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Kerripit River, Rawdon Vale 2010

Oral History• Gail Laurie – married Stobo owner Jock inthe 1960s• Nicholas Laurie – eldest son of Gail andJock• Cameron Laurie – Nicholas’ youngestbrother• Marie Toshack – grew up at Stobo until1949, when she was 10 years old• Jill and Alexander Laurie – residents ofneighbouring property Bonnie Doon• Robin Budge – resident of nearby localityCopeland and active local historian.Laurie family at the Brisbane Royal Show, 1960s. (Source: Marie Toshack)

Structure of KnowledgeInformantGail LaurieNicholas LaurieCameron LaurieMarie ToshackJill and AlexanderLaurieRobin BudgeNature of Information• Insider – lived at Stobo for 50 years; locally respected (and feared)• Outsider – married into the protestant Laurie family, and was from a Catholicfamily• Transmission – Knowledge passed from husband’s family• Insider – born and lived at Stobo since the 1960s• Transmission – most knowledge passed down from his father and mother• Insider –born and lived at Stobo since the 1960s• Transmission –most knowledge passed down from his father and mother• Insider – lived at Stobo until 10 years old; relative of Laurie family• Outsider – parents employed at Stobo• Transmission – knowledge from personal experience, family and friends atRawdon Vale; active local historian• Insider – live at neighbouring Bonnie Doon; related to Stobo Laurie’s• Outsider – several generations removed; family secrets to protect• Transmission – shared history and geography with Stobo• Outsider – moved to area ‘recently’ (15 years ago); ‘has a chip on his shoulder’• Transmission – active local historian

Documentary ResearchAssorted residents of Stobo, with American silent movie actress Eva Novak (the only onewearing sequins) in the mid 1920s following filming of ‘The Romance of Runnibede’.(Source: Marie Toshack)Rawdon Vale Public School 1904. This photograph is the only documentaryevidence for the school. (Source: Marie Toshack)

Core Activity Area

1825-1850Shepherd’s GravesNOT TO SCALE

1850-1875Remains ofArrowrootMillArrowroot FieldVegetableGarden/OrchardFirst HouseNOT TO SCALE

1850-1875Remains ofArrowrootMillArrowroot FieldVegetableGarden/OrchardFirst HouseNOT TO SCALE

1850-1875Remains ofArrowrootMillArrowroot FieldVegetableGarden/OrchardFirst HousePoplar TreesThe PoplarsVegetableGarden/OrchardNOT TO SCALE

Elizabeth McWhae Laurie was alone in the house at the Poplars in the 1860s bakingbread when a strange man rode down the river. Mrs Laurie of course invited him inand gave him a meal. While he was eating she said she’d not caught his name?He said ‘Fred Ward, madam, though I’m often known as Thunderbolt.’In a start, she dropped a big bowl of flour, smashing it all over the floor. She told thefamily he seemed such a nice polite young man!He thanked her and went on his way,much amused by her nervousness...As told by Marie Toshack,July 2010.Rawdon Vale Sports, 1930s, with the site of the Poplars behind. (Source: Marie Toshack)

1875-1900Remains ofArrowrootMillArrowroot FieldTin Creek HouseInfant boys’gravesVegetableGarden/OrchardFirst House/PostOfficePoplar TreesThe PoplarsVegetableGarden/OrchardNOT TO SCALE

Tin Creek HousePoplars house

1875-1900Remains ofArrowrootMillArrowroot FieldTin Creek HouseInfant boys’gravesVegetableGarden/OrchardFirst House/PostOfficePoplar TreesThe PoplarsVegetableGarden/OrchardNOT TO SCALE

PostTerrace fordwellingOvenSulky trackNLemon treesFormer orchardNOT TO SCALE

1875-1900Remains ofArrowrootMillArrowroot FieldTin Creek HouseInfant boys’gravesVegetableGarden/OrchardFirst House/PostOfficePoplar TreesThe PoplarsVegetableGarden/OrchardNOT TO SCALE

1900-1925CemeteryYardsPost OfficeHall/SchoolYardsVegetableGarden/OrchardStoboDairyKitchenBoys/WorkersQuartersService QuartersNOT TO SCALE

Stobo homestead, c1904. (Source: Marie Toshack)

Stobo homestead, 2010.

1900-1925CemeteryYardsPost OfficeHall/SchoolYardsVegetableGarden/OrchardStoboDairyKitchenBoys/WorkersQuartersService QuartersNOT TO SCALE

1925-1950Swimming HoleCricket PitchMulga Bill TrackCemeteryVegetableGarden/OrchardPost OfficeHallYardsWindmillGenerator ShedStockman’s(Charlie’s) HutYardsStoboShedsYardsNOT TO SCALE

Core Activity Area

1925-1950Swimming HoleCricket PitchMulga Bill TrackCemeteryVegetableGarden/OrchardPost OfficeHallYardsWindmillGenerator ShedStockman’s(Charlie’s) HutYardsStoboShedsYardsNOT TO SCALE

1950-1975Cricket PitchCemeteryVegetableGarden/OrchardHallYardsWindmillStockman’s(Charlie’s) HutTennis CourtStoboShedsYardsNOT TO SCALE

1950-1975Cricket PitchCemeteryVegetableGarden/OrchardBarnboogleRawdon ValeCottageYardsWindmillStockman’s(Charlie’s) HutTennis CourtStoboShedsYardsNOT TO SCALE

1975-2010CemeteryBarnboogleRawdon ValeCottageYardsWindmillStockman’s(Charlie’s) HutShedsStoboYardsNOT TO SCALE

River side picnic, Rawdon Vale , early 1900s.(Source: Marie Toshack)

Rawdon Vale Cricket Team, 1890s.(Source: Marie Toshack)

Bullock team, Stobo, early 1900s.(Source: Marie Toshack)

Stobo, Rawdon Vale — Annual rodeo, 1930s(Source: Marie Toshack)

Acknowledgements• Supervisors Hon. Associate Professor Judy Birmingham andDr Martin Gibbs• The extensive Laurie clan – Gail, Nicholas, Cameron, Emma,Jill, Alex, Josh, Hamish and Hugo• Marie Toshack – a wealth of information• Robin Budge – local history guru