History
- Jul- 2017 -25 July
The Arms of Australia Inn Museum update news
There is a wonderful museum on the Great Western Highway at Emu Plains steeped in history. Artifacts from colonial to…
Read More » - 25 July
Sydney Harbour Bridge opened 19 March 1932
“When will they meet?” was the question on everyone’s lips. Two spider-web-like steel arches could be seen from Thompson’s Corner,…
Read More » - 9 July
St Matthew’s Anglican Church Windsor
The Glebe at Windsor is land set aside and owned by the Church of England under Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s instructions…
Read More » - 9 July
St John’s Anglican Cathedral,
Governor Philip Gidley King declared the Parish of St John encompassing the Parramatta district on July 23, 1802. The first…
Read More » - Jun- 2017 -25 June
St Andrew’s Church, Richmond
Governor Macquarie announced at a dinner in the Government cottage on the Hawkesbury River in December 1810 that he was…
Read More » - 11 June
KINGS LANGLEY
The Surprize, with 256 male convicts, was one of the transports used in the Second Fleet in 1790. In contrast,…
Read More » - 11 June
MERCURY, MEDICINE OR MADNESS?
An inaugural address by Trevor Patrick at Rouse Hill Estate in April 2002 revealed the use of mercury as a…
Read More » - 11 June
HOW DID SYDNEY GET ITS NAME?
Arriving in Botany Bay in January 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet, had a problem. After an…
Read More » - May- 2017 -28 May
GOVERNOR ARTHUR PHILLIP: BRITISH SPY?
WAS GOVERNOR ARTHUR PHILLIP A ‘BRITISH SECRET AGENT’? The selection of Arthur Phillip as the first governor of the colony…
Read More » - 17 May
EMPIRE NIGHT: A CRACKER OF A NIGHT
May 24 was Empire Day, and the traditional night to celebrate the British Empire with a bonfire and fireworks. Australian…
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