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Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Taken too soon

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The baby in the photograph above, taken in 1922, is Alan Ernest Ross, the eldest of four children born to Arthur and Beatrice Ross (nee...
Friday, 20 May 2016

Waminda - The Soldiers' Settlement

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The rehabilitation of returned servicemen posed enormous problems. Many returned servicemen required medical attention, others could not ...
Friday, 13 May 2016

Happiness at Last

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  Ruby Etchells photographed while at Teacher's College around 1908 Ruby Etchells was only a young child when her mother Nellie p...
Monday, 9 May 2016

William Lyttle King

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William Lyttle King, known as Bill, was born in the Campbelltown area in 1894. He attended Minto Public School where his father was stat...
Thursday, 28 April 2016

Who was the Macquarie Fields Train Station Ghost?

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There's been a lot in the local press in the last week about the ghostly happenings at Macquarie Fields train station. If you haven'...
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Thursday, 21 April 2016

The Joiner's Arms

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I love the photograph above. The rambling old building is the Joiner's Arms Inn and was owned by Campbelltown pioneer Michael Byrne. ...
Thursday, 14 April 2016

A 'Stormy' Relationship

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  "The Green" Campbelltown where Father Therry first said Mass in 1822 September 1st, 1822, was a day of great excitement f...
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