In August 1888 the Sisters of the Order of the Good Samaritan purchased land for a college. The college, to be known as St John's Prepar...

With the increase in coronavirus cases in the areas surrounding Campbelltown, I thought it was timely to recall another threat of serious di...

With the unfortunate demise of local newspapers, I thought it was timely to write about Campbelltown's first newspaper: the Campbelltown...

Frank "Satan" Brewer was one of the twentieth century's greatest midget drivers. Born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 190...

This is our 400th post on this blog! The History Buff's first post was way back in 2011 and it's still going strong. A big thank you...

Dora Ohlfsen was a multi-talented sculptor, musician, and writer who lived and worked in Australia, Italy, Russia and England.  She was born...

Arthur Raymond Jones was born in Cessnock, NSW. He married Muriel Sidell at Cessnock in 1945 and they had five children. Arthur became H...