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Birthday celebrations in Dural and Beautiful Bowral

October 16th 2020
Seventy seven years ago - on 11 October 1943 - I was born in the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough; the first child of Katherine (known as Kaye) and Alfred (known as Alf) Shippam. Within eight years three siblings had arrived - Karen in 1946, Stuart in 1947 and Charlotte in 1951. Over the years - having lived in Sydney since 1966 - I've made many holiday trips back to the UK and various oth ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Bowral

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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