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Posted on May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

St. George 130 Years Ago

by A.H. Wennholm When the old Rockdale Town Hall was being erected in 1888-9, at the corner of Rocky Point Road (now known as Princes Highway) and Bryant Street, there was also being built a little stone church at the top of Bryant Street. The site selected for this church was a rocky one, consequently …

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Posted on April 25, 2023October 31, 2024

Two Early Pioneers: James Oatley & Hannah Laycock

James Oatley arrived in Sydney Town as a convict on January 27, 1815. Before his sentence, he had been a little-known watch and clockmaker living in Stafford, England. Upon arrival, he was permitted to set up in business in George Street, on a site opposite the present Town Hall. He was soon commissioned by Governor …

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Posted on April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

ANZAC Day – 25 April 2023

To mark the time at which the first Australians waded ashore ANZAC Cove in 1915,  thousands of people will gather to watch an ANZAC Day Dawn Service. ANZAC Day was established to honour those who served and gave their lives in the Great War. However, in the years since WWI, Australian troops have answered the …

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Posted on April 18, 2023March 2, 2023

On Becoming a Saint

Have you ever wondered how some of the churches in our district were named? It is well documented that St. Phillip’s Anglican Church, Church Hill in Sydney was named in honour of our first Governor and a number of this district’s early pioneers also appear to have been immortalised in the same way. St. David’s …

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Posted on April 11, 2023March 2, 2023

The Royal Commission into Noxious and Offensive Trades of 1883

by R. W. Rathbone At a time when protection of the environment is a burning political issue, it is interesting to note that we, in this country at least, have been trying to clean up our act for more than one hundred years. In the early 1880’s, Sydney was one of the most polluted cities …

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