Early Days

Peter, Isabel and Norman

Building “The Myrtles”, poppies in the side garden. No date – possibly early twentieh century? Printed from slides by Bernadette.
  • Mary
  • Happy Donald, probably Salt Pan Creek, near their home.
A merry day, unknown participants
Isabel and Stanley seated, others unknown.
Grandfather Duncan McKinnon, Norman, Peter and two women, possibly Isabel and Tre or Isabel and Mary McKinnon(?)
People and location unknown but from the Krone collection of slides. Possibly Isabel and Stanley with Mary McKinnon.
The page above, front and back, was a tantalising introduction to a book by William Le Queux. It was found amongst the Krone family papers. From Wikipedia- “The Invasion of 1910 is a 1906 novel written mainly by William Le Queux (along with H. W. Wilson providing the naval chapters). It is one of the most famous examples of invasion literature. It is viewed by some as an example of pre-World War I Germanophobia. It can also be viewed as prescient, as it preached the need to prepare for war with Germany” The novel was originally commissioned by Alfred Harmsworth as a serial which appeared in the Daily Mail from 10 March 1906. According to historian of Germany Sir Richard Evans, the paper built up “mass alarm” by dressing its London newspaper vendors as Prussian soldiers complete with pickelhaube helmet and placards showing maps of where the ‘troops’ would be next day. The rewrite of the story, featuring towns and villages with large readership of the Daily Mail, greatly increased the newspaper’s circulation and made a small fortune for Le Queux; it was translated into twenty-seven languages, and over one million copies of the book edition were sold. The idea for the novel is alleged to have originated from Field Marshal Earl Roberts, who regularly lectured English schoolboys on the need to prepare for war. Now available on-line at
The Invasion of 1910
  • Picnic, Krone children with their father and grandmother McKinnon looking to the camera.
Pinic, same day at Salt Pan Creek. Stanley is in other photo so likely that he took this one. Mary (b 1929) isn’t there and Donald looks about 2-3 so year prob around 1928, which makes Mary McKinnon in her early seventies.
  • George Lamond
  • John Krone
  • Peter standing, John and baby Isabel
  • Peter, Norman, Isabel, John and Donald
  • Mary and Isabel
  • Unknown, possibly Peter and Norman
  • Stanley Cyril (Dick) Krone
  • Norman and Peter Krone
  • Unknown. Lamond children?
  • Unknown. Possibly Norman and Peter.
  • Donald, Isabel and John
  • Unknown top photo, Isabel in Hobart, below
Printed from slides by Bernadette.
Stanley with the children at Bondi Beach. .
  • Isabel
  • Isabel
  • Norman, Peter, Isabel
  • Building the driveway at “The Myrtles”
  • Stanley, trap and children
  • Stanley and Isabel with children Salt Pan Ck
  • Isabel, baby Donald, John, Peter, Isabel and Norman
  • John, Peter, Isabel, Donald and Norman and Grandmother McKinnon
  • Isabel, Salt Pan Creek
  • Donald and John playing in the garden
  • Imelda (Milt) with native flowers for a gathering. a story says she was reluctant & said “here’s you bloody bum trees” to great shock & horror
  • An organised nature walk collecting botanical samples
  • Grandfather McKinnon with baby Norman, Peter and Isabel/Tre/Grandma McK (?)
  • Grandpa McK, Stanley, two children. Stanley was known for his horse and trap and would give people rides to Penshurst
  • Stanley with baby John, Norman, Isabel and Peter
  • Stanley Claus
  • Stanley in the garden
  • Stanley reading in the garden
All from Bernadette’s slide collection
Norman and Peter, with McKinnon grandfather or father Stanley. Unclear which man. Slide printed by Bernadette
  • Isabel in front, Donald on right front, three on left at the back are Peter, Norman and John. Other children unknown.
  • The company in Hobart again, this time with an inscription on the back signed “from funny face on the other side”!

Both these photos were printed from slides by Bernadette. The women in the car also appears as a photo in an album, labeled “Krone women- Stanley’s sisters”. No information about the second picture.
  • Donald in the garden
  • Donald
  • Playing in the garden, Peter, Norman, Isabel, John and Donald
  • Giddy up horsie, with Uncle Oz, Austin Lamond, m Lillian McK.
    Probably Currarong, def Peter and Norman and the other 2 children look like Lamonds(?)
  • Manly Beach
  • Stanley (?) and family at Manly beach. there are several photos of this occasion. Not convinced that it is Stanley in this photo.
  • Stanley Cyril as Father Christmas with children
  • Daddy (SC) as Father Christmas
  • Lawn Mower, Amy Road
  • Stanley Cyril off to Punchbowl for provisions, with assistants.
  • Nurse Norris with baby Henry (known as Peter)
  • Isabel with first baby Henry (known as Peter) and cat.
  • Isabel snr
  • Donald and John in St Pat’s Strathfield uniforms.
Aunty Milt (Imelda Farrand, nee McKinnon) with Peter and Norman at the back, Isabel, Donald and John in the front.
Peter, Norman, Isabel, John and Donald.
Cricket in the garden, Peter, Mary, Donald, Norman, Isabel and John.
These two photos are stuck together in an album. Top- SC and Isabel taking breakfast in the garden. Note SC’s dustcoat over his beautiful suit.
Bottom, Donald and friends.
Stanley and Isabel breakfast at “The Myrtles”, larger image than the original above.
  • Some of these are reproduced separately elsewhere. Note that the last hand written names should be reversed.
  • Isabel McKinnon
  • Schoolboy Donald, third row front fronted, left. Someone’s marked him with a pencil cross.
  • John Holy Communion top row last right. Frank Fanning is on the end of the middle row. Fr Boyle.
Frank Fanning was an close to his ocusins and featured at “The Myrtles” many times. He is the informant of cousin Kate’s death in 1920. Frank was the son of Mary McKinnon’s oldest sister Harriet, b 1855 in London.
  • Peter to his mum about getting home form Mullumbibmy or Currarong. Both Aunties had children named Mary.
  • Joan Lamond and Isabel Krone
  • Aunty Milt (Imelda Farrand, nee McKinnon) and Isabel
  • Mary with two girls from Amy Road.
Peter in Currarong, some of his notes and paintings from Currarong below.
  • Peter was a very keen naturalist and cultivator of orchids. I have one of his orchids, still alive today, MK.
Peter’s art work, indian ink and watercolour. Musings on orchids.
Peter, a keen naturalist, writing about Currarong.
Peter and Mary Cuskelly
  • Unknown artist Indian Ink. Could have been any of many people