City of Canada Bay Heritage Society turns 50!!
In August 1969 the Concord Historical Society was formed. In the 50 years from then our society has grown, gone through changes of name and amalgamated with the Drummoyne Historical…
The Long-gone Industries of Concord
AGL Aerial View
Introduction: This is the beginning of an article prepared by the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society to record the changing of what was once a workingman's suburb with an…
Sydney’s General Post Office
The first Postal Act had been passed in November 1825, empowering the NSW Governor to establish a GPO in Sydney and other places. There had been a Post Office building…
The Armistice and Beyond
Celebrating the Armistice
The armistice of 11 November 1918 was celebrated in Concord with fervour. Citizens immediately formed tin-can bands and took to the street and within twelve hours of the news of…
Jane Steel Walker, nee Hart (1832-1870)
Jane Walker
There is little accurate information available on Jane Walker, the wife of businessman and philanthropist Thomas Walker of Yaralla. Our understanding of who Jane was is hampered by a lack of…
Australia in the 60s
There’s a familiar saying among Australian baby boomers that if you can remember the 1960s then you weren’t really there. It was certainly a socially turbulent decade with the spread…