Herbert ‘Bert’ Oxenford (1897-1966) was hooked on rifle shooting as soon as he won his first club championship in 1919. However, it would slowly become a family affair. Bert’s sons, John and Rex (1927-2017), were only teenagers when they first accompanied their father to the club (then situated in South Grafton). His passion was infectious […]
Although students at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, may not know it (and may not want to know), their accommodation is situated where the piggery of the Bathurst Experiment Farm was formerly located. The piggery was just one of the studs kept at the Farm and this book records the number of horses, sheep and pigs […]
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