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Wednesday, 20 December 2023
A Jovial Giant Remembered
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It was not long after 11pm on the night of 24 July 1979. A group of 14 miners were having dinner in a crib room about 600m underground at a ...
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...
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