Spring is just around the corner

Today was a glorious sunny winter Sunday morning in Carey Bay. Spring is only two hours away.

From my balcony I could spy crafts of all shapes and sizes enjoying the mild conditions. There were 

early morning kayakers and people getting ready for a spot of fishing. to the competitive afternoon sailors. 

The afternoon brought out competitive sailors with their support boat keeping a watchful eye on roceedings.

Late of Carey Bay

Feeling the love for volunteers at The Ryerson Index today. Recently members of Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc. scanned death and funeral notices from the Newcastle Morning Herald, and other volunteers indexed them.

My earlier searches of Ryerson for Carey Bay had returned a few results from out of area newspapers. With the addition entries from a local newspaper, the Newcastle Morning Herald, to the database I was hoping for better results from a new search.

My expectations were exceeded. Yesterday I revisited the Index and found 1248 entries that included "Late of Carey Bay" or something similar. I noted that there are an additional 40 entries for the alternate spelling of Cary Bay.

Numbers from my initial "Carey Bay" search

I started by checking the 310 entries up to the year 2000. Around half of these are newly identified residents for my One Place Study that I hadn't found in other records. This is probably due to the fact that Carey Bay also known earlier as Cary Bay,  was previously a locality in Toronto until it was gazetted as "Carey Bay" on 31 May 1991 when the boundaries were determined. Electoral Rolls and several other records show these people as living in Toronto.

A selection of entries from the Ryerson Index giving sources for the information

I have plenty to keep me busy as I further explore these individuals and follow up on the 900+ entries I have yet to examine.

New Resource

Following on a post from Tim Sherratt on BlueSky I visited his GLAM Workbench that I had not consulted for this CareyBay2283 study. 

Searching his interface to the NSW Post Office Directories for both Cary Bay and Carey Bay was a simple task that painlessly rewarded me with a list of reference to Carey Bay people. From there I was able to follow some link to see the original directory pages that are digitised on Trove. 

Wise's New South Wales post office directory 1938
Listed on Page 788 are several Carey Bay residents

The GLAM Workbench is a most valuable resource for anyone pursuing a One-Place or One-Name study in Australia

Education

There being no schools in Carey Bay local children need to travel to adjacent suburbs or beyond for primary and secondary education.

Preschool children are catered for at two preschools, Carey Bay Preschool, and Crocodile Kids.

Coal Point Public School "Coal Point Public School is a Kindergarten to Year 6, Comprehensive, Coed Primary School in Coal Point." The school has just celebrated its 70th Anniversary.

St Joseph's Primary School, Kilaben Bay, is "a unique school community catering for students from Kindergarten to 6 in the Toronto district and surrounding suburbs." The school moved to Kilaben Bay in 1984.

The next closest Primary Schools are Toronto Adventist School and Toronto Public School.

Public secondary education is available at Toronto High School. Close by are St Paul's Catholic College at Booragul and  Charlton Christian College (K-12) at Fassifern which are fee-paying religious schools. 

Several students travel further afield to attend a range of private or selctive schools in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle areas.

Serenity on Sunday

26 April 2026

We Will Remember Them

 As ANZAC Day approaches I have been updating the list from my ANZAC Day post last year.

Following is a list that I continue to compile of servicemen and women with a connection to Carey Bay who served in The Boer War, World War One and World War Two. Records for later conflicts may be added in the future. 

Boer War

Granville John Burnage (1858-1945)

World War One

James Allan (1892-1970) 
Thomas William Brown (1885-1951)
Granville John Burnage (1858-1945)
Captain Julian Frank De Meyrick 
Ernest William Dumbrell (1866-1949)
Richard Alfred Flemming (1889-1951)
Herbert Luther Froome
William James Stuart Gore (1894-1981)
Basil Arthur Helmore (1897-1973)
James Kerr (1889-1950)
Frederick Isaacson (1888-1964)
Cyril Knight Jacka (1896-1974)
Ernest Edwin Pearce (1894-1977)
Captain/Chaplain John C W Stretch (-1967)
Frederick Glyndwr Young (1905-1993)

World War Two 

Henry Pelham Aldrich (1915-2007)
Eric Bentley  (1913-1974)
Colin Kendall Cameron (1910-1988)
Bertie William Channell (1918-1997)
Frederick Walter Clarke (1923-1991)
Donald Arthur William Cochran (1917-1980)
George Frederick Thomas Collins (1915-1990)
Wesley John Costin (1918-1993)
John Julian De Meyrick (1920-1941) 🕇
David William Dean (1914-1993) 
Lennard Lawrence Deed  (1913-1944) 🕇
Charles George Denley (1918-1988)
Jack Denley (1924-)
Peter Vitold Doffkont (1916-1981)
Robert Vivian Easton  (1995-1997)
Norman Leslie Extarem (c1920-1988)
Brian Graham Fitzpatrick (1916-2004
Robert (Bob) Gambrill (1922-1993)
Malcolm Stuart Reid Gaul (c1920-1968)
Eric Gibbs  (1921-2010)
Leslie Gibbs (1912-1988)
William Henry (Bill) Hamilton (1918-1989)
Francis William Harrison (1916-1984)
Desmond Michael Hart  (1920-1986)
Cecil Edmund Hayne (1897-1959)
Frederick Norman Hissey (1902-1998)
John Laurence Holderhead (1914-1965)
Frederick Isaacson (1888-1964)
Henry Perkin Jenkins (1916-2003)
George Gilmour Mallaby (1921-1942) 🕇
Martin Joseph Malley (1902-1991)
Norman Thomas Christopher McCrorie (1921-1990)
Neville Frank Cameron McDonald (1917-2006)
Percival Hubert Middleton (1915-1977)
Raymond Morton Mudie (1919-1989)
Harold Alexander (Harry) Patton (1922-2009)
Richard Alexander Pearson (1920-2010)
Ian Henderson Peterson (1925-2013)
Reginald Proudlock (1904-1985)
Kevan Ryan 
James Lumsden Skene  (1905-1958)
Aubrey Batey Snowball  (1916-2015)
Charles Albert Trigg (1909-1994)
Mark Stanislaus Tumpane (1910-1998)
Mary Elizabeth Whitfield (1922-2007)
Leslie Norman Gwydir Wilby (1918-2009)
John Henry Wrightson

Updated 30 July 2026

Additions Corrections  and further information on entries for this list will be gratefully received.
Email: jillballau@gmail.com

250 Obsequies

Today we reached another milestone. The 250th memorial was added to the Carey Bay 2283 Virtual Cemetery on FindaGrave. 

Number 250 is Margaret Jean Lyons nee Hathaway was the subject of the obsequies performed at Pinegrove Memorial Park. The following summary was produced from the CareyBay2283 database. 

Name:	Margaret Jean Hathaway
Sex:	Female
Individual Facts
Birth	15 Jul 1921	Temora, NSW, Australia
Residence	1949 (about age 28)	ParliamentaryDivision: Mitchell; Blacktown, NSW, Australia1
Death	23 Jan 2016 (age 94)	Carey Bay Nursing Home, Carey Bay, NSW, Australia
Burial	29 Jan 2016 (age 94)	Pinegrove Memorial Park, Minchinbury, NSW, Australia
Residence		Carey Bay, NSW, Australia
Alt. Name		Margaret Jean Lyons
Marriages/Children
1. Alfred Charles Lyons 1912-1998
Marriage	1942 (about age 21)	Parramatta, NSW, Australia2