Holbrook. The old general store is still trading
Holbrook.
After the pastoralists came John Pabst opened the Woolpack Inn here in 1840. More German settlers came in the mid-1850s and the town that emerged around 1857 was named Germanton. During World War One the German name was changed to Holbrook in honour of Lt. Norman Holbrook a wartime submarine captain who was awarded the Victoria Cross. English born and raised Holbrook had commanded a British Navy submarine B11 which had patrolled the Dardanelles area in 1915. He never had any links with the colonies of Australia but after the War visited the town of Holbrook three times. Holbrook Council recently acquired part of the Australian naval submarine the Otway which was decommissioned in 1995. In 1982 Lieutenant Holbrook’s widow donated his Victoria Cross to the Shire of Holbrook which in turn passed it on to the National War Museum in Canberra. She also contributed funds to the restoration of the hull of the submarine Otway. A statue of Norman Holbrook is located in the town park. In Holbrook you can visit the National Pottery Museum for a viewing and afternoon tea. It contains Australian pottery from the early NSW convict settlement onwards to the golden age of Australian art pottery from the 1930 and 1940s.
Holbrook. The old general store is still trading
Holbrook.
After the pastoralists came John Pabst opened the Woolpack Inn here in 1840. More German settlers came in the mid-1850s and the town that emerged around 1857 was named Germanton. During World War One the German name was changed to Holbrook in honour of Lt. Norman Holbrook a wartime submarine captain who was awarded the Victoria Cross. English born and raised Holbrook had commanded a British Navy submarine B11 which had patrolled the Dardanelles area in 1915. He never had any links with the colonies of Australia but after the War visited the town of Holbrook three times. Holbrook Council recently acquired part of the Australian naval submarine the Otway which was decommissioned in 1995. In 1982 Lieutenant Holbrook’s widow donated his Victoria Cross to the Shire of Holbrook which in turn passed it on to the National War Museum in Canberra. She also contributed funds to the restoration of the hull of the submarine Otway. A statue of Norman Holbrook is located in the town park. In Holbrook you can visit the National Pottery Museum for a viewing and afternoon tea. It contains Australian pottery from the early NSW convict settlement onwards to the golden age of Australian art pottery from the 1930 and 1940s.