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Pioneering

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The End
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The End

The End In 1921, Gervas Hughes, newly arrived in Que Que from England, went to work at East Clare Ranch.  Every day, in a Scotch-cart pulled by four oxen, he collected cows that had died from the drought. His job was to boil them in 44 gallon drums, feed the
15 Nov 2001 3 min read
The Life of a Plumtree Fag
Pioneering

The Life of a Plumtree Fag

The first classes at Plumtree School on the Rhodesian border with Bechuanaland were held in a rondavel in the garden of Mr. and Mrs S.J. Smith whose nine children were the first pupils in 1902.  Later the school moved to the dining room of the Plumtree Hotel which doubled
02 Nov 2000 3 min read
In-Limbo
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In Limbo

Tim Hughes recovered a full head of hair following his bout with ringworm contacted from a shipment of wool from Argentina In Limbo  It was 1944.  Joan had had no news of her fiancé, Brian Freyburg, for nearly eighteen months.  She could only pray he had escaped and was in
06 Apr 2000 2 min read
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