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Martin Ignatius Broderick |
Kathleen Mary Hancock |
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| 1906-1989 | 1906-1987 | ||
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Children |
Born |
Died | |
| Christened | Called | ||
| Gregory Martin | Greg | 09-08-1936 | |
| Anne Therese | Anne | 29-03-1939 | |
| Mary | Molly | 30-10-1940 | |
| James William | Joe | 08-10-1942 | |
| Kathleen Elizabeth | Kathy | 08-10-1942 | |
| Mart and Kath farmed at "Cranbrook", a property which adjoined Avondale. He ran a small dairy for Major Mitchell. During the war Italian POWs were sent to this area. Dante, lived and worked with Mart and Kath, and many a Sunday lunch menu was spaghetti, hand made and rolled by the Italian. |
| Mart and Kath moved to Avondale in the late 1940's and
operated the farm together with their children.
Mart was very interested in horses and had a wonderful team of draught horses. He also had a chestnut gelding called Paddy, and won many prizes with him in the sulky section of the shows. Being president of the Forbes show for several years, Mart was made a life member of the society. |
| Mart was a keen member of the agricultural bureau, both
in the Gunning Gap area and the Western division, holding executive
positions in both.
Mart's reputation as a yarn teller was well known. The district and his family enjoyed many a 'goat' yarn which would start as one point and continue on to several more before finishing at the origin, and always his infectious laugh would mould around you. |
| Kath loved her music and was a talented pianist and choir mistress. Through the CWA she took the Bogan Gate choir to great heights, winning the state title with excerpts from 'Iolanthe'. |
| When Mart retired, Avondale was bought by Dick and Anne Hodges, Anne being Mart's daughter. |
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