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Monday, 17 November 2025

Remembering Marie and Kevin

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Campbelltown lost two of its finest and much-loved citizens in last month. Both were active members of the Campbelltown and Airds Historical...
Friday, 17 October 2025

Jill of All Trades

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 Annie Maria Kershler was born in 1881 at Mount Gilead, the daughter of John Kershler and Annie Oxley. Apart from a few years living at Rand...
Friday, 26 September 2025

Glenquarie Shopping Centre - for the people

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  Glenquarie Shopping Centre turns 50 this month. Opened on the 29th September 1975 by N.S.W Premier Tom Lewis, the shopping centre is named...
Friday, 15 August 2025

Searching for Mary

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Sometimes our research at the library gets us nowhere and we need to call on our knowledgeable History Buff readers for help. Finding inform...
Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Early Queen Street Photos

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Most of Campbelltown Library's earliest images are of Queen Street. They all date back to the early 1870s. It's hard to imagine a ma...
Thursday, 10 July 2025

Farewell Hurley Street

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The day has arrived. After serving our wonderful Campbelltown community from our Hurley Street building for over 34 years, today we open for...
Friday, 20 June 2025

Farewell Robert

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Campbelltown was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Robert Close in January this year. I had the privilege of meeting Robert a couple of...
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