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[1] Beatrice Gallo, When the Mill Came to Merimbula, Candelo NSW, 1993, no pagination.
[2] Ibid.
[3] B.J. Ferguson, A Short History of Merimbula, 3rd edn, Merimbula NSW, 2004, p. 16.
[4] B.C. Pease and A. Grinberg, New South Wales Commercial Fisheries Statistics 1940 to 1992, Cronulla NSW, 1995, ‘Table 93. Total production of Sydney rock oysters by estuary during the report period’, pp. 306-08.
[5] ‘Oysters – we have the best’, News Weekly (Merimbula), 30 April 1988, p. 23.
[6] ‘Our oysters tops!’, News Weekly, 21 March 1990, p. 9.
[7] ‘Oyster grower’s lifetime service recognised’, Magnet (Eden), 2 April 1992, p. 3, copies held by Eden Killer Whale Museum, 184 Imlay Street, Eden NSW.
[8] ‘Our oysters tops!’, News Weekly, 21 March 1990, p. 9.
[9] ‘Oyster grower’s lifetime service recognised’, Magnet, 2 April 1992, p. 3.
[10] ‘Minutes of Meeting of the 51st Annual Conference of the NSW Oyster Farmers’ Association at St. George League’s (sic) Club, 124 Princes Highway Kogarah on February 28, 1978’, ‘Minutes of Meeting of the 52nd Annual Conference of the N.S.W. Oyster Farmers’ Association at St. George League’s (sic) Club, 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah on February 20, 1979’, ‘N.S.W. Oyster Farmers (sic) Association Minutes 53rd Annual General Meeting at St. George Leagues Club, Kogarah on Tuesday 19th February, 1980’, Oyster Farmers’ Association of New South Wales, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, N159, Box 1, Item 4.
[11] Ferguson, Short History, p. 8.
[12] Ibid., p. 20; Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales, 40, 27 March 1912, p. 2004.
[13] Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Census of the Commonwealth of Australia. 4th April, 1921: Census Bulletin No. 11. Population, and Occupied Dwellings in Localities, p. 56, in Australian Bureau of Statistics, ‘Census of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1921’, revised 23 August 2011, <http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/ 0/F5F08009AA330B75CA2578F00016DA19/$File/1921%20Census%20%20Bulletin%20No%2011.pdf>, accessed 29 September 2013.
[14] Commonwealth Statistician, Census of the Commonwealth of Australia. 30th June, 1947: Part VIII. — Population and Occupied Dwellings in Localities, p. 530, in Australian Bureau of Statistics, ‘Census of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1947’, revised 15 August 2011, <http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/2F3A37515796B189CA25784100193B4B/$File/1947%20Census%20%20Volume%20I%20%20Part%20VIII%20Population%20and%20Occupied%20Dwellings%20in%20Localities.pdf>, accessed 29 September 2013.
[15] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 30 June 1981: Persons and Dwellings in Local Government Areas and Urban Centres: New South Wales, p. 37, in Australian Bureau of Statistics, ‘Census of Population and Housing, 1981’, revised 7 August 2009, <http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/21168A9CEE54C9CECA257583001154AE/$File/24010_1981_PD_LGA_NSW.pdf>, accessed 29 September 2013.
[16] Ibid.
[17] Australian Bureau of Statistics, ‘2011 Census QuickStats: Merimbula (UCL)’, <http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/UCL114016?opendocument&navpos=220>, accessed 25 March 2014.
[18] Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument, Beach Street, Merimbula NSW, photograph by Gary Selman, 3 February 2014, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection of photographs taken by Gary Selman, 2012-2018, originals held by Gary Selman, Merimbula NSW.
[19] Plaque on Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument, photograph by Gary Selman, 24 November 2012, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[20] ‘Official Opening of Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet (Eden), 19 April 1979, p. 15, copies held by Eden Killer Whale Museum, 184 Imlay Street, Eden NSW.
