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Monday, 26 November 2018

Disappearing Street

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Howe Street in the Campbelltown CBD once ran from Broughton Street to Cordeaux Street. The part of Howe Street that once ran from Browne Str...
Thursday, 15 November 2018

Percy and Lionel: Two Local Heroes

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Last Sunday marked the Centenary of the Armistice. The ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra was very moving, but no more than...
Friday, 9 November 2018

Avoca Vale Public School

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Occasionally I come across information that I was completely unaware of- just when I think I knew everything about Campbelltown there...
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...
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