wyndham, Helen's early home, from the bush garden in 1928 |
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Sitting room in Wyndham 1924. Note rosewood piano |
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Aunt Marjorie or M Sloan with baby Meg and Helen 1928 on hammock on verandah of Wyndham |
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Kitchen at Wyndham 1924 |
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Edward J Gregson (father) ploughing with Myrtle the horse and Cyril the Barnardo lad and Helen |
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Outside back verandah at Wyndham with George and Isa Valder, Peter Valder (baby), Meg toddler and Helen four years 1928 |
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Clearing the land near Wyndham. L to R Peter Kirk, Cecil Kirk, Sam Hall (Bell) Humpey (Nanny) Meg (baby) Helen, EJ Gregson (Dad) |
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Clearing land with bullocks, Peter and Cecil Kirk, Helen, EJ Gregson (Dad) 1927 |
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Apple shed in construction on Wyndham land c1922. Orchard of apple trees |
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Apple shed now Applecot cottage in 1950s in Wyndham Ave Mt Wilson |
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At Wyndham 1931. Dad, Daddo, Mother, Joan Dewhurst, Emma and Troath, Great Aunt Dewhurst. Cyril's cabin at rear (Photo missing from album, on page 7 of book) |
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Mail car at Mt Wilson. Helen departing for boarding school at Leura 1931. EJ Gregson (Dad) on left, Mother Margaret Gregson at rear and Meg c4 years |
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The road into Mt Wilson climbing the last summit called the zig zag. Dirt road then. |
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Waterfall Bridge early Chimney Cottage in Background |
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CW Jefferson (Daddo) Helen and Meg Gregson (Wyndham in background) at Waterfall Bridge, Daddo in dressing gown |
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Charles Jefferson, maternal grandfather of Helen, Meg and troath in vege garden with Meg. He arrived in Mt Wilson 1930 |
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Daddo or CW Jefferson maternal grandfather in 1931, one year after his arrival in Mt Wilson with housekeeper Emma Ashdown |
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Emma Ashdown, housekeeper and friend of CW Jefferson at Leura house c1934 |
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Emma Ashdown with Margaret Gregson (mother) and Dora Scrivener? Or Miss George with Troath (born 1930) at New Years Sports day 1931 |
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Campanella, one of the original eight homes built in late 1870 - 1880 in Mt Wilson. Built for Mathew Henry Stephen |
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Margaret Gregson (mother), Helen, Meg and Troath at Campanella 1932 when Daddo and Emma rented it |
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Charles W Jefferson (Daddo) in 1949 |
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The well at Wyndham built by C Jefferson. Daddo c1932 Margaret Gregson and Troath in photo |
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Jesse Gregson (Paternal Grandfather) who began the Gregson family |
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Yengo built for Jesse Gregson 1878-1880 during the Gregson ownership days which ended in 1923 when it was bought by Fred Mann |
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Yengo as it was after 1923 when it became Stone Lodge, Fred Mann's new home. Verandah has been removed, replaced with a stone terrace |
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Margaret (nee Jefferson) and Edward J Gregson on their wedding day in Sydney c 1919-1920 |
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Adult generation after WWI in Mt Wilson. L to R George and Isa Valder, Edward Gregson, Fred Mann, Margaret Gregson standing. Seated Meg Gregson, Peter Valder and Helen Gregson |
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At Stone Lodge Helen Gregson with the Thirkell children (Enid Thirkell was Marjorie Sloan's niece) on pony Trixie 1934 |
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Windyridge, the home of Miss Helen Gregson 1920s built c1921 with Herbert Kirk scything the grass |
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Maypole in the garden of Windyridge. Miss Gregson frequently had the children here for games and parties 1920s |
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Catta (Catherine) Helen's only cousin in Australia in school uniform with her mother Grace Gregson (father Willie killed in war) also baby and Helen |
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Bush picnic with L to R Helen, Meg and Edward Gregson (father) and Aunt Helen |
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Wynstay, the home of Colonel R Owen Wynne and Mariamne Wynne 1920s in Mt Wilson, southside back verandah and expansive back lawn |
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Mariamne Wynne, daughter Jane, Colonel RO Wynne on the steps in the garden at Wynstay c1924. Colonel inherited the property from his grandfather Richard Wynne who founded it in 1875 |
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L to R Helen Gregson, Jane Wynne, Mrs Mariamne Wynne by the tennis courts Wynstay c1932 (?) |
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Back L to R Helen Gregson, Jane Wynne, Peter Valder, Meg Gregson. Seated Ron Wynne (Ronny Mike) Troath Gregson, John Valder, Mervyn Wynne (Muff) |
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A view of the tennis courts at Bebeah looking towards Wynstay c1920. Bebeah owned by Sloan family 1902-1984 |
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A children's party at Bebeah early 1930s Dolly Moore governess to the Wynne children in the background |
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Mr Ivie Sloan on the left at Bebeah, George Valder second on the right, possibly Mrs Sloan in centre early 1920s |