[21] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival: April 2nd to 13th’, Supplement, p. 1, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980; ‘Hope for “Merv the Oyster”’, Times (Bega), 3 September 1980, p. 5, copies held by Bega Valley Genealogy Society, Old Pambula Court House, Cnr Toalla and Monaro Streets, Pambula NSW.
[22] The local history publications are: Ferguson, Short History; Gallo, When the Mill; Helen Swinbourne and Olwen Morris, People of the Lake: Stories of Merimbula, 3rd edn, Merimbula NSW, 2015. Published accounts of specific monuments are: brian.rogers46, ‘Big Things, Big Attractions, Big Icons around Australia’, revised 20 April 2012, <https://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa =0&msid=100304412553771473558.0004679567a1b697f7f49&ll=-26.902477,134.296875&spn=40.807051,90>, accessed 26 February 2014; David Clark, Big Things: Australia’s Amazing Roadside Attractions, Camberwell Vic, 2004; Beryl Henderson, Monuments and Memorials, Sydney, 1988; Monument Australia, ‘Search’, <http://monument australia.org.au/search>, accessed 15 January 2014; Travelmate, ‘Big Things Guide’, <http://maps.travelmate.com.au/BigThings/BigThi ngs.asp>, accessed 26 February 2014.
[23] Monument Australia, ‘Search’, <http://monumentaustralia.org.au/search/display/103029-first-oyster-festival-memorial>, accessed 27 May 2018.
[24] Clark, Big Things, pp. 122, 189.
[25] National Register of Unusual Monuments Project (Australia), 1987-1989, National Library of Australia, MS 8383, Box 2.
[26] Lionel A. Gilbert and William P. Driscoll, History Around Us: An Enquiry Approach to Local History, Sydney, 1974, p. 59.
[27] Arthur C. Danto, The Wake of Art: Criticism, Philosophy, and the Ends of Taste, Essays Selected and with Critical Introduction, Gregg Horowitz and Tom Huhn, Amsterdam, 1988, p. 153.
[28] Chilla Bulbeck, ‘Australian history set in concrete? The influence of the new histories on Australian memorial construction’, Journal of Australian Studies, 28, 1991, p. 6.
[29] Chilla Bulbeck, ‘The National Register of Unusual Monuments’, Heritage Australia, 10, 2, Winter 1991, p. 21.
[30] Robert S. Nelson and Margaret Olin, ‘Introduction’, in Monuments and Memory, Made and Unmade, eds Robert S. Nelson and Margaret Olin, Chicago, 2003, p. 2.
[31] Susanne Küchler, ‘The place of memory’, in The Art of Forgetting, eds Adrian Forty and Susanne Küchler, Oxford, 1999, pp. 53, 64.
[32] Paula Hamilton, ‘The knife edge: Debates about memory and history’, in Memory and History in Twentieth-Century Australia, eds Kate Darian-Smith and Paula Hamilton, South Melbourne, 1994, p. 12.
[33] ‘Merimbula to hold its first festival’, Canberra Times, 17 October 1977, p. 10.
[34] ‘Merimbula Fest Programme’, Imlay Magnet, 20 October 1977, p. 13.
[35] ‘Procession highlight of Merimbula Fest’, Imlay Magnet, 3 November 1977, p. 1.
[36] Imlay Magnet, 27 October 1977, p. 17.
[37] ‘Fest meeting tonight’, Imlay Magnet, 20 April 1978, p. 6; ‘Merimbula fest committee formed’, Imlay Magnet, 4 May 1978, p. 19; ‘Date set for Merimbula Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 18 May 1978, p. 5.
[38] ‘Oyster Festival: Merimbula ready’, Imlay Magnet, 15 February 1979, p. 1.
[39] ‘The Chairman and Committee’, Imlay Magnet, 17 May 1979, p. 9.
[40] Merimbula Oyster Festival 1979 wine bottles, held by Merimbula-Imlay Historical Society, Old School Museum, 85 Main Street, Merimbula NSW, photograph by Gary Selman, 28 February 2013, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[41] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival: April 12 to April 22’, Supplement, p. 17, Imlay Magnet, 12 April 1979.
