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The retail business empire of Thomas Hodges Mate | Then and Now
Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
LANDMARK: Mate's 1884 store on the corner of Hume and Townsend Streets in the late 1800s, not very different from how it looks in 2022.
Opinion
Watergate at 50: the burglary that launched a thousand scandals
Rodney Tiffen
US president Richard Nixon addresses a crowd in 1974. In the background are protesters carrying signs in support of his impeachment. Picture: Getty Images
Churning through the memories of wartime hardships | Then and Now
Uta Wiltshire, Wodonga Historical Society
BIT OF BUTTER: During the war Mavis Chapple kept her own and other families in butter. Working in the dairy by day, she churned all the butter by hand, night after night.
Flour milling one of Albury's first industries | Then and Now
Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
MILL: The Fanny Ceres Flour Mill on Dean St Albury, east Townsend Street, had a reputation for producing a high quality product.
Home delivery is nothing new, in fact it was once much better | Then and Now
Uta Wiltshire, Wodonga Historical Society
GOING GLOBAL: Local business Wodonga Poultry Suppliers in Athol Steet processed chickens, rabbits, turkeys and ducks for the international markets.
Hard work harmed no man, according to iconic businessman of the past
Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
POPULAR: Frederick Vine's Dean St retail store and the restaurant in the cellar below the store on the corner of AMP Lane where the T&G building now stands.
Search for gaps in Wiki Australian history
Researchers want to determine what might be missing from Wikipedia's coverage of Australian history.
Rare Indigenous artworks to return home
Mibenge Nsenduluka
The artwork is returning to where it belongs, Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gabrielle Williams says.
Reigning over fundraising efforts for the Wodonga hospital | Then and Now
Uta Wiltshire, Wodonga Historical Society
FUNDRAISING QUEEN: The 1948 Market Queen Fay Fulford, attended by Ladies In Waiting Valerie Fulford and Norma Ellis. Flower girls Janice Lace and Mary Toole.
Riding the tourism wave with Murray Valley Coaches | Then and Now
Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
ALL ABOARD: Albury City celebrations in 1947, Murray Valley Coaches' articulated coach in Dean Street. Photo: ALBURY LIBRARY MUSEUM

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