For the first time in decades, Lydham Hall Historic House Museum has a new outbuilding. The original residents in the late 1800s and early 20th century had use of a set of sandstone buildings: a kitchen, stables, and servants’ quarters. The arrival of the railway and tramway accelerated the pace of development in the surrounding …
Governor Macquarie’s Visit to Kingsgrove and Canterbury
by Brian Madden Lachlan Macquarie arrived in Sydney on 31 December 1809 to succeed William Bligh as Governor, after the Rum Rebellion. During the next 12 years, he made a number of extensive tours through NSW and Van Diemen’s Land (renamed Tasmania in 1856). He kept a journal during his tours, and in 1956, it …
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George Preddey
by Margaret Callister, Jean Preddey, Ron Rathbone George Preddey was born in Bath, England in 1807. He arrived in Sydney aboard the convict transport “Prince Regent” on 27 September 1827, having been sentenced to seven years transportation at the Shrewsbury Assizes on 25 March 1826 for housebreaking (in Britain, Assize courts were replaced by Crown …
The Fire Station at Bexley, NSW
by A. & F. Day A sparsely settled area with much bushland frequently runs a risk of fire in summer time, so in September 1900 (the year of Bexley’s birth as a separate Municipality), the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act (1884) were extended to Bexley. Three years later (10 August 1903), Rockdale Council’s Alderman …
Muddy Creek, Rockdale
by Clarence William Napper Muddy Creek is now no longer a muddy creek, but a large stormwater channel carrying almost all the drainage from the higher lands of parts of Hurstville, Carlton, West Kogarah, and Rockdale. Nobody seems to know just where it starts from, as there are so many drains and street gutters flowing …