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Frederick Charles Cox Mayor for the year 1884 and Alderman 1879 – 1883, 1885 – 1890. He died 27th April, 1932
(Excerpt from The Cumberland Argus, 28th April 1932) Mr. Frederick Charles Cox,…
Frederick William Birmingham was born in the Irish town of Westport, County Mayo in 1821.
Frederick’s father was a civil engineer named William Samuel Birmingham (1791-1848) who probably…
Sir Ian Hamiltons diary entry for 11 July 1915
… worked in my office from early morning till 12.45. The whole scheme for tomorrow’s attack is cut and dried, according to our cloth: time tables…
A spectacular tree in Parramatta Park (Source: City of Parramatta Council, 2012)
Trees across the Parramatta area make our surroundings more attractive and pleasant. They provide relief from…
Born in Canton, China in 1843, George (Guoc) Ah Poo also known as George Harper arrived in the colony of NSW before 1862. Ah Poo was one of the many Chinese immigrants who came to Australia…
Sketch of Rose Hill (Parramatta), William Bradley, May 1789, Crux Maps, Mitchel Library, State Library of New South Wales
After arriving in Sydney on the ship Speedy, Governor King assumed the…
Mayor for the years 1936 – 1937. Alderman 1920 – 1935. Died 30th April, 1944
(From The Cumberland Argus, May 3rd, 1944) The death of Mr. George Henry Prudames, of Fennell-street, Parramatta…
George Tin Sing, who was also known as George Sing, arrived in Australia from China in 1893. He was eighteen years of age.
George worked throughout Australia as a storekeeper and greengrocer. In…
Come on, ye lads and lasses;
Come on ye civic host,
Let’s form ourselves in masses
And lay low Murray’s Ghost,
Let’s catch this weird specter,
With hideous grin and yawn,
That no longer he may…
… in the lead up to 200 years since Australia’s first Governor Arthur Phillip passed away on 31 August 1814, we will be publishing a series of posts covering his remarkable life written by the…