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BiographyDouglas St. Clair Blow was born in Foxground N.S.W. 28 April 1920 to Thomas Dawson Blow and Eva Jane St. Clair.
Doug lived with his family at "Lawndale" until he moved to Albion Park in 1963. He married Daphne Nellie Mayo in 1944.
Doug was awarded many times during his life starting at the age of 7, when he won a potato crop award with his father.
Doug was a member of the Gerringong Junior Farmers Club and produced winning results in maize, potato and grasses.
When Doug was about 15, he and his friend Clive Emory attended a Junior Farmers Camp interstate competition and met the Governor General who was impressed with their work.
In 1937, when he was 17, Doug produced a maize crop that won him a World Record. At 18 he won best collection of grasses and at 21, won 1st prize in the grasses section.
Doug joined the army in December 1942 and was temporarily discharged to continue his work in agriculture in 1944.
He continued his agricultural interest and became a judge for the local Agricultural Society. After Doug moved to Albion Park, Doug and Daphne judged and exhibited at the Albion Park Show.
Doug worked for Shellharbour Council as a gardener and planted many red cedars and supplied them to households and farms. He became the caretaker of the Albion Park Showground and Centenary Hall, and was known as the "Caretaker who Cared". He was an active member of many associations - Albion Park Red Cross, Garden Club, Fire Brigade, life member of the Oak Flats Parents and Citizens Club, and an active member of Tongarra Museum (Shellharbour City Museum) and the Tongarra Heritage Society.
Doug wrote many local history articles including L.R. Mood Park, History of Albion Park Red Cross, Waste Busters, History of the Centenary Hall and Albion Park Showground, History of "Lawndale" and a History of Trees throughout the Illawarra.
He had a passion for the needs of the youth of Albion Park and was involved in the formation of Rural Youth Organisation Branch.
Doug and Daphne were awarded Citizens of the Year in 1997 and in 2000 recognition of the year of the Older Persons and an O.A.M. 2002.
Doug died in June 2002.
Source:
Tongarra Heritage Files.
Doug lived with his family at "Lawndale" until he moved to Albion Park in 1963. He married Daphne Nellie Mayo in 1944.
Doug was awarded many times during his life starting at the age of 7, when he won a potato crop award with his father.
Doug was a member of the Gerringong Junior Farmers Club and produced winning results in maize, potato and grasses.
When Doug was about 15, he and his friend Clive Emory attended a Junior Farmers Camp interstate competition and met the Governor General who was impressed with their work.
In 1937, when he was 17, Doug produced a maize crop that won him a World Record. At 18 he won best collection of grasses and at 21, won 1st prize in the grasses section.
Doug joined the army in December 1942 and was temporarily discharged to continue his work in agriculture in 1944.
He continued his agricultural interest and became a judge for the local Agricultural Society. After Doug moved to Albion Park, Doug and Daphne judged and exhibited at the Albion Park Show.
Doug worked for Shellharbour Council as a gardener and planted many red cedars and supplied them to households and farms. He became the caretaker of the Albion Park Showground and Centenary Hall, and was known as the "Caretaker who Cared". He was an active member of many associations - Albion Park Red Cross, Garden Club, Fire Brigade, life member of the Oak Flats Parents and Citizens Club, and an active member of Tongarra Museum (Shellharbour City Museum) and the Tongarra Heritage Society.
Doug wrote many local history articles including L.R. Mood Park, History of Albion Park Red Cross, Waste Busters, History of the Centenary Hall and Albion Park Showground, History of "Lawndale" and a History of Trees throughout the Illawarra.
He had a passion for the needs of the youth of Albion Park and was involved in the formation of Rural Youth Organisation Branch.
Doug and Daphne were awarded Citizens of the Year in 1997 and in 2000 recognition of the year of the Older Persons and an O.A.M. 2002.
Doug died in June 2002.
Source:
Tongarra Heritage Files.
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Blow, Doug. Shellharbour City Council, accessed 11/02/2026, https://discover.shellharbour.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/14288