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Click on the link below to see pictures of a mechanical

windup mantle clock produced specially for Angus & Coote (Australia).

http://zoomingbravo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!40B81B87C9DC6FAD!302.entry

Kim Klein's Blogspot is located here -

This large 'retro' alarm clock with twin bells is 210mm in diameter (8.5 inches).

It was purchased for $25, and at that price, it was probably made in China. It keeps good time, and is powered by two "C" size batteries. The alarm is reasonably loud, and makes a sound like an old fashioned burglar alarm.

The body is made from imitation stainless steel, but the bells are made from genuine steel. The alarm is set by moving the fourth hand to the desired time. An on/off switch at the rear prevents the alarm operating.

To keep costs down, the no-name alarm comes without a box or instruction leaflet (both of which are really not necessary).

Large retro alarm clock - 210mm in diameter.

A bigger picture of the large alarm clock can be seen here -

http://johnwilliambarnes.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!BE3AFDE98176603D!1691.entry

Longreach and surrounds in 1967.

Murray & Shermer (Schoermer) Radio Repairs and sales Eagle St.(*Jim Murray and 'Snow' Shoermer), 4QL transmitter at Cramsie- building and antenna (2 pictures), house for 4QL transmitter staff at Cramsie (1photo), Dingo Creek picture, picture of dry dam on property east of Longreach, service area of 4QL transmitter (diagram), pictute of horse in paddock at Cramsie.

* Jim Murray - full name James Gibson Macintosh Murray (now deceased). [No pictures of Jim Murray or Cecil 'Snow' Schoermer are available].

Pat Carew, cleaner at 4QL Cramsie; Emi Williams and friend (1 picture); Rex Hotel, Meacham & Leyland building in Eagle St., Percy Taft owner of Longreach Caravan Park and  GRAZCOS representative;  50cc Suzuki motor scooter purchased from Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort (Longreach) in 1967 (1 picture). Description of book "The Longreach Story" by Angela Moffat.  ARRA rodeo at Longreach in Sept.1967- picture of horse float of rodeo entrant at Cramsie. 

The Appendix contains a list of Australian rodeo champions in the 1960's (Australian Rough Riders Association), and a 1966 advert and picture of the new 'International' rodeo saddle type "B" introduced by the ARRA and custom made by Robin Yates of Sydney (price $140 in 1966).

The National Library of Australia in Canberra holds all back copies of Hoofs & Horns magazine, and viewing (at the Library) is free - see picture of National Library receipt for all 1967 editions of Hoofs & Horns magazine. (Each edition of Hoofs & Horns contains regular Rodeo news by Peter Poole.

Book-"Rodeo In Australia" by Peter Poole (1977) has 102 pages,72 photos, and list of yearly event winners up to 1976.

Click on the link below for full details of above -

http://johnwbarnes.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!A61C9DC084B0AB00!382.entry

Rachel Amy Church was born at Pleasant Creek, Victoria, (now Stawell), on Jan 8, 1863 - [registration number 4068].

She was the second child of William Elias Church and Mary *Ellen Church (formerly Mary Ellen Wilde).

*Ellen is written in some records as "Helen".

The Churches had a total of 8 children born between 1860 and 1873 - 3 boys and 5 girls.  At the time Rachel was born, Pleasant Creek was a gold mining area. Rachel went on to marry a goldminer, Samuel Pollard (born in Keilduff, Ireland, in 1848).

Samuel Pollard and Rachel Amy Church were married in Charters Towers in 1880, which, by then, was a major gold mining area in north Queensland.

They had a total of 8 children, including James Eramus Pollard - born in Ravenswood in 1886, and died in an explosion in the Bonnie Doon gold mine, near Charters Towers in 1937.

No photos of Rachel Amy Pollard (Church) could be found. (Rachel Church was the mother of my mother's father).

The picture of Leon and his sister Glenda in the front yard of their home at 85 McLennan St, Wooloowin, Brisbane, in 1963, can be seen by clicking on the link below. Also, there is a map showing the location of the (now demolished) Albion Church of Christ in McLennan St.  In the mid 1980's, the rear section of the church building (facing Florrie St) was being used as a 'Meals on Wheels' centre.

http://koalarama1950.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B66C073560198E50!213.entry

This 1914 Humber was seen in Canberra in 1988 at the Australian Bicentennial Car Rally.

Photo by John Barnes (4447772399).

                     1914 Humber.

This picture shows "Keiko" at the Mount Coot-tha lookout

(Brisbane) in October 1969. Mt. Coot-tha is sometimes

written as Mt. Cootha.

The Brisbane River can be seen in the background.

["Keiko" was a Japanese national visiting Australia. She returned to Japan in early 1970]

Series 3 of Pictures of People From the 20th Century can be seen here -

http://blogsiteforjohnb1b533805.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DCC354D41007AB2E!445.entry

More pictures of people from the 20th Century (Series 2) can be seen here -

http://zoomingbravo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!40B81B87C9DC6FAD!259.entry

An assortment of pictures of people from the 20th Century (Series 1).

Click on the link below to see the pictures (in a scroll-down arrangement).

http://johnwilliambarnes.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!BE3AFDE98176603D!1549.entry

The postal address for John W. Barnes is -

P.O.Box 366, Mawson, ACT, 2607 (Australia).

Mawson is a suburb of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Pictures of Merehaye St., Wooloowin, Brisbane (and houses) from the following years -

1928

1938

1939

1973

1985

1992

1999

Can be seen here on Blog site for John 33805 -

http://blogsiteforjohnb1b533805.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DCC354D41007AB2E!401.entry

A group for owners of rear-wheel drive Mazda 626's (1979 - 1982), is located here -

http://mazda626rwdaust.multiply.com/

The postal address for the Club is Post Office Box 366, Mawson, ACT, 2607 (Australia).

The Australian Group "Australia - The Land Down Under", has recently moved from MSN to Multiply, as all MSN Groups will be closing down in February 2009.

All members who belonged to the former MSN group will have to rejoin the new Multiply group. At the moment there are 120 members who have rejoined the new group.

The message boards and photo albums of the new group are private, so you will have to join the group in order to see the messages and photos.

"Australia - The Land Down Under" is a chatroom free and social network free website.

The new site is located here -

http://australiadownunder.multiply.com/

1984 Rolls Royce Silver Spur.