Independence day is an annual national festival celebrated to commemorate India’s independence from British Rule on 15 of August in 1947 after 200 years of slavery. This day is the re-birth of India…
Let’s look back and explore the centuries old contributions of Indians to the development of Australia. Australia’s multicultural phenomenon is not a recent one. During 19th and 20th …
‘The new mode of shipping horses to India’- ramps were safer and faster than slings – wood engraving, 1880. State Library of Victoria.
Indian Australians are Australians of Indian Heritage.…
Mayor for the year 1962 and Alderman 1957 – 1961 Granville MLA until retirement in 1984. Died 9th December, 2013
Son of David John Flaherty, filler, Shell Oil Company, and English migrant, and…
James Byrnes was Mayor for the years 1862-1865 and Alderman in 1866. He died 17th September, 1886
(Excerpt from The Cumberland Mercury, 18th September, 1886) It is our painful duty to record…
Mayor for the years 1914 – 1915 Alderman 1904 – 1913, 1916 – 1917. Died 3rd September, 1930
From The Cumberland Argus, 4th September, 1930 Mr. James Henry Graham, a well known Parramatta…
The local architect James Houison erected his shop and dwelling on Lot 1 on the south eastern corner of Lennox Bridge, Church Street. Called the Bond House it was erected in 1864 and joined a…
Mayor for the year 1866. Alderman 1862 – 1865, 1867 – 1885. Died 30th December, 1884
(From The Cumberland Mercury, Januray 3rd, 1885) … Alderman James Pye succumbed on Tuesday afternoon to the…
Mayor for the year 1918 Alderman 1897 – 1900, 1905, 1911 – 1914, 1917, 1919 – 1920. Died 8th September, 1921
From the Sydney Morning Herald, 10th September and 12th September,1921 Mr. James…
John Cameron Books Mayor for the year 1984 Lord Mayor 1996-1997 Alderman 1972 – 1980
John Books was raised in Balmain by activist Labour Party parents. He subsequently completed the Leaung…