[42] ‘Oyster Festival: Merimbula ready’, Imlay Magnet, 15 February 1979, p. 1.
[43] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1979 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 4-5, Imlay Magnet, 12 April 1979.
[44] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival: April 12 to April 22’, Supplement, in Bega District News, 12 April 1979, copies held by Bega Valley Genealogy Society, Old Pambula Court House, Cnr Toalla and Monaro Streets, Pambula NSW, Imlay Magnet, 12 April 1979.
[45] ‘Official Opening of Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 15.
[46] Ibid.
[47] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 22 March 1979, p. 5.
[48] ‘Official Opening of Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 15.
[49] Bega and District Times, 18 April 1979, p. 23, copies held by Bega Valley Genealogy Society, Old Pambula Court House, Cnr Toalla and Monaro Streets, Pambula NSW; ‘Official Opening of Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 15.
[50] Bega District News, 18 April 1979, p. 12.
[51] ‘Official Opening of Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 15.
[52] ‘Oyster Eaters and Their “King”’, Bega and District Times, 18 April 1979, p. 22.
[53] ‘Chit Chat’, Bega District News, 18 April 1979, p. 4.
[54] ‘Mother-of-Pearl’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 22.
[55] Bega and District Times, 18 April 1979, p. 23.
[56] Bega District News, 18 April 1979, p. 12. According to the caption Ken Walton is the person presenting the prize, however, I believe it is Jack Delahey.
[57] ‘Official Opening of Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 15.
[58] ‘Oyster Eaters and Their “King”’, Bega and District Times, 18 April 1979, p. 22.
[59] Glenn Cox, Merimbula Oyster Festival Committee member 1979-1980, to Gary Selman, email, 21 June 2013, original held by Gary Selman, Merimbula NSW.
[60] Susan Stephenson (formerly Susan Fane), Merimbula Oyster Festival Committee member 1979-1981, pers. comm., Bald Hills NSW, 17 March 2014.
[61] ‘Oyster King’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 23.
[62] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival: Crowd’, Bega District News, 18 April 1979, p. 3; ‘World oyster eating record smashed at Merimbula: 475 oysters in 5 mins’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 1.
[63] ‘Festival Float Winners’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 15.
[64] ‘World oyster eating record smashed at Merimbula’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 1.
[65] Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 26.
[66] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Floats’, Imlay Magnet, 26 April 1979, p. 36.
[67] Ibid.
[68] Ibid.
[69] Imlay Magnet, 26 April 1979, p. 5.
[70] Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 26.
[71] ‘She’s old, but stills runs’, South East Magazine, 3, 15, week commencing 30 April 1979, p. 1, supplement to Imlay Magnet, 3 May 1979.
[72] Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 26.
[73] Bega District News, 20 April 1979, p. 10.
[74] ‘Oyster Eaters and Their “King”’, Bega and District Times, 18 April 1979, p. 22; ‘World oyster eating record smashed at Merimbula: 475 oysters in 5 mins.’, South East Magazine, 3, 14, week commencing 23 April 1979, p. 1, supplement to Imlay Magnet, 26 April 1979.
[75] ‘Oyster Festival News’, Imlay Magnet, 29 March 1979, p. 6; ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1979 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 4-5, Imlay Magnet, 12 April 1979; ‘World oyster eating record smashed at Merimbula’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 1.
[76] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1979 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 4-5, Imlay Magnet, 12 April 1979; ‘World oyster eating record smashed at Merimbula’, Imlay Magnet, 19 April 1979, p. 1; ‘Merimbula Public School Fancy Dress Afternoon’, Imlay Magnet, 10 May 1979, p. 4.
[77] ‘Oyster Festival News’, Imlay Magnet, 29 March 1979, p. 6; ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1979 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 4-5, Imlay Magnet, 12 April 1979.
