History
- May- 2024 -28 May
Hawkesbury Library Service June History Talks
Travel back in time and learn more about local history at the Hawkesbury Library Service’s two upcoming talks this June…
Read More » - Apr- 2024 -10 April
Matthew Flinders’ Remains to be Reburied in Lincolnshire
The remains of a Lincolnshire explorer credited with naming Australia will be reburied in his home village in 2024. Captain…
Read More » - 5 April
Bridging History
On the 19th March 1932 an Irish immigrant, a resident of the Hills district, caused a stir in the annals…
Read More » - Feb- 2024 -9 February
Three History Seminars by Hawkesbury Library Service
Hawkesbury Library Service has three interesting and free events in store for those interested in knowing their local and familial…
Read More » - Dec- 2023 -19 December
John Benyon Rotary Park unveils new plaque to honour Vietnam Veterans from Kenthurst and Annangrove
Kenthurst Rotary Club hosted an unveiling of a new plaque in John Benyon Rotary Park to honour the service of…
Read More » - Nov- 2023 -17 November
Hills District Nurses in World War I
When the more than 2,000 nurses left Australia as volunteers on the troop carriers, they were single or widowed, under…
Read More » - 1 November
Local Historian and Journalist Thomas Davies Little
On Wednesday 23 August 1923, The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate announced the death of Journalist, local historian and One-time…
Read More » - Oct- 2023 -30 October
Our Own Pilgrim Fathers Of The Hills and Hawkesbury Region
The United States may well celebrate the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed across the Atlantic from England to America in the…
Read More » - 2 October
Taking Care Of Things
Some of the team on this journal are associated with the historic property of Bella Vista. Naturally, we care for…
Read More » - Sep- 2023 -19 September
Sydney University Research Station at Castle Hill
In 1948 Irvine Watson was Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Sydney University specialising in wheat research. His research…
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