Kingsgrove: The First Two Hundred Years by Ron Hill and Brian Madden
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Kingsgrove, or King’s Grove as it was first called, was the first land grant south of Cooks River, but for the first 100 years of European settlement, the district tended to be isolated from the larger centres of population. When local government came to the area, three local councils claimed parts of the Kingsgrove locality, denying it an identity of its own.
Early railway developments left Kingsgrove midway between the Hurstville and Bankstown railway lines. Only after the East Hills railway line had opened, the effects of the Great Depression had ceased and the disruption of World War II had eased did Kingsgrove boom to become the desirable residential suburb we know today.
This history, by text and illustrations, tells the story of the people who lived in what is now the suburb of Kingsgrove and the vast changes which have occurred over the past 200 years.
Length: 200 pages.