June Speaker

June Speaker

Former NSW Police Commissioner, Ken Moroney AO APM, will be our speaker on Saturday, 3rd June at 2:00 pm at the City of Canada Bay Museum. He will be talking about his career, both during and post the NSW Police Force. Ken is invariably asked if the answer to crime and anti-social behaviour in the community is more police, harsher…

First Ice in Sydney

First Ice in Sydney

The first ice in Sydney arrived in 1839. It had been harvested from North American lakes and carried through the tropics in a heavily insulated sailing ship, the Tartar. The ice trade was conducted by American and Norwegian entrepreneurs. Merchants in Australia, India, the West Indies and elsewhere built ice houses, where this precious commodity…

You Are Invited

You Are Invited

The Coronation of King Charles III The artist who painted the invitation for King Charles III’s coronation revealed that he was sworn to secrecy as he made the design. Andrew Jamieson, 61, didn’t even tell his family that he had been chosen to create the artwork for the reported 2,000 guests who would arrive at Westminster Abbey on 6 May….

From Our Collection

From Our Collection

Kings & Queens of England Between the years of 1979 and 1981 Franklin Mint issued 43 pewter miniatures, as individual pieces, of all the Kings and Queens of England, from Edward the Confessor to Queen Elizabeth II. Britain’s Society of Portrait Sculptors commissioned the miniatures and the artist chosen to create the figures in this…

Our Postcard Collection

Our Postcard Collection

We’d like to thank one of our special members, Patricio Parague, who has just scanned our large collection of over 700 postcards.  These range from WWI, through Walker/Yaralla, local areas, Christmas cards and much more. Patricio has a great interest in postcards, having been a collector for more than 15 years.  If you’d like to…

From Our Collection

From Our Collection

Concord’s Infectious Diseases Register Councils were required to keep a register of infectious diseases under the Public Health Act, 1896 (Act No. 38, 60 Vic). (This book covers the period January 1898 to March 1970.) As the local authority, Concord Council was notified of cases within the municipality by attending medical practitioners. Upon advice, the…

The Flying Pieman

The Flying Pieman

William Francis King – his story. In the early days of the colony, pies were hawked around the streets of Sydney. They were sold from portable charcoal braziers to the call of  ‘Hot pies!  Hot pies ….pork, beef, steak & kidney!’ One of those early pie sellers has entered the realms of Australian folklore. He was…