[78] ‘1,000 Dozen oysters’, Imlay Magnet, 26 April 1979, p. 19.
[79] Stan Delle Vergin, Merimbula Oyster King 1979, to Gary Selman, email, 20 December 2012, original held by Gary Selman, Merimbula NSW.
[80] Susan Stephenson, Merimbula Oyster Festival Committee member 1979-1981, pers. comm., Bald Hills NSW, 31 July 2013.
[81] Guinness Book of Records: Edition 26, Enfield Middlesex, 1979, p. 235.
[82] ‘In Brief’, Canberra Times, 16 April 1979, p. 3; ‘1,000 Dozen oysters’, Imlay Magnet, 26 April 1979, p. 19.
[83] ‘Official oyster eating record’, Imlay Magnet, 7 June 1979, p. 1; Guinness Book of Records: Edition 27, Enfield Middlesex, 1980, pp. 233, 359.
[84] Guinness Book of Records: Edition 29, Enfield Middlesex, 1982, p. 198.
[85] ‘Oyster festival contest’, Canberra Times, 27 March 1980, p. 18; ‘Oyster Festival Chairman Urges Community Support’, Imlay Magnet, 26 July 1979, p. 19.
[86] Inaugural Merimbula Oyster Festival 1979 medallion awarded to Merimbula Oyster Festival Committee member Susan Fane (now Susan Stephenson), held by Susan Stephenson, Bald Hills NSW, photograph by Gary Selman, 17 March 2014, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[87] ‘World’s largest oyster’, Imlay Magnet, 5 July 1979, p. 13.
[88] Ibid.
[89] Merimbula Oyster Festival April 1979, film, originally filmed by Els de Zwart on 8mm Super 8 film, reproduced on DVD with permission of, and original film held by, Conrad and Els de Zwart, Merimbula NSW.
[90] Imlay Magnet, 12 July 1979, p. 31, original photograph in collection of original Imlay Magnet and Magnet photographs held by Eden Killer Whale Museum, 184 Imlay Street, Eden NSW, People Folder, File 20, Sub File 16.
[91] ‘Big Oyster has permanent home at Merimbula’, Imlay Magnet, 30 August 1979, p.1.
[92] ‘New Tourist Book’, Imlay Magnet, 5 July 1979, p. 26.
[93] Merimbula, Pambula Beach New South Wales: Your Guide to a More Exciting Holiday, Merimbula NSW, 1980, cover page, p. 29, copy held by Bega Valley Genealogy Society, Old Pambula Court House, Cnr Toalla and Monaro Streets, Pambula NSW, Z8.MER.08.
[94] ‘World opening record attempt’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 2, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[95] ‘Big Oyster has permanent home at Merimbula’, Imlay Magnet, 30 August 1979, p.1, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[96] ‘New Tourist Book’, Imlay Magnet, 5 July 1979, p. 26, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[97] Cover page of Merimbula, Pambula Beach, photograph by Gary Selman, 29 June 2013, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[98] ‘Oyster Festival Chairman Urges Community Support’, Imlay Magnet, 26 July 1979, p. 19.
[99] Robert L. Janiskee and Patricia L. Drews, ‘Rural festivals and community reimaging’, in Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas, eds Richard Butler, C. Michael Hall and John Jenkins, New York, 1998, pp. 157-59.
[100] Mimi Li, Zhuowei Huand and Liping A. Cai, ‘Benefit segmentation of visitors to a rural community-based festival’, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 26, 5-6, 2009, pp. 589, 591, 595.
[101] Ibid., p. 595.
[102] Janiskee and Drews, ‘Rural festivals’, p. 158.
[103] ‘The Grand Parade’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 5, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[104] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 30 June 1986: Census 86 — Persons and Dwellings in Legal Local Government Areas, Statistical Local Areas and Urban Centres/(Rural) Localities: New South Wales, pp. 39-40, in Australian Bureau of Statistics, ‘Census of Population and Housing, 1986’, revised 21 December 2009, <http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/ECCC9E92702ED757CA2574CF0018252B/$File/24620_1986_Persons_and_Dwellings_in_Local_Government_Areas_New_South_Wales.pdf>, accessed 16 April 2014.
