The History Buff

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Monday, 14 August 2023

Hillsborough

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If you have lived in the area long enough, you might remember a little slab cottage on the western side of and very close to Appin Road, a f...
Thursday, 3 August 2023

Those Golden Wattle Days

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Beginning in 1917 the children of “Campbelltown Superior* Public School” gathered, boxed and sent thousands of golden sprigs of wattle to th...
Monday, 24 July 2023

Old Film Brings Campbelltown Back to Life

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An exciting film has recently come to light showing life in Campbelltown in about 1958. The home movie made by local Stan Reeve, provides an...
Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Harley Daley: life as a POW

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This week I got to know the man that our Campbelltown Library is named after a little better. Harley or HJ Daley served proudly on Campbellt...
Thursday, 8 June 2023

From Thoroughbreds to Clydesdales

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While for many years the Blairmount estate was the home of Thoroughbreds, it later became the home of champion Clydesdales, bred by Mr Frank...
Friday, 19 May 2023

Louisa Fisher

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An amazing photograph came to light last week. The library was sent a remarkable image of  Louisa Fisher- the sister of our famous ghost Fre...
Monday, 15 May 2023

The Collins family stores and Ingleburn

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The Collins family arrived in Ingleburn in 1884, having come from Gunning. William John Collins Snr had established a brickworks in Gunning ...
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