If you didn’t attend our August event you missed a great day.  Betty Candy’s talk was a great success bringing over 60 guests to hear her.

It’s amazing how many people didn’t know about this part of our history.

Don’t miss out on future talks.

 

Similar Posts

Group Visit to Museum

Group Visit to Museum

BySally Jerapetritis

The St George Community Transport group were finally able to visit our museum in January. This group of 20 visitors, plus carers and drivers had originally booked a visit just before the Covid-19 lock down and had been trying ever since. They spent about an hour and a half here, viewing the displays and enjoying…

Growing Old
|

Growing Old

BySally Jerapetritis

Another year has passedAnd we’re all a little older.Last summer felt hotterAnd winter seems much colder. There was a time not long agoWhen life was quite a  blast.Now I fully understandAbout “living in the past”. We used to go to weddings,Football games and lunches . . .Now we go to funeral homesAnd after-funeral brunches. We…

Federation Pavilion

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au

An ornate pavilion was erected in Centennial Park for the swearing in of the first Governor General of Australia, Lord Hopetoun, the first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton, and the first Cabinet at the official inauguration of the federation of the colonies in Centennial Park, Sydney, on 1 January 1901. The Sydney Morning Herald of 2nd…

Charles Bergevin (Langevin): A Canadian Convict at the Longbottom Stockade
| |

Charles Bergevin (Langevin): A Canadian Convict at the Longbottom Stockade

BySally Jerapetritis

by A.J. Bergevin In November 2024 I embarked on a journey to research my ancestral grandfather, Charles Bergevin, who was a prisoner at the Longbottom Stockade. I visited the City of Canada Bay Museum, where there was a display and information about the Longbottom Stockade, as well as the Canadian exile monument in Bayview Park….

Without Volunteers We Couldn’t Exist

Without Volunteers We Couldn’t Exist

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au

To our dedicated and hard-working volunteers -Bob, Benson, Pam, Andrew, Lois, John, Kay, Sharon, Lorna, Janice, Alan, Patricio and Jeanette (and Roz and Margo who couldn’t join us for our Christmas luncheon) – we sincerely thank you for helping out at our museum, working behind the scenes, during this difficult year. The work that has…

Add your first comment to this post