by Vincent Saunders It could truly be said that the taverns of the St George District were intimately connected with the 1800s settlers. No less was this so than in the area later known as Arncliffe, the location of the first tavern in the district. It bore the name, Highbury Barn. This ale house was …
2025: The Year in Pictures
Please enjoy these images celebrating the highlights for the St George Historical Society.Thanks to all our members, performers, guest speakers, guests, and supporters in St George and beyond.A special thanks to each of our wonderful volunteers. We couldn’t host these events without you. We’re planning for a big 2026. See what’s on and become a …
Excerpts from “The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales”
The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales, illustrated: embracing sketches and portraits of her noted people, the rise and progress of her varied enterprises, and illustrations of her boundless wealth, together with maps of latest survey was a two-volume work edited by William Frederic Morrison and published in 1888.The second volume contained statistics, brief …
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A St. George Dog Training School
by Gifford Eardley Facilities do not appear to have been provided in the St. George District for the popular sport of greyhound racing which came into prominence during the Depression years of the early 1930s. At the time there were many adherents of the game in our midst who found it necessary to keep their …
William Bond Hastings Kenwood
by Michael Drew William Bond Hastings Kenwood was born in Sydney in 1889, one of five children born to William Layton Holmes Kenwood and Adelaide Bonner Kenwood (née Bond), of “Wadhurst”, Harrow Rd, Bexley. On 14 September 1915, like so many other young men, at the age of 26 years, he ventured to Warwick Farm …