September Guest Speaker
Just a reminder that Rob Shipton will be the speaker at our museum on Saturday, 7th October at 1:30 for 2:00 pm sharp. His subject: "History of Clocks". These talks…
Museum Without a Home
In November 1827 Governor Darling received a letter from Lord Bathurst, Secretary of state for the Colonies, authorising the expenditure £200 a year on founding and maintaining a museum for…
Who are we?
We recently received a donation of this set of framed photographs of several boats which carried the inscription: Presented to P. Edwards, Esq., by the boys of the Concord Dinghi…
Mortlake
Sydney is made up of many fascinating suburbs and areas, many of which are such a normal part of Sydneysiders lives that they spare little thought for the history of…
Tulloch’s Phoenix Iron Works Ltd
Following the death of Alfred Llewellyn Bray, the first Mayor of Concord, his home “Braygrove” was purchased by R. Tulloch & Company and in 1915 the Iron Works transferred from…
Higinbotham & Robinson, Map Publishers
The Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney is a series of late-nineteenth-century commercial maps that provides a portrait of the city during a period of rapid growth and suburbanisation. It…
Getting Married
Jack, age 87, and Jill, age 79, are excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding and on the way they pass…
The Parramatta Road
Parramatta Road at the 7-mile post.
We'd like to share with you a couple of items from David Sansome's talk at our map unveiling. The photograph, circa 1900, is of Parramatta Road, Five Dock. The…
A Step Back in Time
Frank, Karen, David & Lois admiring our latest treasure.
On Saturday, 2nd September Helen McCaffrey, Mayor of City of Canada Bay, unveiled our recently renovated 1890 Higginbotham & Robinson Map of Concord. This had been renovated and framed by…