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Friday, 25 June 2021

Mayhem at the Crossings

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 A hazard that faced motorists from the early years of local travel was the dreaded railway crossing. The area had numerous level crossings ...
Friday, 18 June 2021

Discovering Miss Clarke.

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In our last blog, Andrew wrote about Miss Clark’s school, and the difficulty we had identifying Miss Clark. After much detective work and hu...
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Miss Clark's School

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Last Saturday I gave a presentation to the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society on a Campbelltown identity from the past named Zillah D...
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Wednesday, 19 May 2021

The Eggleton Family

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The recently named Eggleton Reserve in Englorie Park was named after a prominent Campbelltown family. David and Linda Eggleton have kindly...
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Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Characters of Menangle

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Every town has its characters. Those people that are remembered fondly and talked about long after they are gone. Menangle was no different....
Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Letters from Thomas

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We have written previously about Thomas Gamble, prominent shopkeeper and mayor of Campbelltown. Thomas wrote many letters home to his family...
Thursday, 1 April 2021

White Man's Justice

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The year 1830 will be remembered as one of the most gruesome in Campbelltown's long history. Between 6 February and 31 August, nine peop...
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