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Windellama Historical Society

Article by Rex Hockey

Sometime following my father’s death, my mother gave me an instrument Dad said I was to have as no-one else would know what it was. He wasn’t quite correct as not only did no-one else know what it was, I didn’t know what it was. My intelligent guesses were all incorrect. So I set out to find out what it was.

With the blades closed it looks just like a pocket knife. The second image shows an insignia of the rising sun with the words ‘Real’ and ‘Bright’ either side with the word ‘Witness’ underneath. With the help of Mr. Google, I tracked down the manufacturer in England who confirmed that they had made it and that it was called a FLEAM. Fortunately they provided a few links to enable me to find out more.

The following is from Wikipedia:- HISTORY : This name for handheld venipuncture devices first appears in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts at around A.D. 1000.[1] The name is probably derived from the phlebotome from phlebos, Greek for vein, and tome, meaning to cut.[2] These instruments are the progression from the early use of fish teeth, sharpened stones, and thorns used to penetrate blood vessels. The earliest known examples are made of bronze with a myrtle-leaf shape to the blade. In the 17th and 18th centuries the German Fliete, and French flamettes were developed. These devices with their right-angle blades are the earliest forms of what collectors would now refer to as the fleam.

USE: While there are reports of this type of instrument being used in humans, it is more likely that these were reserved for veterinary use, while the common thumb lancet was the instrument of choice for use in people.

These instruments with their triangular-shaped blades were designed to be placed over the vein (most commonly the jugular or saphenous) and struck with a fleam stick. This would ideally result in a rapid penetration of the vein with minimal risk to the operator and minimal dissection of the subcutaneous tissues. This latter point would have been considered important in minimizing the formation of a dissecting hematoma. Once the desired blood was drained from the patient, the operator would place a pin through the edges of the incision. A figure eight of tail hair or thread would then be placed over the pin to retain closure.[4] Statements from Mayhew in his 1864 treatise would indicate that the perceived benefits of these procedures were coming into great question in the latter half of the 19th century for all conditions except laminitis.[4]

I would presume it probably was my Great Grandfather’s John William Croker of ‘Pleasant Hill’.

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In Your March Garden From Irene Turner

Earth Hour—26th March Why take part? With over 4000 cities in over 128 countries taking part, Earth Hour has grown into the world’s largest community-driven campaign for the planet. Earth Hour truly demonstrates the power of individuals, communities, businesses and governments to unite and make a difference.

What can you do? Sign up & switch off for Earth Hour at 8:30pm Saturday 26 March – rally your friends and family and make it a night to remember. Switching off is a simple act, yet a hugely powerful one, making a statement that we care about the planet, while also sending a reminder to our leaders that we want action. Nominate & vote in the WWF Earth Hour Awards , sharing the positive actions being taken across Australia for a better, healthier world. Go beyond the hour & commit to enduring changes for the planet. Earth Hour is the perfect time to make simple, everyday changes to our lives to reduce our environmental footprint.

We all have a part to play. It is through the sum of our efforts that we will make a difference & together lead to way to a greener & more prosperous future. It’s YOUR earth hour!

Plant your cauliflower, cabbages, brussel sprouts, or broccoli; and to get them established before winter-use liquid fertiliser on them. Vegetables Lettuce, turnips, radish & white onions can also go in now. Flowers Seedlings of alyssum, pansy, viola, stocks, poppies, calendula, carnation, dianthus, polyanthus, larkspur, snapdragon, statice, verbena can go in now. Seedlings of wallflower, sweet Williams also.

Seeds of Virginian stock can be sown directly where they are to grow; these come in colours of white, pink, cream & lavender.

Perennial plants such as hollyhock, Canterbury bells, aquilega (columbine), delphinium and penstemon can be planted now.

Watch for caterpillars on your roses. You can use sprays or pick them off and feed them to the chooks. Spray roses with Eco Oil for black spot, pick off the affected leaves and put them in the bin.

You can propagate cuttings of geraniums, fuschia and hydrangeas now. In a 10cm pot take a dozen cuttings, making sure they are planted around the edge of terracotta pots to get more warmth. Use a mixture of one part coarse sand to two parts peat moss. Make sure the mixture never dries out.

Fruit Fly Trap Cut a 5mm slot half way up a 500ml plastic bottle, complete with lid. Pour in a little bait made from diluted fruit juice or yeast spread (vegemite). Then hang from plants, placing traps 2 metres apart.


