This index, contains over 6,200 entries extracted from the Port Macquarie News newspaper, encompassing the 5 year period from 1916 to 1920, detailing references to Accident, Active service, Anniversary, Anzac service, Apology, Appointment, Army discharge, Arrival, Article, Assault victim, Auction, Award, Baptism, Benefit, Birth, Birthday, Body found, Boer War, Burns victim, Business, Cablegram, Call up list, Capsize, Church, Commission, Concert, Convalescent, Curios, Cyclone, Death, Departure, Deported, Diary, Died of wounds, Discharge, Donation, Driver's license, Enlistment, Estate, Examination, Family, Farewell, Feared dead, Final furlough, Fire, Funeral, Furlough, Gassed, Gift, Grave, Home furlough, Honour Roll, In Memoriam, Induction, Injured, Inquest, Insolvent, Interview, Invalided home, Killed in Action, Leaving district, Lecture, Left district, Legal, Legal notice, Letter, Letter from front, Letter to editor, Lightning strike, Liquidation, Mail contract, Marriage, Medical, Medical notice, Memorial, Memorial poem, Memorial service, Memorial trees, Memorial window, Mention despatch, Military, Military call up, Missing, Missing in action, Murder victim, Naval training, Navy, New business, Notice, Obituary, Officer training, Ordination, Orphaned, Overseas, P O W, Pallbearer, Partnership, Poem, Presentation, Prize winner, Probate, Promotion, Property purchase,  Property sale,  Quarantine,  Railway accident, Re-enlistment, Remain in district, Removal, Rescue, Resignation, Return, Return thanks, Return to camp, Reward, Rifle shoot, Robbery victim, Sailor's letter, Sale, Scholarship, School, Shark attack, Shipping, Shipwreck, Shooting accident, Shooting victim, Sick leave, Silver jubilee, Snake bite, Social, Sold business, Soldier's letter, Special furlough, Stabbing victim, Subscription, Thanks, Torpedoed, Training, Transfer, Unveiling, Visit, Volunteer worker, War memento, War record, War relic, Wedding cake, Wedding party, Welcome, Welcome Home, Wounded, Wreckage found.
 

Many articles within this newspaper refer to events of the early years of the district, such as births, deaths, and marriages of the mid to late 1800s and these have been included in this index as they will be of great interest to researchers establishing links in a family's history.
 

The "Port Macquarie News newspaper" newspaper is available on micro film for viewing by researchers at  the State Library of NSW in Sydney, the National Library in Canberra,  and also at municipal libraries, and at some historical and family history societies.
 

Copies of newspaper extracts are also available at a nominal fee of $5 per article from Rod & Wendy Gow.

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The following 9 entries are an example of the format in this index.

The index shows the DATE of the edition of the particular newspaper and the P&C (page and column) number within that edition to facilitate ease of research.....
 

NAME	EVENT	AGE	DISTRICT	DATE	P&C
Aitken Gertrude	Legal		Port Macquarie Small Debts Court	10 Jan 1920	4.5
Bailey (daughter to Mrs H Bailey)	Birth		Telegraph Point	15 Jun 1918	4.7
Campbell Miss	Marriage		Williams River	22 Nov 1919	4.6
Estens Robert (piano tuner)	Inquest	56	Port Macquarie - of Taree	7 Oct 1916	5.3
Fletcher Charles Mrs	Funeral	39	Kendall Cemetery	15 Apr 1916	2.3
Gamack Mary Macdonald ("Molly") Miss	Death	16	Hampton Hall Pola Creek	11 Oct 1919	4.4
Hampson Isabella Emeline Mrs	Probate		Port Macquarie	30 Mar 1918	5.7
Keough Denis Mrs	Obituary	85	Port Macquarie - ex Maitland & Ireland	19 Jul 1919	4.5
Spokes (son of Mrs J Spokes Jnr)	Medical		Port Macquarie - of Rolland's Plains	5 May 1917	4.4