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Chris Minns - I've always loved the Illawarra Mercury Newspaper. This is my grandfather JAMES Cranney leaving Wollongong in 1969 to become an Inspector of the Fire Brigades in Sydney (Headquarters). Oh
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Photos: Mercury Newspaper's front page coverage of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race through it's 75 year history | The Mercury
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