LANARK COUNTY ORIGINS My ancestors, their friends, neighbours and associates.
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Nowra is a town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 160 kilometres (99 mi) south-southwest of the state capital of Sydney (about 120 kilometres (75 mi) as the crow flies.) With its twin-town of Bomaderry, as at June 2018, Nowra had an estimated population of 37,420.[1] It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven. Geologically, the city is situated in the southern reaches of the Sydney basin.
The region around Nowra is a farming community, sustaining a thriving dairy industry and a number of State forests, but is also increasingly a retirement and leisure area for Canberra and Sydney. The naval air station HMAS Albatross is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of Nowra. The name Nowra, originally written by Europeans as 'nou-woo-ro' (pronounced Nowa Nowa by the Indigenous Australians of the area), is an Aboriginal word for black cockatoo.
The Nowra region, south of Bomaderry Creek was inhabited by the Wodi-Wodi tribe of the Yuin nation while north of Bomaderry Creek was inhabited by the Dharawal Aboriginal people prior to European arrival. Around 1824, ex-convict Mary Reibey applied for a land grant in the Burrier area, on the southern side of the Shoalhaven River. The Nowra township was officially recognised in 1852. Less than ten years later, in 1861, a postal service was established. Also in that year, the racehorse 'Archer', trained in Nowra by Etienne de Mestre, won the first Melbourne Cup. By 1885, Nowra was declared a town.
A major landmark in the area is the house Bundanon, which began as a single-storey weatherboard structure built about 1840. In 1866, a two-storey sandstone house, made of locally quarried stone, was built immediately in front of the weatherboard house. The sandstone house features timber verandahs and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Death  |
Person ID | ||
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| 1 |  Bridge, Tamar | 27 Feb 1980 | Nowra, South Coast Region, New South Wales, Australia | I16329 |
| 2 | McSorley, James Francis | 30 Mar 1987 | Nowra, South Coast Region, New South Wales, Australia | I16385 |
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Directory |
Person ID | ||
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| 1 | McSorley, James Francis | 1977 | Nowra, South Coast Region, New South Wales, Australia | I16385 |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Directory-Witness |
Person ID | ||
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| 1 | Gregory, Bernice "Eunice" Wren | 1977 | Nowra, South Coast Region, New South Wales, Australia | I16331 |
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Residence |
Person ID | ||
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| 1 | McSorley, James Francis | 1977 | Nowra, South Coast Region, New South Wales, Australia | I16385 |
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Residence-Occupant |
Person ID | ||
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| 1 | Gregory, Bernice "Eunice" Wren | 1977 | Nowra, South Coast Region, New South Wales, Australia | I16331 |
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