Concord Post Offices
Longbottom (later Concord) Post Office was introduced in 1851, the first suburban post office. This was operated by a Mr. Peter McGrath in his shop on Parramatta Road, opposite Concord…
Australia: The Confusing Country
Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what…
The Stick . . and tips to surviving Australia
Sticks The Stick is the one of most useful things in the universe. It is a communications device, firelighter, weapon, testing instrument, ceremonial device, and is the only known way…
Do you know this soldier?
(Dame) Eadith Walker set up "The Camp" on her Concord estate, Yaralla, to care for WWI soldiers who were suffering from tuberculosis. She also loaned her home, "Shuna", at Leura…
Who Really Stole Christmas?
Since the Middle Ages Christmas had been celebrated in much the same way as today: 25 December was the High Holy Day on which the birth of Christ was commemorated…
Yaralla’s Royal Encounter
Yaralla House residents were invited by the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet to a meet and greet with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the Sydney Opera House…
Project Wishing Well Returns to Yaralla
Following the death of Dame Eadith Walker in 1937 the Perpetual Trustee Company, the executors of Thomas Walker’s will, requested Lawson’s Auctioneers to offer the entire contents of Yaralla House…
NO! They are NOT selling Yaralla!
We have recently had several calls from local residents concerned at the activity of heavy machinery on the Yaralla Estate. And we can assure you that the developers have not…
“Bluebirds”
The horror of modern war was brought home to people in Australia as reports of appalling casualties and horrendous conditions on the Western Front filled newspapers. The German assault on…