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Keen Eye On Kew

Saturday May 14, 2005

PROPERTY REVIEW: Kew 2B Hillcrest Avenue

A Gem In Bushranger Country

Sunday October 3, 2004

THE original owners of the historic Hillcrest property at Canowindra could well have been captive guests of bushranger Ben Hall when he and his gang held up the central NSW town in October 1863.

Images Of Newcastle In Year Of Federation

Tuesday May 8, 2001

CLEAN LINES: Aboard the sailing ship Bankland in Newcastle Harbour on January 14, 1901. NEW SETTLERS: The Edmonson's house at Toronto, top, and the house's parlour, below. The parlour was typical of that era. The pictures were taken on September 17, 1901. ELEGANT: The Ridge residence at Merewether owned by businessman and community leader Edward Merewether. Later, the house became better known as Hillcrest. NATIONHOOD: The Federation flag unveiling at New Lambton Public School on May 14, 1901. DECORATIV

Drug Admission

Tuesday May 2, 2000

A Nowra businessman accused of ``masterminding" a South Coast drug-growing operation worth more than $2.5 million has pleaded guilty to cultivating 955 cannabis plants. Tyson Lee French, 29, of Hillcrest Ave, South Nowra, pleaded guilty when he appeared in Batemans Bay Local Court yesterday.

No Bail For Drug Accused

Tuesday April 4, 2000

Three men charged over a South Coast cannabis-growing operation worth more than $2.5 million were refused bail when they appeared in Batemans Bay Local Court yesterday. Tyson Lee French, 29, of Hillcrest Ave, South Nowra, is accused of ``master-minding" the operation, which came undone afte

Two Hurt In Car Crash

Friday August 6, 1999

TWO people were taken to Wyong Hospital after a single-car accident about 6pm on Hillcrest Rd, Mirrabooka, last night. One person was trapped in the vehicle until rescued by paramedics. An ambulance spokesman said the victims received lacerations and were in a stable condition. * Fire b

Cousin Woken For Confession

Thursday July 8, 1999

A man accused of bashing Nowra man Mark Robson to death nine years ago woke his cousin the morning after the murder and confessed, a court has heard. Anthony Scott, of Eden, told the NSW Supreme Court his cousin, Trevor Anthony Thomas, had come to a house he (Scott) was living in at Hillcrest Av

Skull Murder Trial Begins

Tuesday July 6, 1999

Nowra's notorious skull murder case began in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday, with the court hearing a disagreement over heroin was probably behind the bashing death of Mark Robson. Robson's badly decomposed skull was found in Hillcrest Ave, South Nowra, in June 1990 - three weeks after he disa

Court Nets A Fishy Thief

Tuesday April 13, 1999

A South Coast man who stole more than $6000 worth of fishing gear caught more than he bargained for in Batemans Bay Local Court yesterday. David John Calder, 19, of Hillcrest Ave, Narooma, was warned he had come close to hooking a jail term after being found guilty of larceny. ``You were caugh

Accused To Face Rape Trial

Tuesday July 28, 1998

A Narooma man who allegedly raped a Bomaderry woman in company with three other men was ordered to stand trial when he appeared at Nowra Local Court yesterday. Gary Wayne Pender, 30, unemployed of Hillcrest Ave, entered no plea to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent. In a paper com

Hillcrest Strikes Mineral Deal

Monday March 30, 1998

Hillcrest Resources NL has bounced back since its January low of three cents a share, closing on Friday at a somewhat more respectable 14 cents a share. Underpinning the bounce back was a deal struck with farmers on the old Northhampton mineral field, about 50 kilometres north of Geraldton in Wes

An Emotional Exhibition

Saturday March 14, 1998

THE Historic Hillcrest House is showing the works of three Illawarra artists - Kylie-Jennifer Warner, Paul Souter and Regina Brewster - during its weekend exhibition, Views From Within, on display until March 22. The three artists each have unique styles and offer very different work, but all agr

Police Warn Of Carjacker

Friday February 27, 1998

Police in Nowra have warned motorists to take care when driving alone after the abduction of a young woman from South Nowra on Wednesday night. The 18-year-old woman was waiting to turn right from Hillcrest Ave on to the Princes Hwy when a man entered her car from the passenger side door. She

Goss Told To Rest

Wednesday October 15, 1997

Former Queensland Labor Premier Wayne Goss has been ordered to rest for at least two months after surgery to remove a brain tumour in September, his wife Roisin said yesterday. Speaking at a Labor Party function in the southern Brisbane suburb of Hillcrest last night, Mrs Goss said her husband w

Exchange Program

Monday September 1, 1997

WARNERS Bay High boasts one of the best exchange programs in the Hunter. The school has maintained strong ties with sister schools in Japan, Thailand, New Zealand and Germany. There are yearly exchanges with Hillcrest High in New Zealand and Schafflund Gymnasium in Germany. Warners Bay

Reputation For Glass

Wednesday August 7, 1996

AN exhibition, featuring artists Werner Filipich, Howard Ireland, Gary Laird, George Largent and Nada O'Loughlin opens at 6 pm tomorrow at Hillcrest Gallery in Cherrybrook shopping centre, Shepherds Drive. The exhibition, one of three held each year, will continue until Sunday, August 18. Hillcre

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