(Dame) Eadith Walker set up “The Camp” on her Concord estate, Yaralla, to care for WWI soldiers who were suffering from tuberculosis. She also loaned her home, “Shuna”, at Leura to the Red Cross for the same purposes.
We recently received a wonderful collection of family photographs from a Norman J. Aitken showing people at both these locations.
Unfortunately we don’t know how to contact this gentleman to try to get information about the people photographed.
Can anyone help, please?
Way back in the early days of our society we were researching some of the old buildings in the area. One which aroused our curiosity was the ancient hotel, the “Pig & Whistle”, which was being demolished for road widening purposes at 27 Bertram Street, Concord. An appeal for information found two sources of information:…
Just a reminder that Trish Skehan will be speaking about her latest book, Frontline of the Pandemic, Australia 1919, at the Museum on Saturday, 7th May at 2:00 pm. Reading the newspaper reports of 100 years ago is just like readying the newspaper reports during the past two years. Why not come early and take…
Forty four years ago, n March 5, 1974, Queen Elizabeth the Second became the first reigning British monarch to set foot on Hospital ground. The “private” visit to Rivendell came after a quiet lunch on board the Captain Phillip, which was intended as a respite from a pressing series of public engagements. The idea was…
Once named “Rolled oat biscuits” or “Soldiers’ biscuits”, the history of Anzac biscuits dates back to a time when wives and mothers’ groups would bake treats to send to troops overseas because the ingredients did not spoil easily and they kept well during naval transportation. They have long been associated with the Australian and New…
By 1916 three hundred men from Concord had enlisted, eleven had died, twenty-one wounded and five invalided home. They went to Gallipoli, France, the deserts of Egypt and North Africa. The Council supported the national war effort to the full. Those left at home devised all kinds of community functions to raise money to provide…
When Europeans arrived in 1788 Homebush Bay consisted of extensive tidal wetlands and thick bush. The area was first known as ‘The Flats’, and was recorded by Captain John Hunter within ten days of the arrival of the First Fleet. Although reports of the time commented on the Aboriginal people living in the area, there…
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This is my great grandfather Norman Joseph Aitken. He was injured at Gallipoli and recuperated for a time at Yaralla. This photo, the small photo of WW1 soldiers and numerous other photos he took at Yaralla were on a USB I donated to the museum on behalf of my family.
Its my great grand dad norman aitken i have this photo at home
This man is my grandfather Norman Joseph Aitken. I have further information on him if you wish to contact me. He died many years ago