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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Giants v Mouses

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In 1963, Bill Anderson (33 stone or 210 kilograms) and Les Miller (18 stone or 114 kilograms)- total 314 kilograms or 50 stone- of Campbellt...
Friday, 23 October 2015

Building the Mall

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Do you remember when Campbelltown Mall was being built? Only three years after Macarthur Square was opened, Campbelltown was to have another...
Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Fruit of the vine.

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The Campbelltown area is not the first that comes to mind when considering vineyards and winemaking. Although the Macarthur family was ...
Monday, 12 October 2015

Rosslyn

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Rosslyn in the 1920s or 1930s (Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society) If you've driven along Badgally Road recently you would...
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Thursday, 8 October 2015

The Kangaroo March

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1915. There is no Twitter, Instagram, no TV. The first licensed radio station would not operate until 1922. Mass communication was limi...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Bushranger for a Day

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A previous post was written about Henrietta Fletcher, the daughter of a female convict who settled in the area and is buried in St Peter...
Friday, 25 September 2015

Saving Souls

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A small pamphlet recently unearthed (see below) announces the “United Tent Mission” - opening in Campbelltown on the 15 th August 1...
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