LAST week I wrote about the Lambourne family as being early pioneers.

The Lunds have a very similar history.

The Lund and Lambournes, two of the earliest families to settle in the Nelson Bay area during the 1800s, were closely linked mainly through the 1912 marriage of Jack Lund and Annie Lambourne.

Jack Lund arrived in Nelson Bay to grow oysters in Cromarty Bay, from the tiny hamlet of Neranie where the Lunds owned and operated the local timber mill.

The severe 1890s depression caused many timber mills to close, leaving many lake-side hamlets all but deserted. Nowadays the once busy little community is but a campsite on the top lake in the Myalls, not far from Bungwahl.
Jack married Annie Lambourne, the daughter of Lighthouse keeper Henry.

Interestingly Annie was born on the Outer Light at Fingal in 1888.

Jack Lund moved into boatbuilding and fishing on board the old ‘Aurora’, which was considered to be the earliest motorised fishing boat in the port.

The second ‘Aurora’ was built by Jack and his son Harry in Magnus Street, Nelson Bay in 1947.

By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE