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Waley Convalescent Home at Mowbray Park

In 1919 Mowbray Park, five kilometres west of Picton, was handed over to the Commonwealth Government to be converted to a convalescent home for invalided soldiers from the First World War. The home was called Waley after its philanthropic benefactors. 

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The Patterson family of Elderslie, the value of family histories

The story of the Patterson family of Elderslie NSW illustrates the value and importance of family history.