Meredith History Interest Group

The same sign on the Post Office before the Post Office went to the Top Shop.

The Meredith 3333 sign on the Top Shop. Pat and Derek Dodson recently brought it back to Meredith.

The Mystery item for this week!

Yes it was a rope making machine. Jeff Cooper made rope in the early 1970’s because rope was hard to buy. He made it on the shearing board at The old Moranghurk Woolshed owned then by Harry Mohr. The board was long and flat to put the strands of binder twine out on.

On the afternoon of Sunday 27th Feb, we gathered to watched the DVD ' A trip down Memory Lane ' the story about Coopers Rd . It was told by the Cooper family with stories by and about past and present neighbours.

The DVD is For Sale from the History Rooms on Tuesdays & Thursdays.

A highlight is the old news reel of local resident Yvonne the cowgirl!

Did you ever frequent this outside loo?

This weeks mystery item….attached to a heavy board!

This is a very small vice for holding small things securely.

1.30 today - Memorial Hall Meredith

AGM, bookstore, photo display.

Followed by cuppa and viewing of the DVD
on the history/stories of Cooper's Rd Bamganie/Meredith

All Welcome

A tiny bridge over Boosey Creek at Elaine.

What is this weeks mystery item and what would you use it for?

This tool made of wood and brass is a scribe marking gauge.

What is this tool?

This is an antique saw. It has a wooden frame, knobby wooden handles, a wooden stick through twisted string to tension the blade which is double sided. We believe it is a bow saw, maybe a bow,, coping saw.

Who are the Meredith Girl Guides featured in the Weekly Times in September 1947?

All Welcome .

Mystery item for this week?

This is a mouli used to purée sauces and food. It is a hand held device that has interchangeable discs that mince/mash fine, finer and finest. Great for making tomato sauce!

Hats is the theme for the latest display. What a fantastic hat on this Meredith lady!

Mystery object for this week! What is it called and what is it used for?

A decorative tipping teapot with a burner below with a stand made to represent bamboo. A beautiful item.

A decorative tipping teapot with a burner below with a stand made to represent bamboo. A beautiful item.

Mystery object for this week!
What does it do? How does it work?

A breast drill is a hand held drill which has a plate which can be pressed against the chest to apply more force during drilling. The wooden handled drill was made by Millers Falls in America and patented in 1911.

Words on the back of the photo tell that it is the commencement of building of the New Mariner mine at Stieglitz.

This week”s Mystery Object…..only a small pointy bit missing!

Several people correctly identified the mystery object as a wire strainer even though some parts of it were missing. It was a Titan Wire Strainer invented by Mr Reid of New Zealand in December 1887. It was owned by Arthur Cooper of Bamganie and recently found in the dirt where the cow shed used to be.

This sign was on Meredith Post Office, was shifted to the Top Shop when the Post Office moved there, was replaced by Australia Post generic sign, saved and presented to MHIG earlier this week.

This week’s mystery item. Hint to do with farming , over hundred years old. What am I?

Would anyone know what this instrument would be used for?
What am I?

Some young local lads in St Mary’s Premiership Team, 1957.

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and Lots of History in the New Year.

Jim Brown and wife & Ern Sellars and wife. Jim Brown worked on the CRB and Ern Sellars was a fencer.

Gift suggestions from MHIG…..Meredith History Books, Meredith 2022 Calendars and A Collection of Plants from the Street Nursey.