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Upcoming Family History sessions

When: all sessions from 10.30 - 11.30am each Thursday Where: in the Regional History Room of Goulburn Library, Civic Centre, Bourke St, Goulburn Cost: FREE but bookings are essential as places are limited

Thurs 10 March 2011 Discovering ... Ancestry.com - Learn how to effectively access the world's leading family history online resource, with over 6 billion names in their comprehensive and diverse collection of genealogical databases. Thurs 17 March 2011 Investigating ... TROVE and digitised newspapers - Trove is the National Library's exciting new discovery experience, focused on Australia and Australians. It supplements what search engines provide, and also enables access to an increasingly wide range of digitised newspapers from early 1800s to 1954. Thurs 24 March 2011 Searching ... NSW & other online BDMs - Provides practical hints and tips for you to trace your family history through Australia's various online databases for births, deaths and marriages. Thurs 31 March 2011 Exploring ... FamilySearch.org - It's been revamped! Gain some practical skills for accessing the latest version of this oldest and most reliable online family history service. Thurs 7 April 2011 Revealing ... State Records & NSW State Library - Learn how easy it is to explore State Records' official sources, also the NSW State Library's extensive databases and links. Convicts and immigration; naturalization; probate; divorce; census details and more are all freely available online. Thurs 14 April 2011 Extending the Sources: Searching for Soldiers - Closer to home, learn where and how to

search within the Library's own collections for clues to your ancestors' military records. Thurs 21 April 2011 Digging the Discs & FindMyPast.com.au - Delve into the Library's hidden treasure chest of CD-ROM resources. At the same time, you can find out how to access the newest online Australian family history subscription service for free.

PS: You may also be interested in our blog posting on Oallen Ford Road at www.strlhistorymatters.blogspot.com, (thanks to Tom Bryant for the research).

Grant Supports Southern Tablelands Book Clubs

Book clubs across the Southern Tablelands can now access extra support and resources thanks to a new library service titled Read and Connect, funded by an $18,000 grant from the Library Council of NSW.

Member for Goulburn Pru Goward gave a passionate speech to launch the program at Goulburn Library. Her words were received fondly by the large audience of book club members and avid readers from across the region.

Mayor of Goulburn Mulwaree Cr Geoff Kettle thanked the Library Council of NSW for providing the funding, which was made available through the Library Development Grant program. He also thanked Ms Goward for supporting the grant application.

Goulburn Library Branch Officer in Charge Sylvia Brook encouraged new and existing book clubs throughout the Southern Tablelands to visit the Read and Connect links at www.strl.nsw.gov.au for more information, or contact their local library.


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Church News

CHURCH SERVICES

MARCH St. Mark’s - Bronte Sunday 13th – 11.30am

St. Bartholomew’s – Windellama Sunday 27th - 11 30am APRIL St. Mark’s – Bronte Sunday 10th – 11.30am

St. Bartholomew’s – Windellama Sunday 24th – 11.30am EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE

The Reverend Vanessa Bennett can be contacted on landline 4821 3631 or mobile 0417 699 700 or by email on [email protected]

Catholic Church Services

Parish Priest: Fr. Dermot McDermott Assistant: Fr. Sunhil Kadaparambil

Presbytery & Parish Office Phone 4821 1022

******** Sunday Mass will be at 9am. on the 2nd & 4th Sunday at St. Patrick's Marulan .

******** Mass Times in Goulburn are:

Saturday Vigil Mass: 6pm (DST) at St. Peter & St. Paul's

Sunday: 8am. at Our Lady of Fatima, Nth. Goulburn

Sunday: 10am. at St. Peter & St. Paul's *********

St. Joseph’s Church, Tarago 1st Sunday of each month 10.30am

Enquiries: 4842 2444

St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church

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NERRIGA ANGLICAN CHURCH SERVICES

Held at Nerriga Church Hall 2nd Sunday each month at 2.30pm

(Except Easter & Christmas) All Welcome


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Free recycling of the following:

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Free recycling also of Chemical Drums providing they are empty, triple washed and have the lids removed

Tipping Fees for Tarago

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Car, station wagon, small ute or small trailer $13.00

Medium trailer, large ute or 1-tonne truck load $18.00

Large trailer load $27.00

Unsorted Waste and Non-Residents Waste

Garbage & trade waste $66.00

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Other unsorted waste— 2 x sorted rate per category

Hard fill demolition waste

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Animals — Note:

Animal carcasses cannot be dumped at Tarago as there are no facilities for burial please refer to Goulburn Mulwaree Council for details on availability in this area.

