The Dunoon and District Gazette

The following is offered as a contribution towards a history of St Dympna’s Catholic Church in Dunoon. All of the information below has been published previously in the Dunoon Gazette but it has been reproduced at the request of Mrs Veronica Shelton.

A. Friedman’s Post Office Store, James Street Dunoon. Circa 1900

In my most recent contribution on the history of North Dunoon I began by quoting from the declaration of reserve 308 on 9 December 1878 before the parish of Dunoon even had a name. That original reserve included 400 acres at the top of the rise where the Uniting Church stands and where the district water tanks are now located. I quoted the additional comment “that the land described lies partly within Forest Reserve 249 notified 15 Sep 1871”