History & heritage Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/category/history-heritage/ Lord Howe Island's independent online newspaper Sun, 06 Jul 2025 03:08:04 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-LHI-Signal-Favicon-3-800-32x32.png History & heritage Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/category/history-heritage/ 32 32 Editor of Signals meets editor of Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/editor-of-signals-meets-editor-of-signal/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/editor-of-signals-meets-editor-of-signal/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 01:10:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171103 Like everybody’s first visit to Lord Howe Island, ours in early May, 2025, completely charmed my wife, Anna and me, here to celebrate her 70th birthday.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/editor-of-signals-meets-editor-of-signal/feed/ 0 Robert van Leeuwen Met Memoirs (No.4) https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/robert-van-leeuwen-met-memoirs-no-4/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/robert-van-leeuwen-met-memoirs-no-4/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 23:02:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171111 I applied to become a BoM weather observer in 1990.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/robert-van-leeuwen-met-memoirs-no-4/feed/ 0 Anzac Day 2025 on Lord Howe Island https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/anzac-day-2025-on-lord-howe-island/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/anzac-day-2025-on-lord-howe-island/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:57:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171063 A photo gallery of this year's Anzac Day on Lord Howe Island.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/anzac-day-2025-on-lord-howe-island/feed/ 0 MET Memoir No. 3 – Sue Mitchell https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/met-memoir-no-3-sue-mitchell/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/met-memoir-no-3-sue-mitchell/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:28:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170973 With the end of our manned Met Station drawing near, the Signal is publishing month by month a series of “Met memories” by past observers and their families.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/met-memoir-no-3-sue-mitchell/feed/ 0 MET Memoir No. 2 – Doug Speedy https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/met-memoir-no-2-doug-speedy/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/met-memoir-no-2-doug-speedy/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:01:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170830 Our second in the MET memories series of past observers and their families on Lord Howe Island is Doug Speedy.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/met-memoir-no-2-doug-speedy/feed/ 0 Sparks from the Past https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/sparks-from-the-past/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/sparks-from-the-past/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:28:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170829 Waterfront Wars which details the post war tussle between Trans Oceanic Airways and Qantas, and their rivalry on the Lord Howe route.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/sparks-from-the-past/feed/ 0 Belle’s back on the Island! https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/belles-back-on-the-island/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/belles-back-on-the-island/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:56:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170821 In 1978, boat builder, Bill Fisher, delivered charter vessel, Belle Chase, to her new owners, (Blue Lagoon Lodge’s) Barry Thompson and family.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/belles-back-on-the-island/feed/ 0 Blast from the Past – The Story of Lord Howe’s Meteorological Service https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-lord-howes-meteorological-service/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-lord-howes-meteorological-service/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:42:15 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170781 The Meteorological Office shared the two-room wireless station from 1939, until 1955, when an independent station was completed on the eastern side of the Island above Middle Beach.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-the-story-of-lord-howes-meteorological-service/feed/ 0 A Cast from the Past Special – Mid-Summer Memories https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/a-cast-from-the-past-special-mid-summer-memories/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/a-cast-from-the-past-special-mid-summer-memories/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:09:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170673 One of the most original live entertainments ever staged on Lord Howe. Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Brett Nichols with an amazing cast of local actors.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/a-cast-from-the-past-special-mid-summer-memories/feed/ 0 Sparks from the Past – Waterfront Wars – Part 15C https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/sparks-from-the-past-waterfront-wars-part-15c/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/sparks-from-the-past-waterfront-wars-part-15c/#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:57:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170667 The Waterfront Wars sequence detailing the tussle between Trans Oceanic Airways and Qantas over bitter rivalry on the Lord Howe route.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/sparks-from-the-past-waterfront-wars-part-15c/feed/ 0 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2 Continued) https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2-continued/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2-continued/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:41:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170658 Blast From the Past Special – 50th Anniversary of the Lord Howe Airstrip (Part 2 continued).

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/blast-from-the-past-special-50th-anniversary-of-the-lord-howe-airstrip-part-2-continued/feed/ 0 Letter to the Editor https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-to-the-editor-2/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-to-the-editor-2/#respond Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:19:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170357 Letter to the editor about the early flying boat services to the Island.

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