Car Bodies $50.00

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Motorcycle tyres (each) $ 7.00

Truck tyres (each) - per tyre $21.00

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Important Phone Numbers

Rural Fire Brigades Windellama Jim Meehan 4844 5554 Tarago Ken Vassel 4849 4652 Taylors Creek Dave Elward 4849 4240 Mt Fairy Frank Gannelll 4849 4558 Bungonia Ian Tapper 4844 4460 Gundary Tony Kent 4822 5078 Nerriga John Rolfe 4845 9160 Bushfire Information 1800 059 333

www.windellamarfs.com.au or www.rfs.nsw.gov.au

WINDELLAMA PH: 4844 5359 or

CHANNEL 21/209 Base

AMBULANCE 000 Ambulance Booking 13 12 33 Goulburn Ambo Station 4827 0444 Windellama CFR First Aid Ambulance on triple zero Kevin Muffet 4844 7143 SES 13 25 00 Poison Info. Service 13 11 26 Goulburn Base Hospital 4827 3111

Police Tarago Station - Snr. Constable Brad Carey 4849 4411 Goulburn 4824 0799

Other

Goulburn Railway Station 4828 5816 Train info & bookings 13 22 32 www.countrylink.info Country Energy - interruptions 13 20 80 Lifeline 13 11 14 Kids Helpline 1800 551 800

Windellama Progress Association Cathy Meehan (President) 4844 5554

Frances Knights (Secretary) 4844 5157

Windellama Rural Fire Brigade Jim Meehan (Captain) 4844 5554

Rex Hockey (President) 4844 5147

Ellen Sylvester (Secretary) 4844 5407

Windellama Field Day Committee Cathy Meehan (Secretary) 4844 5554

Frances Knights (Treasurer) 4844 5157

Windellama News Denise Johnson (Editor) 4844 5087

Gayle Stanton (Editor) 4844 5156

Cathy Meehan (Sec / Treas) 4844 5554

Windellama Garden Cub Inc. Pam Williams (Treasurer) 4844 5194

Lynn Stockford (Secretary) 4844 5029

Windellama Hall Country Markets Bob Shaw 4844 5001

Windellama Historical Society Rex Hockey (President) 4844 5147

Joanna Croker (Co-Secretary) 4844 5125

Windellama Landcare Tony Greville (President) 4844 5047

Sandra Greville (Secretary) 4844 5047

Windellama CFR Kevin Muffet 4844 7143

Shirley Cornish 4844 5101

Windellama School P&C Terry Hannan (President) 4844 5337

Heather Caulfield (Secretary) 4844 5120

Nerriga Nugget James Lee (Articles) 4844 5449

Nerriga Rural Fire Brigade John Rolfe (Captain) 4845 9160

Justin Parr (Snr. Deputy Captain) 4845 9129

Marie Kennedy 4845 9126

Wires (wildlife rescue) Marian Pearce 4844 5244

Southern Tablelands WIRES 4822 3888

Tarago Pony Club 4844 7014

Community Health - Goulburn 4827 3913

Community Transport 4823 4499

Justice of the Peace Linda Shannon 0429 980 141

Geoff Burns 4849 4330

Community Information FOR ALL EMERGENCIES eg. FIRES / ACCIDENTS

PHONE 000 For Mobile users &

Landlines


March 2011

For details of times and places - see articles ins ide this issue Emergency phone numbers are on the back of this pag e.

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

1

Willow Glen

Gardeners

2 3

School Playgroup

4

5

6

Tarago Show

Clean Up Australia

Day

7

P&C

AGM

8 Craft Arvo

9

10 School

Playgroup

11

12 Goulburn

Rose Show

13

St. Mark’s

Poultry Auction

14 Canberra

Day

15 Craft Arvo

16

Nerriga Gardeners

17 School

Playgroup

St. Patrick’s Day

18 Book

Launch

19 Landcare Working

Bee

20

Windy Hall

Country Markets

21

Progress Meeting

22

Craft Arvo

23

24

School Playgroup

25

26 Fire

Brigade Training &

Meeting

Earth Hour

27

St. Bart’s

Goulburn Show

28 29 Craft Arvo

30

31 School

Playgroup

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