[105] Rosalind V.E. Cairns, ‘Time for a fresh start? Migration to Merimbula’, BA (Hons) dissertation, University of Sydney, 1991, pp. 91, 93, copy held by Bega Valley Shire Library, Zingel Place, Bega NSW, 307.2 CAI.
[106] 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 13, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[107] 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 9, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[108] Ibid., p. 1.
[109] Ibid.; ‘Merimbula worships its local god ... the oyster’, South East Magazine, 4, 11, week commencing 31 March 1980, p. 1, supplement to Imlay Magnet, 3 April 1980.
[110] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 8-9, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[111] ‘Festival Souvenirs’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 11, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[112] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival: April 2nd to 13th’, Supplement, in Bega District News, 1 April 1980, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[113] Merimbula Oyster Festival 1980 wine glass, held by Susan Stephenson, Bald Hills NSW, photograph by Gary Selman, 31 July 2013, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[114] ‘Merimbula’s Oyster Festival’, Bega and District Times, 2 April 1980, p. 15; ‘Official Opening’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 1, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980; ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1.
[115] ‘King of Oyster Festival’, Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 3.
[116] ‘Festival Queen’, Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 2; 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 5, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[117] ‘Merimbula celebrates’, Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 4; ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1.
[118] Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 3; 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 5, 13, 15, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[119] ‘King of Oyster Festival’, Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 3.
[120] ‘Festival Queen’, Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 2.
[121] Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 9, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[122] ‘“Mother of Pearl”’, ‘1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival: Easter Saturday to April 26’, Supplement, p. 19, in Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[123] Bega District News, 9 April 1980, p. 3.
[124] 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 5, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[125] Ibid., p. 15.
[126] Ibid., p. 5.
[127] Ibid., p. 13.
[128] ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[129] ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1; ‘Australian Olympic team manager at Merimbula Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 19.
[130] ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1.
[131] ‘Australian Olympic team manager at Merimbula Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 19.
[132] Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 9.
[133] Ibid., p. 5.
[134] 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 10, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[135] Ibid.
[136] ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1; Guinness: Edition 27, p. 233.
[137] ‘Great Oyster Festival Day’, Bega and District Times, 9 April 1980, p. 2.
[138] Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 9, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[139] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 8-9, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980; ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1; ‘“Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: A magnificent occasion’, Imlay Magnet, 17 April 1980, p. 7; ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Taubmans Paint Golf Tournament’, Imlay Magnet, 17 April 1980, p. 29.
[140] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 8-9, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980; ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1; ‘Merimbula Boardriders Club’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 14.
[141] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, ‘Festival races’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 8-9, 16, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980; ‘Oyster Festival Going Great’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 1.
[142] ‘World opening record attempt’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 2, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[143] Kim Martyn, former Manager Rural Bank Merimbula, pers. comm, telephone conversation, 28 April 2014.
[144] ‘Thank you from Oyster Festival committee’, Imlay Magnet, 8 May 1980, p. 21.
[145] ‘Annual Meeting Reviews 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 29 May 1980, p. 25.
[146] ‘World opening record attempt’, ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 2, 8-9, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[147] ‘World opening record attempt’, ‘Late night shopping and Mardi Gras’, 1980 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 2, 14, Imlay Magnet, 27 March 1980.
[148] ‘Pambula Bowls’, Imlay Magnet, 10 April 1980, p. 25.
[149] ‘Permanent home wanted for Merimbula’s Big Oyster’, Imlay Magnet, 14 August 1980, p. 5.
[150] Council of the Shire of Imlay, ‘Council Meeting 18 August 1980 Business Paper’, p. 7, ‘Shire of Imlay: Minutes and Reports 1980’, 2 vols, Eden NSW, 1980, ii, p. 1140, held by Bega Valley Shire Council, Zingel Place, Bega NSW.