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Aunty Marjorie Sloan and her mother, Mrs Helen Sloan on verandah at Bebeah 1940s |
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Aunt Marjorie Sloan with her nieces Thirkell children and others. Mrs Helen Sloan on the right Isa Valder on left at back and Enid Thirkell (Marjorie's sister) |
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Front driveway at Bebeah, Note the mass display of flowers, clearly spring or early summer 1920s |
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Tennis group at Nooroo 1947 L to R back row Mervyn (Muff) Wynne, Ron Wynne, Peter Valder, Jane Wynne. Front row Troath Gregson, Meg Gregson, John Valder, Helen Gregson |
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The Avenue Mt Wilson Near Withycombe 1920s Elms, Limes, Chestnuts |
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Mary Edwards (artist) in garden of Wildflower Hall or Dennarque, a boarding house run by her mother rose 1929-1933 |
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Kirk Brothers' bullock team in the early 1920s |
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Bert (Herbert) Kirk with Edward J Gregson (Dad) in the mid 1920s |
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Cecil Kirk with Margaret Gregson (mother), Helen and Miss George (family helper) on one of our excursions with Cecil c1930 |
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Log Cabin Tea Room c1933 built in this style by the Kirks (influence of C Jefferson). Became Chimney Cottage |
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Interior of the Tea Room (Chimney Cottage) Rustic charm |
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Chimney Cottage from the road by the Reserve (now called Waterfall Reserve) late 1930s |
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Sitting room at Chimney Cottage in the late 1930s. Chimney Cottage became home for the Gregsons in 1936 to c1940 |
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Chimney Cottage from the paddock (SW side). Reserve in the background |
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Meg Gregson and Troath Gregson in the garden at Chimney Cottage c1940 |
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The road to Mt Irvine - seven miles north of Mt Wilson - founded with true pioneers |
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Wyndham covered in snow in1929 |
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Meg Gregson playing tennis at Nooroo or Bebeah |
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Christmas Tree at Wyndham in 1920s - Gregson era |
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School Group held in Old Wynstay c1931-1934. Dolly Moore the governess, Wynne children, Meg Gregson, Peter Valder and Helen Gregson |
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School Group in the playground Mt Wilson c1937. This school opened again in mid 1930s with Mr Mather as teacher |
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Fete in Wynstay organised by Mariamne Wynne - always loved by children for raising community funds (Village Hall). Scrivener Family (?) and possibly Dolly Moore on the right |
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A bush picnic on the Bell Road with Aunt Elsie Stephen, Aunt Helen Gregson, Edward J Gregson (Dad), Helen Gregson c1926 |
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New Years Sport Day. Event of the year at Mt Wilson on Silva Plana in afternoon cross saw. People came from Mt Irvine, Lithgow, Bilpin, Kurrajong |
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New years Sport Day 1931 Charles W Jefferson (Daddo) taking movie pictures on that day |
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Giant slippery dip at Silva Plana on New Years Day, a canvas tunnel reached by a ladder |
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Giant slippery dip at Silva Plana on New Years Day, a canvas tunnel reached by a ladder |
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Riding Group early 1940s L to R Troath, Meg, Helen Gregson, Jane Wynne, (obscured) Peter Valder, Ward Argue, John Valder |
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Jane Wynne on her horse Packer. Riding was a favourite activity |
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A picnic with Mrs Mariamne Wynne in her Morris car with the dickie seat L to R Jane Wynne, Helen Gregson, Mervyn (Muff) Wynne and Mrs M Wynne |
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Upper dam on creek between Wyndham and Chimney Cottage late 1940s. Gregson girls swam there. Meg Gregson with Colin and Malcolm Mackerras (Mackerras family friends of the Gregsons) |
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Picnic in mid 1930 below Campanella owned then by the Joshua family. L to R Fred Frost, Col RO Wynne, Isa Valder, Lila Joshua (?), Mariamne Wynne, Margaret Gregson (mother), Wynne, Valder and Gregson children |
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At Du Faurs Rocks, the track to the Chinamans Hat c 1927. A favourite place for gatherings and exploring |
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The War Memorial in Mt Wilson on Anzac Day 1930 (Built 1919 unveiled Nov 1919) |
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The Lake. Part of the Wollangambe River below Mt Wilson on the north side, approx 250 metres down. Pat and Judy Kirk, two daughters of Vivian and Olga Kirk |
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Another view of The Lake on the Wollangambe, Peter Valder on its banks |
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Clarence Creek which ran into the Wollangambe (early 1940s), note the closeness of the cliff walls forming canyons so popular now for adventurers |
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Grandfather Jefferson (dressing gown) with Helen and Meg Gregson beside newly built Waterfall Bridge, Wyndham in the background |
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Chimney Cottage through the mist c1935. Built for Margaret Gregson (Laurie de Gray photograph) |
Set of negatives included in album |