Catering for the swimming fraternity in the days before Environmental Impact Statements were invented wasn't a difficult matter if the enterpreneurial activities of the Fisher family at Five Dock Bay…
Cavill migrated to Australia, reaching Melbourne with his family in February 1879. He soon moved to Sydney and set up as a 'professor of swimming' at his Lavender Bay Baths. …
For many years one of the Blue Mountains’ most distinctive landmarks was a large white cross on the cliff-edge at Mount York which could be glimpsed from the highway between…
At 16 I left home in Balgownie to live with my grandmother in Darlinghurst so I could get a job. I had developed into a fine young woman, the change…
Found in our collection was this stunning outfit. Unfortunately we don't know anything about it. The only clue we have is an attached piece of paper saying it was…
If you didn't attend our August event you missed a great day. Betty Candy's talk was a great success bringing over 60 guests to hear her. It's amazing how many…
With the invention of the pendulum clock in 1656, Christiaan Huygens increased the best accuracy of clocks from 15 minutes deviation a day to around 15 seconds a day An…