Farewell 2022 – Welcome 2023

added on December 28, 2022December 29, 2022 Updated onDecember 29, 2022

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Our Postcard Collection
BySally Jerapetritis April 22, 2023April 27, 2023

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…

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World War I and the German Australian Community
BySite Admin January 27, 2019March 7, 2024

From the 1850s German settlers escaping the rising nationalist sentiment in Germany began arriving in the Australian colonies looking to start a new life. Port Adelaide was the point of arrival for the majority of German settlers. The Germans moved on to Western Australia, the Barossa Valley, the Riverina and South East Queensland where they…

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How Did Concord Get It’s Name?
BySally Jerapetritis March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

We have no definite answer to this question. However, we do know that Acting Governor, Francis Grose, awarded land grants in the area to both non-commissioned soldiers and the free settlers in 1793. The colony’s Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate David Collins, in his account of the grants, recorded at the time that the settlers, “occupied…

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Carols at Yaralla – 2019
BySite Admin November 24, 2019

A great start for the Christmas festivities is a visit to the Yaralla Estate, Nullawarra Avenue, Concord West on Friday, 6th December for Carols at Yaralla. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. Parking in the grounds. Bring your children. Bring your grandchildren. Just come along. It’s a relaxing and fun evening for young and old. Musical…

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From Our Collection
BySally Jerapetritis December 7, 2022December 26, 2022

Tobacco Cutter A tobacco or plug cutter was a tabletop machine that resembled a small paper cutter, where a metal blade cutter was set onto a wooden base. They were used to cut tobacco leaf or plugs, which came in bricks, into finer and more useable samples which could then be put into a pipe…

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Humour is the best medicine
BySite Admin June 26, 2020

I dream of a better tomorrow… where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned. Early to bed and early to rise — till you get enough money to do otherwise.” “The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike. But when it comes to rain, the rich have better umbrellas.” –…

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Farewell 2022 – Welcome 2023

Our Postcard Collection

World War I and the German Australian Community

How Did Concord Get It’s Name?

Carols at Yaralla – 2019

From Our Collection

Humour is the best medicine

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