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NameStubbsDescriptionJohn Stubbs and Selina (nee Green), married in 1891, and started married life on the Green farm at Tongarra, where six of their nine children were born.

John was a farmer and cattleman, and a coachman. He was coachman for Sir William and Lady McMillan of 'River Farm' at the Macquarie Rivulet area.

Selina Mary Green was born 1867 to John and Mary Green at Green Mountain, and probably the first born on the mountain. Her father used to cart wheat to Brown’s Mill at Dapto, and go to Wollongong Harbour for back loading if a boat was in from Sydney. He worked for a William Wilson, labourer and horsedealer, who was employed by David Johnston of Johnston’s Meadows.

William was a convict transported per the Fortune 2 in 1813. He died in 1852 and his eulogy was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald 5th October 1852 as over 60 years and a landholder.

John Green, Selina’s father, was a signatory to the 1859 petition to form a municipality of Shellharbour, and a party to Andrew McGill representing them on the new council. Andrew was Alderman on the first council 1859 to 1864.

Selina recalled on her 91st birthday in 1958, that as a girl she walked from her home at Tongarra to attend the first show. As a show rider, Selina rode at Robertson and Kiama Shows, and was often seen riding side-saddle. Stan Thomas in his book ‘The Town at the Cross Roads’ wrote 'that ladies who rode side-saddle must have taken a great deal of training and skill over hurdles…noted local horsewomen were Amy and Lily Weston and Selina Green, later Mrs. J. Stubbs'.

John and Selina moved to a rented home at Albion Park and three more children were born. They built their own home in Terry Street on the corner O’Gorman Street Albion Park. John worked for O’Gorman’s slaughter yard, and Selina, an accomplished dressmaker, was the seamstress to many families, and also fancy dress costumes for concerts etc. John died in 1948 and Selina continued her dressmaking at her Terry Street home.

Selina was a special guest when the A.H.& I Society held the 60th Annual Show, 1948. Selina would have been 81 years of age, and quoted in 'The Green Book' by Grayeme and Lynne Bone ‘with her retentive memory she could relate the stories of the old days and old ways, for in her young days many of the personalities of the pioneering age were still alive’.

Selina died on 5th September 1961 aged 94 years and buried at All Saints Church of England Albion Park. The South Coast Times printed an Obituary to Selina saying ‘with the death of Mrs. Selina Stubbs, in her 95th year, a link with the pioneering days of Albion Park has been severed”.

John and Selina’s family of nine consisted of, Ella born 1892, Ilma 1894, John 1896, Myra 1897, Edna 1900, Dulcie 1902, Richard 1904, Lewis 1907 and Ina 1913. Their eighth child, Lewis (Lew) Iles Stubbs born on 4th June 1907, was well known in the Albion Park area, and sports person in football and competition cricket. Lew attended Albion Park Public school, became apprenticed in carpentry and in 1929 he moved to Mullumbimby North Coast to work on bridge building. He met Essie Stock and they married in 1931.

In 1939, Lew and Essie returned to Albion Park where Lew continued working for the Department of Main Roads. Required to work in the war effort WW11, Lew was engaged to work on the roads installing the tank traps in the area so the roadwork could be destroyed in case of enemy invasion. After the war, he left the Main Roads Board in the early 1950s.

Lew worked at Tongarra Mine until it closed firstly in 1958. He went to work at Tallawarra Power House for a short time before joining Shellharbour Municipal Council until he retired in 1975. Lew died 1st October 2001, in the first year of the 21st Century.

When the Tongarra Heritage Society published Bert Weston’s “Albion Park Saga” in 1996, Lew wrote the Foreword, of their boyhood recollections, having known Bert all his life since they were children. Lew was a great supporter and donor of his memorabilia and recollections for the Shellharbour City Tongarra Museum, an asset for the preservation of the history of the area.

Since 1888, five generations of the Stubbs family have exhibited and contributed at the Albion Park Show, Selina, Lew and Essie, Des and Wendy, Jefferson and Katharine and family Jessica and Nicholas Stubbs.

Desmond (Des) Lewis Stubbs, wife Wendy and family are following in the tradition of the shows, including the Royal Easter Shows, with both Des and Wendy as judges for the Angus Society Handler’s Competition. Over the years, Des and Wendy’s involvements in many community associations are a long list, including the Albion Park A.H.&I Assoc, Kiama Show, Pony Club Gymkhana, Sporting achievements, Junior Farmer and Rural Youth, South Coast Country Music. Wendy was elected an Independent West Ward Alderman on Shellharbour Council 1987-1991 and first female to contest a Mayoral seat in 128 years. Both Wendy and Des were featured in a recent publication of the RAS Journal “Young Farmer Jones” of Wendy’s involvement in the Junior Farmers movement.

Information courtesy Desmond and Wendy Stubbs.

External LinkObituary Percival Green 41 YearsObituary The Late Mr Henry GreenLate Mr John GreenObituary Mr Maurice GreenObituary Mr John StubbsAlbion Park's First Show - Early RecollectionsAlbion Park Death - John Green

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Launch of Mood Park Refurbishment Project

The Royal Agricultural Show

Country Week Cricket Team c.1936-1937

Des, Nicholas and Jefferson Stubbs

Des and Wendy Stubbs

Albion Park Federation Plaques Launch

Shellharbour City Council Historic Plaques

Winifred and Thelma O'Gorman Playing Tennis

Wendy and Desmond Stubbs

Thelma O'Gorman and Essie Stubbs

John Stubbs, Ken Ross, Des Stubbs and Alan King (Front)

Mrs Johnson, Thelma O'Gorman and Ray O'Gorman

Ray O'Gorman and Lew Stubbs at Goulburn

Edith Grey, Lew Stubbs and Keith Grey

Essie Stubbs, Thelma O'Gorman and Mary Tobin

Joan Bennett and Desmond Stubbs

Dawn and Thelma O'Gorman and Essie Stubbs

Ian and Chris Hatfield's Wedding

Ray O'Gorman, Mrs Johnson, Thelma O'Gorman, Essie and Lew Stubbs, and Clive Johnson

Ray O'Gorman, Thelma O'Gorman, Essie and Lew Stubbs, and Clive Johnson

Ray O'Gorman, Clive Johnson, Thelma O'Gorman, Mrs Johnson and Lew Stubbs

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The Stubbs Family of Albion Park about 1912.

Back l-r: Dulcie, Ella, Edna, John. Front l-r: Lew, Myra, Selina, Ina, John, Ilma, Richard (Cyril).

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