Uncle Lance Puckeridge is a local Aboriginal Elder who was born in Port Kembla near Hill 60. He shares his knowledge and experiences about Hill 60 and surrounding areas where his family lived near MM beach Port Kembla. Uncle Lance’s wife Merle was also present.
Hill 60 -Port Kembla – Aboriginal Elders -Red Point- Boilers Point – Fisherman’s Beach – MM Beach – Port Kembla North Beach – Ned (Edward) Puckeridge – Soldiers quarters – Tom Thumb Lagoon – Family Tree.
1931 Ferguson Family Christmas Back row L-R Baby, Myra (nee Jones) & Duncan Jnr, Duncan Snr & Edith (nee Chadely), Joyce, Elina May & Francis, Norman Puckeridge nursing their baby Joe. Front L R Nancy Ferguson (later Armstrong) and Mervin Ferguson.
P43780 – Edward (Ned) Puckeridge with grandsons Ernie(BL), Alfred(BR) Puckeridge (from Edward’s son John’s first wife Matilda Clout).
P43781- John Puckeridge (FR) with sons Alf (LF), Leslie(LB), and Francis RB) dressedin regalia for mens group Odd Fellows meeting. (Francis is Lance Puckeridge’s father.
P43779 – MM beach Port Kembla, Hill 60 in background in the late 1950’s (school is where the bushes at base of hill are)- Lance Puckeridge family house in first row in foreground.
Port Kembla Harbour – Sydney harbour tunnel construction bottom left
P43782 – Hill 60 & MM Beach prior to 1941 Building camp – Lance family home with dark roof second from right
1940s pre war Aerial of Surf Beach Road MM Beach Port Kembla
1960 Aerial of Surf Beach Road, MM beach Port Kembla
P43783 – Soldiers quarters 1942 Port Kembla Hill 60 in the back ground
P43785 – Soldiers at Port Kembla near signal Point 1941-1943 – The same guns were used at Hill 60
P43784 – Soldiers at Port Kembla near signal Point between 1941-1943 – The same guns were used at Hill 60
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