The Beginning of the Motor Industry in Australia It is very fitting that my Grandfather, Arthur Edwin Wood begins this story with his own words: “Evolution of the Motor Industry and the Man Behind the Wheel…This is the story of a beginning – the beginning of a new era in Australian history. It is the…
Sydney: 31st May 1881 (by Electric Telegraph) The barque Queen of Nations, bound from London for Sydney, was wrecked at a quarter-past 6 o’clock this morning, on a sandy beach five miles north of Wollongong harbour. One man drowned, but all the other hands of the ship’s company got safely to land, except the captain…
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