History
- Mar- 2017 -31 March
COWS ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY!
It was a disaster when the five cows and two bulls of the First Fleet disappeared into the Australian bush…
Read More » - 21 March
CHARLES DARWIN’S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
In January 1836 Charles Darwin sailed into Port Jackson on Her Majesty’s ship the Beagle, a tengun brig under the…
Read More » - 21 March
2017 ANZAC SUNDAY COMMEMORATION SERVICE AT THE GALSTON CENOTAPH
The Hills District RSL Chapter (Formerly Hills District RSL sub- Branch) will hold an ANZAC Service on Sunday 23rd April…
Read More » - 3 March
BELLA VISTA FARM
On 26th October 1799, Major Foveaux, commander the New South Wales Corps and Surveyor General Charles Grimes were together granted…
Read More » - 3 March
BUSHRANGERS HID IN CAVES IN THE NORTHERN ROCKS
The rocky and rugged area just to the north of Parramatta in the 1800s was a haven for bushrangers. It…
Read More » - 3 March
BEAUTIFUL GOTHIC-STYLE CHURCH IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH
Governor Lachlan Macquarie issued land grants in 1810 to encourage settlement in the Mulgoa Valley. Soldier and road-builder William Cox…
Read More » - Feb- 2017 -22 February
ART IN THE HILLS
Sir William Dobell (1899-1970) [OBE, 1965; KBE, 1966] purchased the historic home known as Dunrath on Castle Hill Road, Castle…
Read More » - 22 February
AUSTRALIA TAKEN BY SUPRISE
Two months after attaching Pearl Harbour, the Japanese Imperial Navy sailed towards Australia. On the morning of February 19, 1942…
Read More » - 22 February
AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE DRINK
Beer is considered the Australian national beverage by many and it derives much of its distinctive taste from the malt…
Read More » - 5 February
ABERDOON HOUSE
During 2002 and 2003 Aberdoon House was restored to its appearance in the 1890s when this area of Rouse Hill…
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