Lake Macquarie District Historical Society Inc.
Name Origin: Aboriginal for “that which gleams or glitters”. Early Land Grants: Percy Simpson‘s grant of 7th April 1838 (Coorumbung Parish) covered Eraring. He had originally chosen a different area but, through a surveyor’s error this had been allocated to someone else and Eraring was given to Simpson instead. He already had 2,000 acres at …
The Sanitarium Health Food Company was officially established in Melbourne in 1898, pioneering Health Foods throughout Australia and New Zealand. The word Sanitarium means ‘learn to stay well’ which is the essence of the health message Sanitarium has been spreading for the past 107 years. Sanitarium’s Cooranbong factory opened in 1899, producing Peanut Butter, Granola …
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate Thu 21 Sep 1893 A PLEASANT HOLIDAY RESORT. WITH the advent of the warm weather visitors have again started to take up their temporary abode at Toronto, as well as at other places on Lake Macquarie purpose of regaining strength and enjoying beautiful scenery of the lake. Although the …