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  • Monthly speaker: Saturday 1st November

    In November Patricio Parrague will be talking about the Australia…

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  • History of the North Strathfield Cattle Bridge

    There are landmarks that shout history—town halls, statues, ornate stations…

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  • 11th October speaker – First in Concord, First in the Nation.

    Clare Stapleton who was born and grew up in Concord,…

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  • HISTORY OF IRONING

    In years gone by when families were bigger and we…

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  • What’s new at the Museum – history of ironing and pressing

    The Museum has a collection of irons including flat irons,…

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  • Book review – The Best Years of Your Life – Growing up in Sydney in the Thirties and Forties by George Hutchinson

    This book is a vivid and engaging recollection of George’s…

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  • Memories of Concord – Reflections from Stewart Robert Melville (1932 – 2022)

    This is Stewart Robert Melville’s reflection on his life in…

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  • Vale – Rose Lorraine Holmes (1940 – 2025)

    Rose Lorraine Holmes was born in Blayney, New South Wales,…

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  • Opening of the EM Lane Concordians’ Museum at Concord Hospital

    Members of the City of Canada Bay Heritage Society were…

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  • The street where you live – Rider Boulevard, Rhodes

    Rider Boulevard in Rhodes, NSW, is named after the engineering manufacturer…

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  • The Secrets of ANZAC Ridge: In Flanders Fields by Trish Skehan

    Trish Skehan is a longstanding member of the City of…

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  • The Street Where you Live – Walker Street, Blaxland Road and Marquet Street in Rhodes

    Rhodes House

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  • The Squatters Grab

    From Our Library

    THE SQUATTERS GRAB: where it all went wrongBy Wal WalkerSelf-published…

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  • What’s new at the Museum – Colonial Robert Watkin Savage

    A display of Colonial Robert Watkin Savage’s army combat ensemble.

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  • Colonial Robert Watkin Savage (2nd AIF and Royal Australian Signals Corps)

    Concord Man chosen to command AIF Ski School Bob Savage…

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