The History Buff

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Thursday, 10 March 2022

The 1961 Flood

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The Macarthur region experienced severe flooding this week and we are all looking forward to overdue sunshine. Floods are nothing new to Cam...
Friday, 18 February 2022

Percival's Butchery

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  This is Percival's Butcher Shop in Oxford Road, Ingleburn. It was operated by former Campbelltown Mayor Greg Percival, following in th...
Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Taken too Young

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Often in my job I come across a sad story from Campbelltown's past. One such tragedy that struck a chord with me for some reason was the...
Thursday, 13 January 2022

Matilda's "Mountain View"

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The library is always excited to receive donations of old photographs. Ken Denison visited before Christmas and kindly donated many photos f...
Monday, 20 December 2021

Rixon and Burrows

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Most of us know the story of Frederick Fisher and the events that lead to his murder by George Worrell. The lives of the main characters inv...
Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Farewell Alex

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Campbelltown lost one of its treasures last week in Alex Goodsell. There wasn't much about Campbelltown that Alex didn't know. Born ...
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Friday, 29 October 2021

The Gypsy's Warning

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 In 2014, I wrote about the old windmill at Mt Gilead and mentioned that it was struck by lightning in the same storm that caused the clippe...
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