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Friday, 30 November 2012

Bradbury Park House

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In 1816, Governor Macquarie gave a grant of 140 acres to Joseph Phelps who sold it to William Bradbury the following year. Bradbury Park Hou...
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Saturday, 24 November 2012

The French Pedestrian

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He may not be as well known as other Australian explorers such as Sturt, Flinders and Burke and Wills but Henri Gilbert's achievements w...
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Friday, 16 November 2012

The Oar Factory

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Campbelltown once had an oar factory. The factory, built of sawn timber framework, was founded in 1947 by Thomas William Gonsalves in a larg...
Friday, 9 November 2012

Indecent Exposure

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Readers of the Campbelltown-Ingleburn News would have choked on their corn flakes on the morning of Tuesday January 13, 1970 when they sat d...
Thursday, 8 November 2012

Campbelltown Recollections Project Update

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Interviewing continues for our Campbelltown Recollections: Stories From Our Past project. We have gathered many wonderful stories from local...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Locations from the Fisher's Ghost Legend

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There is regular debate about where the main events of the Fisher's Ghost story happened. I have therefore attempted to make this cleare...
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Thursday, 25 October 2012

Early Banking Days in Campbelltown

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There were no banks in the early years of the town's settlement. Most business was conducted using the exchange of promissary notes as t...
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