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Thursday, 29 August 2013

Campbelltown Town Hall

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Many of Campbelltown's important historic events have revolved around one of the town's landmark buildings- the town hall theatre. ...
Wednesday, 21 August 2013

The Local Undertaker

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Charles Alexander Nicol, known affectionately as Charley Nicol, was born in Campbelltown in 1884. He was the son of George and Martha Nicol....
Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Menangle Railway Bridge Turns 150

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Opened in 1863, Menangle Viaduct is the oldest railway bridge in New South Wales. It is an excellent example of early bridge construction. ...
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Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Adventures Down St Elmo Hill

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In my interview with local identity Norm Campbell in 2011, he told me a story about the day of his lucky escape as a baby in the 1930s. Norm...
Thursday, 1 August 2013

Our "Ghost Post"

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Locked away at H.J. Daley Library is an old rail from Fisher's Ghost Bridge that once spanned Fisher's Ghost Creek near Airds Cottag...
Friday, 26 July 2013

Skeleton in the Creek

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It's Friday the 18th of June 1920 and Alexander Crowe, a World War One digger, is chopping wood on his farm at the Soldier Settlement ne...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

Joe Quinn

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I was recently contacted by a researcher investigating the life of Australia’s first major league baseball player, Joseph J. Quinn.   Quinn ...
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