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  • 1 week ago | region.com.au | John Thistleton

    Goulburn Swans historian and life member Bob Stephens with the club’s emblem, carved from a tree stump by his grandson James Doyle. He plans to put all the names of life members onto the polished ornament. Photo: John Thistleton. Inside a little corrugated iron shed in North Goulburn on a bleak winter’s day Bob Stephens’ face is aglow with pride.

  • 1 week ago | region.com.au | John Thistleton

    Simon Paterson, centre, with his sons Ryan and Kia at the Gordon Hotel, Goulburn on Anzac Day. All three are operating the Goulburn Pub Group which is upgrading the Gordon, Southern Railway and Empire hotels in Goulburn. Photo: Paterson family. Former Olympic, Commonwealth Games, and professional boxer Simon Paterson is whipping three historic hotels in Goulburn into shape.

  • 2 weeks ago | aboutregional.com.au | John Thistleton

    Inside a little corrugated iron shed in North Goulburn on a bleak winter’s day Bob Stephens’ face is aglow with pride. The shed’s window allows enough light to spread over the facing wall draped in photographs, a 1990 Hawks jumper once worn by the Monaro region’s Australian rules legend and a polished tree stump shaped like a swan.

  • 2 weeks ago | region.com.au | John Thistleton

    Diane Bush with some of her nanna’s keepsakes which include newspaper clippings, family photos, numerous badges and a peep/view box resembling a tiny camera through which the viewer can see black and white landmarks of Melbourne to coincide with the 1956 Olympic Games. Photo: John Thistleton. Diane Bush was only a year old when she and her 20-month-old sister Susan lost their mother and went to live with their grandparents.

  • 2 weeks ago | region.com.au | John Thistleton

    4 June 2025Start the conversationMax Keys’ collection of Goulburn photos includes this one, taken at Royal Oak, Kingsdale, at the time owned by the Fenwick family. From left are Doug Fenwick, Ron Worthy, Betty Piggott, Anne Fenwick, Marshall Piggott (driver’s seat), Lois MacDonald, Shirley Fenwick and Harold Blackett. The white edge of the Model T was for safety during the war years’ blackouts. Photos: Max Keys collection.

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John Thistleton
John Thistleton @JohnThistleton
8 Mar 21

RT @The_RiotACT: Named after a Melbourne Cup winning horse in 1893, 'Tarcoola' is a fine example of an Edmund Manfred designed home in Goul…

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22 Feb 21

Goulburn Rugby Club’s Thursday night discos boomed in the '70s | The RiotACT https://t.co/EiGscNlIuG

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8 Dec 20

Thanks to David Flannery, Leon Oberg and Neil Penning for interesting photos.

Region Canberra
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Goulburn's main street was once littered with neon signage that outstayed its welcome once the Hume Highway bypass arrived https://t.co/fP96jiNX5g https://t.co/vLEkeBzUdf