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Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Campbelltown Fire Station

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The original Fire Station next door to the Town Hall is well known to Campbelltown residents. Designed by architect Alfred J. Payten, and er...
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Monday, 5 February 2018

Mawson Park

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(Grahame Sandry Collection) The site of Mawson Park is as old as Campbelltown itself. It was here that Governor Macquarie named Campbe...
Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Valuable Old Photos Come Home

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Above is one of many previously unseen images of Campbelltown. This view is looking towards the court house and Railway Street. Note the f...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Not quite Hollywood...

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Much excitement ensued amongst Campbelltown locals in October 1955, when a film unit from Australian Tradition Film Company arrived to film ...
Friday, 19 January 2018

A Cycling Tragedy

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One warm spring day in 1961 two local boys were doubling on a bicycle coming down Bradbury Avenue. They turned into Lindesay Street and made...
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Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Prisoner Photographs

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NSW State Archives has recently digitised its collection of gaol photograph description books.   The documents cover from 1870-1930, a...
Wednesday, 3 January 2018

Looking Back at Minto

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The library recently received donations of photographs taken mostly in the Minto area. Thank you to Gary Monkley for his generous donation! ...
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