The History Buff

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Community Heritage Grant for our Local Studies Collection

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Late last year the library was awarded a $4400 grant to fund a significance assessment of its local information collection. This significanc...
Friday, 13 January 2012

Just Not Cricket!

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I recently came across an amusing article from the Australian Town and Country Journal dated December 30, 1878. The article was based on a r...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

The Water Tower

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The photograph above was taken in the 1920s and shows Georges River Road (today's Colonial Street) with St. Patrick's College and ...
Monday, 5 December 2011

Jubilee Cross Country Championships Of NSW come to Campbelltown

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The library recently received a donation of photographs of the Jubilee Cross Country Championships of NSW when they came to Campbelltown on ...
Monday, 28 November 2011

The Amazing Mary Brookes

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Campbelltown's second female alderman Mary Brookes gave an insightful interview to The Australian Women's Weekly in 1974. In the art...
Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Ingleburn's First Car

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I came across the gem in our photograph collection recently. Imagine taking this beast for a Sunday afternoon drive! The writing on the ph...
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Fisher's Ghost Fun Run

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The Fisher's Ghost Fun Run has a long and colourful history. The race was first run on Sunday November 2, 1975 with a 10am start. In t...
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