Leslie Harold Saunders was born on the 30 September 1906 to Harold Oliver Saunders and Ida Fairless Greenman of 40 High Street, Harris Park. He signed the form for the registration of the Universal…
Reginald Oliver Saunders was born on the 16 January 1910 in Parramatta to Harold Oliver Saunders and Ida Fairless Greenman of 40 High Street, Harris Park. He became an apprentice mechanic at his…
Major Richard Andrew Phipps Waugh was born on the 11 April 1876, and attended the King’s School Parramatta where he was for a period captain of the day boys.
At the time of his enlistment in World…
Private Thomas Costello was born on the 2 May 1917, and enlisted in the Australian Army on the 30 June 1941. The locality registered on his enlistment was Parramatta and his service number was…
In April 1932, Frederick Charles Cox, Parramatta’s oldest resident, died at his house in Carlingford. He was born on 23 February, 1838, and spent the first years of his life in ‘Honiton House’…
The suburb of Granville lies south of the Parramatta Central Business District and approximately 3 kilometres south by west of Dundas. A small area of the suburb bounded by the railway…
On the evening of Wednesday 15 November 1893 the Scottish Reverend John Paterson (1860-1949) was ordained into St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Parramatta as the new minister.[1] Back then, this…
National Science Week is Australia’s celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia. These events attract a wide audience…
Highlights from the collection.
Within site of the Royal New South Wales Lancer (RNSWL) Barracks, is Linden House, an alluring heritage building home to an extraordinary collection of RNSWL…
Private Alfred John Lines was an 18 year old Engineer’s buyer from Alfred Street, Granville. He was the son of Mr Alfred Lines and Mrs Emily Lines, also of Alfred Street, Granville. He was born…