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Tuesday, 30 October 2018

The Good Intent

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Earlier this year I wrote a brief article for the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society's newsletter 'The Kernel' on the Hot...
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Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Jack Crawford

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Jack Crawford was a famous Australian tennis player from the 1930s. He is perhaps remembered best for almost winning the grand slam in 1933....
Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Ernest James Walsh - truth is often stranger than fiction!

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Who would have thought that a simple request for information about why Ernest Walsh Reserve is so named, would take me down a rabbit hole of...
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Wednesday, 3 October 2018

A Popular Young Man

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In the library's recent cemetery tours, we looked at the tragic death of William Saunders. William's headstone had been flattened by...
Thursday, 13 September 2018

When Harry met Mary

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Joseph Hickey was from County Kildare in Ireland. He came to Australia in 1856 with his second wife Maria, and three children from his first...
Monday, 10 September 2018

Bow Bowing Creek

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Back in the days before the public swimming pool at Bradbury was constructed, or Gordon Fetterplace Aquatic Centre as it is now known, most ...
Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Memories of East Minto Public School

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by special guest blogger Laurie Stroud East Minto Public School opened in September 1898 in Hansens Road, East Minto. The two classroo...
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