Farewell 2022 – Welcome 2023

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From Our Collection
BySally Jerapetritis June 12, 2024June 25, 2024

The Begging Boy This is a garden statue of a boy wearing clothes reminiscent of Oliver Twist who appears to be begging for something. There is no inscription on the object, but it was probably mounted on a plinth that could have contained some information. This object only came to light when we finally moved…

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Lieutenant Clifford Peel – Providing a Blueprint for the RFDS
BySally Jerapetritis August 16, 2021August 19, 2021

The Royal Flying Doctor Service honours the legacy of a far-sighted young man named John Clifford Peel whose vision played a great part in the inspiration and planning of the Flying Doctor. In 1917, Reverend John Flynn received an inspirational letter from Lieutenant Clifford Peel. The young airman and war hero suggested the use of aviation to…

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The Long-gone Industries of Concord (Pt.4)
BySite Admin May 19, 2019

Industries of Mortlake-Cabarita (continued) Dulux Australia Limited The other major industrial complex in Mortlake – Cabarita was Dulux Australia Limited which began operating in Concord in 1921 as British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty Ltd (BALM). The company was formed in 1918 as a result of the wartime prohibition of the export of white lead –…

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From Our Collection
BySally Jerapetritis February 5, 2022February 20, 2022

1927 Chinese Commemorative Scroll This was given by Kwang Lim Kwong, the manager of a touring Chinese soccer team, to Ernest Lukeman, the secretary of the Australian Soccer Football Association, in appreciation for his help in coordinating a team from China to tour Australia in 1927. The Lukeman family has lived in Drummoyne for several…

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Land of a Thousand Sorrows: Revisited
BySite Admin May 18, 2020

A documentary, which follows the unknown and untold story of 58 Canadian patriots from Lower Canada, sent into exile in the penal colony of Australia from 1840-48, was to have been released in May this year with three particular ceremonies: May 18, Bayview Park, 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the memorial in Concord; May…

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William Caspar Shipham
BySally Jerapetritis October 18, 2021October 19, 2021

William was not yet five when his mother Ada died in August 1898. His father, John Shipham, died four years later. Now orphaned, William and his younger brother, Concord, were given over to the care of relatives. William went to live with his grandfather, Daniel Zoeller, a prominent local businessman and former mayor of Concord….

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Farewell 2022 – Welcome 2023

From Our Collection

Lieutenant Clifford Peel – Providing a Blueprint for the RFDS

The Long-gone Industries of Concord (Pt.4)

From Our Collection

Land of a Thousand Sorrows: Revisited

William Caspar Shipham

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