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Tuesday, 20 December 2022

Tom Frost

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Thomas Frost was born on September 10 th 1889. He was a Campbelltown man his whole life. Born to parents John and Elizabeth Frost, he was o...
Thursday, 8 December 2022

One of the three - Jonathan Boon

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 Nathaniel Boon and his wife Sarah were the proprietors of the Three Brothers Inn (later known as Holly Lea) with licenses ranging from 1832...
Monday, 28 November 2022

Remembering the Victims

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On Friday morning November 25, I  had the privilege of presenting a talk on the Richardson-Lack massacre on the front lawn of the Council bu...
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Thursday, 3 November 2022

The Immigrants Home mystery

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 For some time now we have been researching the old “Immigrants Home” in Campbelltown, which was part of Caroline Chisholm’s scheme for plac...
Friday, 7 October 2022

Korean Comforts Fund

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The Ingleburn RSL and Citizens' Comforts Fund was set up to provide support to servicemen in the Korean War 1950-1953. In 1953, the fund...
Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Coronation Day

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Campbelltown awoke to the sound of bells chiming from St Peter's Church on the morning of the Queen's coronation. They started at 8a...
Monday, 19 September 2022

How we planned our Coronation Celebrations

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It was almost 70 years ago that Queen Elizabeth II was coronated at Westminster Abbey. I thought I would see what Campbelltown had planned t...
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