History
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Dec- 2016 -23 December
SANTA COMES TO PENNANT HILLS
In 1961, the children of the district were excited to learn that Santa Claus was coming to the vacant land…
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12 December
BENEDICTINE ORDER IN PARRAMATTA
The Benedictines were brought to Australia when the Roman Catholic archbishop in the colony, the English Benedictine Dr John Bede…
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12 December
BENEDICTINE ABBEY IN WEST PENNANT HILLS
The Benedictine sisters moved from Subiaco, Parramatta to their retreat in Franklin Road West Pennant Hills in 1957. The land…
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12 December
GINGER MEGGS – A LOCAL LAD
Ginger Meggs, a twelve year old school boy always up to mischief, was the creation of Hornsby cartoonist James Bancks.…
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Nov- 2016 -29 November
THE PROSPECT SCHOOL OF ARTS
Source: A Humble Little Hall: the Prospect School of Arts by Les Tod The Prospect School of Arts organisation was…
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29 November
THE PINES
The family tree has all been done Reunions held that most found fun I didn’t go I stayed away I…
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29 November
Discovering Family History
We generally tend to take our family history for granted, particularly when we are young or living elsewhere. We don’t…
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13 November
FRENCH CONNECTIONS TO BOTANY BAY
France was interested in acquiring colonies in the Pacific Ocean from the late 18th century. The first French expedition to…
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13 November
COCKATOO ISLAND, A SHIPPING POWERHOUSE
Colonial Governors Sir George Gipps (1838-46) and Sir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy (1846-55 developed the Cockatoo Island, the largest in…
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Oct- 2016 -30 October
LIFE AND DEATH DURING THE FIRST FLEET JOURNEY
From the journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, surgeon on the Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789. APRIL 13, 1787 Mr Balmain delivered one…
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