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WWI

Newspaper clipping showing the three Gallagher boys.
WW1

Ada Gallagher’s war

‘just a few lines …’

Full length police photo of man in suit and hat, standing in front of chair.
WW1

Sensational car chase

John Talbot Wright was arrested on 11 September 1920 after a sensational car chase through city streets

Red handmade flag with star and crescent moon sewn onto it.
WW1

The battle of Broken Hill

On New Year’s Day 1915, a mass shooting in which four people were killed and seven injured occurred in the mining town of Broken Hill

The Reverend Donald McKay Barnet in the front garden of the Presbyterian Manse, Wollongong, photograph taken by Robert Barnet, 1916
WW1

Reverend Donald McKay Barnet

1869–1940

Two photos side by side, first showing seated man, second showing man standing, with hat on.
WW1

Returned from active service

In July 1921 James Arthur Banfield was arrested by Sydney police, photographed and charged on three counts of larceny

Two photos side by side; man seated and man standing, with hat on.
WW1

Fallen hero of Flanders

In 1922, petty criminal Arthur Ernest Noonan was arrested by Sydney police to face charges of conspiracy to defraud

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WW1

Mary Margaret (Peggy) Manning

1891–1984

Black and white full length portrait of young man in uniform.
WW1

William Knox (Billie) Child

1899–1964

Girls from the Wollongong Ladies Life Saving Club rising after land drill, photo by Robert Barnet, January 1914
WW1

Driver Robert James Macgregor Barnet

1895–1916