The History Buff

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Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Patrick Street: dust, camels and Carmel

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Driving or walking down Campbelltown's Patrick Street today is a rather uninspiring journey. There is very little to get enthused about....
Wednesday, 25 October 2023

History Club Girls Win Again!

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On Monday October 23, my colleague Michael and I attended the presentation of the ANZAC Day Schools Award to the girls of the Year 11 Histor...
Wednesday, 18 October 2023

A First Hand Account of our Worst Bushfire

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There is little doubt that the bushfire of 1929 was the worst recorded since colonization of the Campbelltown area. Although there were no f...
Friday, 15 September 2023

Hurley Park

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The beautiful and peaceful Hurley Park is often overlooked in comparison with Mawson and Koshigaya parks. I find myself regularly drawn to i...
Tuesday, 5 September 2023

Voices From the Past

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Some years ago Campbelltown Library received grant funding to digitise our collection of audio visual material. Included in this collection ...
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...
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