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Owen Campbell (rugby League)
Owen Belmont Campbell (18 January 1918 – 7 August 1993) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He was a winger who played with three different Sydney clubs during his career and won the 1941 NSWRFL season, 1941 premiership with St George Dragons, St George. Playing career 'Ossie' Campbell featured in seven NSWRFL seasons. Originally from Maitland, New South Wales, he started his career at Newtown Jets, Newtown in 1938, then moved to Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs for one season in 1940 and then moved to St George Dragons, St George for five seasons between 1941 and 1945. He won a premiership when he scored two tries for St George Dragons, St George in 1941 NSWRFL season, 1941 Grand Final. He retired at the end of 1945. Campbell died on 7 August 1993, aged 75.Sydney Morning Herald – Death Notice 09/08/1993 Published sources * Alan Whiticker, Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', Gavin All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tingha, New South Wales
Tingha is a small town on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia in Inverell Shire. Formerly part of Armidale Region, on 1 July 2019, responsibility for Tingha was transferred from Armidale Regional Council to Inverell Shire Council. The town is south of Inverell and north-north-east of Sydney. Tingha is an Aboriginal word for "flat or level". History Before non indigenous settlement the area now known as Tingha was mainly lived upon by people from the Nucoorilma clan of the Gamilaroi Nation, which is an associated group of the Murri Aboriginal people. Many of their descendants still live in the surrounding area. Tingha was first settled in 1841 by Sydney Hudson Darby and became a mining town after tin was discovered there in the 1870s. Within a year Australia's first commercial tin mines were operating at a private settlement known as Armidale Crossing. Around 5,000 people arrived and about 1000 of the miners were Chinese. The Wing Hing Long Museum is a remi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
