On the lot to the south of the Rivercat Wharf on George Street and next to Harrisford House, James and William Byrnes, had an allotment from which they conducted their river ferry and…
The Cambria, Epping showing ‘The Foundling’ c.1917. Source: Hazlewood Collection, State Library of NSW
Travelling down the busy main thoroughfare of Epping today, it’s easy to overlook the…
Sometime around the middle of 1979 George Crawford, a prisoner’s representative from Parramatta Gaol approached the Australia record label “Albert Productions” and suggested they back the …
He was called the “Prince of the Parramatta River”. Well known by many of the residents who lived along the Parramatta River,Mance had built a reputation as a cheerful, courteous and obliging…
The Wallumedegal people inhabited the land in the area now known as Carlingford prior to settlement by Europeans with the first recorded contact being made by an exploration party several months…
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Parramatta. Photograph by Caroline Finlay, City of Parramatta.
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, was founded by Jesus Christ.…
1. Former council Chambers Parramatta Town Hall : analysis of finishes; Donald Ellsmore Pty Ltd; LS 725.13099441 CON
2. Historical and archaeological assessment of the…
Charles Frederick Cox, was 51 when he enlisted 15 September 1914. At this time he resided at 26 Croydon Road Croydon. He was born in 1863 at Pennant Hills and was educated and married in Parramatta,…
Charles Joseph Byrnes was Mayor for the years 1870, 1875-1881, 1886-1888, 1892-1893, 1895 and Alderman 1868-1869, 1871-1874, 1885, 1891, 1896 – 1897. He died 22nd October, 1917
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Henry Fine (Ah Hing) and Lily Ah Poo Wedding June 1896. Brad Powe family photographs and documents, 1862-1931, relating to Chinese ancestry. State Library of NSW.
Henry Ah Hing…