by Gifford and Eileen Eardley Darley Road, and its western extension known as Slade Road, are exceptionally busy thoroughfares in this year of grace, 1972, but it was not always thus, there was a time when they were rural tracks of the rutted variety, leading around the northern ramparts of Mount Bardwell, to serve a …
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by Gifford Eardley Seeing that a visit has been arranged to Parramatta Park on Sunday, June 19th, 1966, to permit the members and friends of the St. George Historical Society to enjoy, amongst other delights, a ride on the last remaining Sydney steam tram motor and its two carriages, it is thought fitting to append …
by Vincent Saunders Standing on one of the more dominant sites on the Forest Road ridge is St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at Arncliffe. The Romanesque church and particularly its Round Tower may be observed, in all their splendour, at almost any vantage point within and even well beyond the immediate District. In making their …
by Charles Napper Rockdale is a residential and commercial suburb situated about six miles south of Sydney adjoining the western shores of Botany Bay. The original municipal area was known as West Botany which consisted of the area west of Botany Bay, bounded on the north by Cooks River, on the south by Georges River, …
A Patron (patronus) according to Roman law was a protector or defender. The Patron Saint of England is St George or Edward the Confessor. England’s symbol is the red rose. The War of the Roses (1455-1485) was the name given to the struggle between the noble House of York, whose badge was a white rose, …
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