[151] Ibid., Times, 3 September 1980, p. 5.
[152] Council of the Shire of Imlay, ‘Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the Shire of Imlay held on 18 August 1980’, p. 12, ‘Shire of Imlay’, ii, p. 1012.
[153] ‘Tourist Centre Opening’, Times, 24 September 1980, p. 10.
[154] ‘Retail Sales Protest’, Imlay Magnet, 12 March 1981, p. 1.
[155] 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 1, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[156] ‘Retail Sales Protest’, Imlay Magnet, 12 March 1981, p. 1, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[157] 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 1, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[158] WhereiS, ‘Merimbula, NSW 2548’, <https://www.whereis.com/ nsw/ merimbula-2548>, accessed 24 December 2018.
[159] Ibid.
[161] ‘Glen (sic) Cox Leaving for New Zealand’, Imlay Magnet, 3 July 1980, p. 5; ‘Permanent home wanted for Merimbula’s Big Oyster’, Imlay Magnet, 14 August 1980, p. 5; ‘Oyster Festival future grim’, Sue Fane letter to the Editor, Imlay Magnet, 2 October 1980, p. 1.
[162] ‘Oyster Festival again for 1981’, Imlay Magnet, 4 December 1980, p. 5.
[163] ‘Do You Know These People?’, Imlay Magnet, 5 March 1981, p. 5, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[164] ‘1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival: Easter Saturday to April 26’, Supplement, in Bega District News, 16 April 1981, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[165] ‘Charity Queen a good way to raise funds’, Bega District News, 27 February 1981, p. 2.
[166] 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 1, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[167] Ibid., p. 7.
[168] ‘Special thanks’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 5, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981; Conrad de Zwart, Merimbula Oyster Festival Committee member 1979-1980, pers. comm., Merimbula NSW, 28 February 2014.
[169] ‘Special thanks’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 5, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[170] ‘Biggest oyster’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 10, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[171] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 6-7, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[172] ‘Floats and Bands a Gala Parade’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 18.
[173] ‘Oyster Festival Spectacular’, Times, 22 April 1981, p. 24.
[174] Ibid.
[175] ‘Who will be the Festival Queens?’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 2, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981; ‘“Oysteriffic” festival fun: Belinda McGuire Festival Queen’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 1; ‘Oyster Festival Spectacular’, Times, 22 April 1981, p. 24.
[176] ‘Oyster Festival Spectacular’, Times, 22 April 1981, p. 24; Times, 22 April 1981, p. 26.
[177] ‘Oyster Festival Spectacular’, Times, 22 April 1981, p. 24.
[178] Times, 22 April 1981, p. 2.
[179] ‘Mrs Merle Warn: “Mother of Pearl”’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 18, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[180] ‘“Oysteriffic” festival fun’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 1, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[181] ‘Who will be the Festival Queens?’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 2, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[182] ‘Oyster Festival Spectacular’, Times, 22 April 1981, p. 24.
[183] Times, 22 April 1981, p. 26.
[184] ‘Winners of the Merimbula Oyster Festival Queen Competition’, Imlay Magnet, 30 April 1981, p. 5, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[185] ‘Who will be the Festival Queens?’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 2, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[186] ‘Floats and Bands a Gala Parade’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 18.
[187] Times, 29 April 1981, p. 16.
[188] ‘Oyster Festival: Floats and Bands a Gala Parade’, Bega District News, 24 April 1981, p. 25.
[189] Times, 29 April 1981, p. 4.
[190] ‘Madi (sic) Gras’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 4, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981; ‘Oyster Festival Spectacular’, Times, 22 April 1981, p. 24.
[191] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 6-7, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981; ‘“Oysteriffic” festival fun’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 1; ‘Merimbula Primary School Fancy Dress’, Imlay Magnet, 30 April 1981, p. 27.
