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Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Minto Mall begins
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Surprisingly, Minto Mall was named, not by a corporate think tank, but by a local primary school boy. Prior to its grand opening on April 28...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
First Accident on the F5
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The new section of the F5 freeway from Campbelltown to Yanderra opened on 15 December 1980. The new stretch was opened by Premier Neville Wr...
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
The night they blew the safe!
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I recently opened a pamphlet file which contained a very old cheque book. My curiosity was piqued by the little note on the front of it – se...
Friday, 8 January 2021
New Year 1921
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Thought I'd take a look back to the Campbelltown-Ingleburn News of 7th January 1921 to see how our predecessors of a hundred years ago b...
Monday, 14 December 2020
Christmas in the 1890s
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W. Wilkinson Collection This delightful Christmas postcard from our photograph collection is of Queen Street. It was taken by the Sydney f...
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Happy Birthday Campbelltown!
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Three cheers from a crowd of 50-60 settlers echoed around the tiny settlement. The settlers were celebrating the naming of Campbell Town on ...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Left Hungry
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On 17 August 1895, a banquet was held for John Kidd in the Town Hall at Campbelltown. Kidd, the owner of the Blair Athol property and promin...
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