The History Buff

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Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Archaeology at Leppington House

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Some years ago I wrote a post about the history of Leppington House. This early building, situated in the north west corner of the Campbellt...
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Wednesday, 12 February 2020

The Murrays of Minto

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Charles Murray was born in Ulladulla, and married his wife Catherine in 1895. They had a son, Claude Charles and a daughter Gladys Mary. ...
Friday, 31 January 2020

Can you help us?

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There are sadly many photographs in our collection that are unidentified. Some of these include images from our recently purchased Fairfax C...
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Friday, 24 January 2020

The Bookworm

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Ronald Winton was born in Campbelltown in 1913. He was the youngest of three boys to Bob and Lily who owned a shop in Railway Street. As a b...
Wednesday, 15 January 2020

It's all in a name - The Forbes Hotel.

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In 1816 Daniel Cooper was sent to NSW after being convicted of stealing. Soon after arriving he was granted a conditional pardon, and by 182...
Wednesday, 8 January 2020

God's Little Acre

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The small cemetery at the St Mary The Virgin Anglican Church at Denham Court, regularly referred to as God's Little Acre, dates back to ...
Friday, 13 December 2019

Switching On

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When the question of whether or not Campbelltown should get electric lighting back in 1921, the town was almost split down the middle. Campb...
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