by Dr James N. Pendlebury The end of the 19th century and the commencement of the 20th was a time of excitement in Australia. For years people of political vision had struggled with the idea of creating a nation out of six independent colonies, steeped in self interest. At the same time, and even for …
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On 25 April 1915, 16,000 Australian and New Zealand troops landed at what became known as Anzac Cove as part of a First World War campaign to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula. By that first evening more than 2,000 had been killed or wounded. Read personal accounts of the landing at the Anzac Portal. This year’s …
by Molly McDonnell Continued from part 1. By now, the school-church was beginning to outlive its usefulness as a school and church; and the parish priest at the time, Father O’Reilly, by exhortation and example, stimulated his people in their generous endeavours towards progress. A new church would have to be built. Land was first …
by M. L. Troughton and L. N. Thompson The two brothers James and William were yeoman farmers from Essex, England. They emigrated to Australia in 1836. James purchased 79 acres of land adjoining Chandler’s grant. One boundary of it was later to become Bay Street, Rockdale. The land ran back in a triangle almost to …
by Gifford and Eileen Eardley One is apt to think that the present busy shopping centre, with its frontage sited along portion of the length of Railway Parade, would date back to the rural days of the district, but this is not so. The earliest business centre of Kogarah faced Rocky Point Road and for …
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