Monthly Archives: May 2017

When Curry was a surname

I was alerted to this article by a genimate on Facebook, Anne Young. It made me realise that searching for the Curry surname on Google etc would have been much easier in the fifties.

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Tracking down an original source for this item was a challenge.

I found it here:  http://stagnesvillages.com.au/useruploads/files/lv_newsletter_july_2016.pdf

and here:  https://issuu.com/seniors…/sunshine_coast_seniors_newspaper_fe_2719ca31f38d25.

Anne tracked it down to here: the earliest she could find was from 2012 in England:
https://plus.google.com/+JUSTEAT/posts/WbYZwe6TroS

It seems plagiarism is rife as many people have published this without attribution. I would love to thank the original creator for this article but I don’t know who it is

Curry rescues Koala

While I was researching another topic on Trove today I came across a post that mentioned a Mr F Curry from Newcastle.

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Source: 1954 ‘To-day’s Topics’, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954) , 20 December, p. 2. , viewed 02 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134086324