Founded in 1961, the St George Historical Society is dedicated to promoting and conserving the history of the St George District of New South Wales, Australia, for the benefit of our members, affiliated societies and the broader community.
The Society presents an active program of events, publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, maintains a library and museum collections, provides research services and hosts exhibitions in the New South Wales State Heritage-listed, Lydham Hall Historic House Museum.
The Society, a not-for-profit voluntary organisation, is governed according to our Constitution. It is managed by the SGHS Committee and supported by Bayside Council.
Recent News
Free Talk: The Search for the Morse Photo Albums
When? Saturday, 17 October, 2pm
Where? Level 3, Rockdale Library, 444 Princes Highway, Rockdale
The final link in the railway connection between Brisbane and Adelaide, via Sydney and Melbourne was made at Hawkesbury River in 1889.
At the banquet to mark the opening Henry Parkes proclaimed that the transport connection was a necessary precondition to the Australian Federation.
The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge had been built by American engineers who, at the end of the work, took their photo albums home with them, to remain largely unseen until they were located by Bill Phippen in the Library of Congress, Washington DC in 2014.
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