{"id":403,"date":"2017-12-15T15:40:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T04:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffscoastheritage.wordpress.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2017-12-15T15:40:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T04:40:18","slug":"a-very-coffs-coast-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2017\/12\/a-very-coffs-coast-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A very Coffs Coast Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-405 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabookcover.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"SantaBookCover\" width=\"377\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabookcover.jpg 2893w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabookcover-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabookcover-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabookcover-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabookcover-1568x1256.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 85vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smallman, Steve &amp; Dunn, Robert, (illustrator.) &amp; Pyke, Jerry, (illustrator.) (2014).\u00a0<i>Santa is coming to New South Wales<\/i>. South Melbourne, Vic Lake Press<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThroughout 2017, the History Services unit of the Library, Gallery &amp; Museum team has aimed to share our local heritage online for easier access.<br \/>\nFrom Sawtell and Bonville, to Red Rock and Woolgoolga and all the places in between, here are some of the stories we issued this year, with considerable assistance from our Museum and Library Volunteers, and the community.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-412 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabanana.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"SantaBanana\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabanana.jpg 2835w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabanana-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabanana-768x105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabanana-1024x140.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santabanana-1568x214.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>John Korff<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Discoverer of Coffs Harbour <\/em>compiled\u00a0by Marie Davey,\u00a0available from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coffsharbour.spydus.com\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/OPAC\/BIBENQ?BRN=265215\">Coffs Harbour Libraries<\/a> and for sale at the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum;<\/li>\n<li><em>Georges Gold<\/em>, a book about gold mining on the Orara goldfields of eastern Dorrigo and the gold mining pioneers, in a new edition freely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmwebed.com.au\/ggm_second_edition.pdf\">available online<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/coffsharbour.spydus.com\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/OPAC\/BIBENQ?BRN=63810\">in print<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>the 1893 shipwreck of <strong>the Buster<\/strong> at Woolgoolga &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/list?id=111606\">a Trove list<\/a> of resources describing how the event unfolded;<\/li>\n<li><em>Bonville Creek Station to sunny Sawtell<\/em>, edited by Arlene Hope and Merv Pitman, <a href=\"https:\/\/coffsharbour.spydus.com\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/OPAC\/BIBENQ?BRN=264722\">explaining the origins<\/a> of the seaside town;<\/li>\n<li><em>The wicked boy: the mystery of a Victorian child murderer<\/em> by Kate Summerscale, available for <a href=\"https:\/\/coffsharbour.spydus.com\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/OPAC\/BIBENQ?BRN=248077\">borrowing<\/a> from Coffs Harbour Libraries. The author was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/programs\/conversations\/conversations-kate-summerscale\/8288258\">interviewed<\/a> by the ABC where she explained how a young English boy grew up in Nana Glen;<\/li>\n<li><em>A <a href=\"https:\/\/coffsharbour.spydus.com\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/OPAC\/BIBENQ?BRN=262432\">Compendium of Pioneers<\/a><\/em> of the Local Government Area 1880-1903, compiled from several extant lists by Geoff Watts;<\/li>\n<li>STILL<em> National Still Life Award<\/em>, the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery&#8217;s new national art prize with accompanying <a href=\"http:\/\/: https:\/\/coffsharbour.spydus.com\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/OPAC\/BIBENQ?BRN=264725\">catalogue<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>several issues of the newly launched newsletters of the\u00a0<em>Coffs Harbour Regional <a href=\"https:\/\/nla.gov.au\/nla.obj-523199788\">Museum<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and the <em>Coffs Harbour Regional <a href=\"https:\/\/nla.gov.au\/nla.obj-503123210\">Gallery<\/a><\/em>, edited by Kylie Castor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santanswcoffs5.jpeg\" alt=\"SantaNSWCoffs\" width=\"2796\" height=\"1298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santanswcoffs5.jpeg 2796w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santanswcoffs5-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santanswcoffs5-768x357.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santanswcoffs5-1024x475.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/santanswcoffs5-1568x728.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout 2017, the History Services unit of the Library, Gallery &amp; Museum team has aimed to share our local heritage online for easier access. From Sawtell and Bonville, to Red Rock and Woolgoolga and all the places in between, here are some of the stories we issued this year, with considerable assistance from our Museum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2017\/12\/a-very-coffs-coast-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A very Coffs Coast Christmas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}