[192] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 6-7, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981; ‘Fun Run’, Imlay Magnet, 30 April 1981, p. 23; ‘Oyster Festival Tournament’, Imlay Magnet, 30 April 1981, p. 35.
[193] ‘Oyster Festival Programme’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, pp. 6-7, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981; ‘“Oysteriffic” festival fun’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 1; ‘Sapphire Sailing a Big Success’, Imlay Magnet, 14 May 1981, p. 5.
[194] ‘Tiffany’s – a winner’, Imlay Magnet, 7 May 1981, p. 25.
[195] ‘“Oysteriffic” festival fun’, Imlay Magnet, 23 April 1981, p. 1, original photograph in collection held by Eden Killer Whale Museum.
[196] 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[197] ‘“Oysteriffic” festival fun: Oyster recipe’, 1981 Merimbula Oyster Festival Supplement, p. 4, Imlay Magnet, 16 April 1981.
[198] Oyster and Seafood Recipes from Merimbula ... Home of the World’s Largest Oyster, Merimbula NSW, 1981, copy held by Susan Stephenson, Bald Hills NSW.
[199] Cover page of Oyster and Seafood Recipes, photograph by Gary Selman, 31 July 2013, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[200] ‘Oyster Festival doomed without support’, Imlay Magnet, 4 June 1981, p. 4.
[201] ‘No Oyster Festival this year’, Imlay Magnet, 25 March 1982, p. 1.
[202] Stephenson, pers. comm., 31 July 2013.
[203] ‘Program of Events the Merimbula-Pambula Spring Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 14 July 1983, p. 30; ‘84 Spring Festival Programme’ Imlay Magnet, 28 June 1984, p. 2; ‘Sapphire Coast Spring Festival Program’, Imlay Magnet, 19 September 1985, pp. 28, 31; ‘Festival fun in the sun’, Imlay Magnet, 8 October 1987, pp. 1-2; ‘Spring Festival time on Coast!’, Sapphire Sun, 65, September 1986, pp. 5-6, 20. The 1984 festival commenced on 18 August with family holiday and children’s activities, was officially opened on 31 August and, according to the programme, closed on 1 December with a dinner and dance, a total of 106 days.
[204] ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival’, Bega and District Times, 21 September 1988, p. 2; ‘Oyster festival to be bigger and better: One full month of fun and enjoyment’, Imlay Magnet, 16 August 1988, p. 7.
[205] ‘Oyster festival to be bigger and better’, Imlay Magnet, 16 August 1988, p. 7.
[206] Imlay Magnet, 11 October 1988, p. 1.
[207] ‘Merimbula Spring Festival’, Imlay Magnet, 26 September 1991, p. 16; ‘Spring Festival’, Magnet, 14 October 1993, p. 26; ‘Spring Festival Programme’, News Weekly, 27 September 1989, p. 12; ‘Merimbula Spring Festival 1990’, News Weekly, 19 September 1990, p. 14; ‘Festival time on the Sapphire Coast: Calendar of events’, Sapphire Sun, October 1992, p. 10.
[208] ‘How about an oyster festival?’, Merimbula News Weekly, 26 August 2009, p. 4.
[209] ‘The “Oyster” Would Not Be A Festival Without “Sue”’, News Weekly, 9 November 1988, p. 7.
[210] Elizabeth Ellis, ‘Oysters monitoring quality of estuaries’, Imlay Magnet, 26 November 1991, p. 4.
[211] ‘Tourist helper’, Imlay Magnet, 1 April 1982, p. 20.
[212] Ibid.
[213] ‘What an oyster!’, Imlay Magnet, 12 November 1987, p. 1.
[214] Ibid.
[215] ‘Oyster Festival Takes Off’, Imlay Magnet, 4 October 1988, p. 2.
[216] Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument, photograph by Gary Selman, 24 November 2012, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[217] Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument, photograph by Gary Selman, 10 December 2018, in ‘Merimbula Oyster Festival Monument’ collection.
[219] Compiled from various articles in Imlay Magnet.
