Doyle Street, Gregory Street, Parry Street, Wilton Drive, Kelso

The 1888 Parish of Kelso map identifies Mr Peter Doyle as an owner of numerous parcels of land in Frome Street in the Village of Raglan. 

Albert Edward Gregory (1857-1940)

Collectively, Charles and Horace Beavis, South Australian born brothers, and English born Albert Gregory recorded through their photographs the unfolding story of Bathurst for over fifty years. Arriving in the mid-1880’s, the Beavis brothers soon established themselves as professional photographers, initially in partnership and later separately. Gregory’s studio operated from 1895 until 1937. 

The three brought both modern technology as well as innovative ideas to their work, ensuring that images of Bathurst’s private and public lives were skillfully and imaginatively recorded for posterity. Gregory’s studio portraits often included people in their work clothes with tools at hand or sometimes in fancy costume ready for an evening of fun. Soon after arriving, “Messrs. Beavis Brothers” had a buggy fitted up for outdoor photography used not only for public events but also for the unexpected, such as the 1889 Macquarie Flood. 

Fortunately, a significant portion of this photographic record is preserved in the Bathurst District Historical Society's collection. The Gregory Collection, with over 4,500 original glass plate negatives from ‘The Premier Studios’, is deemed to be of national significance. Bathurst’s photographers, Charles Beavis, Horace Beavis and Albert Gregory have given us a fascinating insight into our community’s history.

Annie Bertha Parry MBE (1886-1959)

Born in Hill End, Annie Bertha Parry qualified as a nurse in 1910. By 1920, Bertha, her given name of choice, had acquired an impressive range of nursing experience, including hospital, private and school nursing, as well as military nursing with the Australian Army Nursing Service (Egypt 1915). In 1918 Bertha Parry travelled to California for further training, a journey which led to unanticipated professional opportunities, including caring for Alaskan Inuit influenza victims and joining a nursing journal’s editorial staff. 

Purposeful application of her expertise came with her appointment in 1921 as the first full-time secretary of the St John Ambulance Association NSW, a position held until 1939. The Association benefited from Sister Parry’s enthusiasm and guidance. Parry organized first-aid courses statewide and wrote essential training manuals. She initiated useful relationships with other organisations, ranging from sporting bodies to the CWA. Parry’s publicity campaigns brought public awareness for the Association, while her fund-raising auxiliary gained generous Sydney ‘Society’ financial support. 

From 1939 until retirement in 1945, she was wartime NSW’s women’s training supervisor for National Emergency Services. 

Bertha Parry was awarded the MBE in 1954.

The 1888 Parish of Kelso map identifies Mr T T Wilton as an owner of a parcel of land in Cross Street in the Village of Raglan. 

Thomas Talbot Wilton and his brother Edward George Wilton were the proprietors of the Bathurst Times newspaper published from 1858 to 1904. The newspaper was published at a premises in lower George Street, Bathurst. 

The Wilton brothers were also active All Saints parishioners.