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January 2018 Blog Posts (1)

Coutts Sailors' Home

Coutts Sailors' Home was named for Rev. James Coutts. He negotiated with the government to acquire the land and raised much of the money to build the home as a safe haven for sailors staying in the port of Newcastle, Australia. Its opening was considered so important that there was a public holiday a marching band and a big party!

The foundation stone was moved to a wall some time later. It…

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Added by Diane Kinloch on January 30, 2018 at 9:33am — No Comments

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