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Thursday, 29 September 2016

The Circus Comes to Town!

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An ad for Wirth's Circus c1932. Wirth's made numerous visits to Campbelltown during their 83 years of touring the country Ste...
Friday, 23 September 2016

The "Pride of Campbelltown"

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In 1881, 22 acres of land on Badgally Road were established as a State Nursery. It was bounded by what is now Blaxland and Johnson Roads, wi...
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Thursday, 15 September 2016

Lane to an Arcade

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In early 1979 bulldozers began to remove the road surface of what was then known as Milgate Lane. The lane that ran between Downes Depar...
Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Burning the Kaiser

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The artwork above was painted by Arthur Streeton on 12 November 1918, the day after the signing of the Armistice to end World War One. It...
Thursday, 1 September 2016

Tear Down This Wall!

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Campbelltown's second court house was built on the same site as the first court house and was officially opened in 1889. In 1963 major a...
Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Carolyn's - a fashion icon.

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Mrs Alice Minut, (born Alice Penrose Hepher in 1926) owned and ran Carolyn's Frock Salon in Campbelltown for many years. In 1951, the fr...
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Tuesday, 16 August 2016

A snapshot of the lost suburb of Eckersley

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In the early 1800s, a small township developed within the boundaries of what is now the Holsworthy Field Firing Range on the eastern side of...
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