Come and hear about the history of this one-time convict penal establishment reformatory school and ship building yard. Hear how the islands’ convicts were shaped by harsh living and working conditions, how vulnerable boys were gathered from the streets of Sydney and taught trades, and how ship builders made Cockatoo Island the major shipbuilding and dockyard facility for the South West Pacific in WWII.
Marie Palmer volunteers for the Sydney harbours Federation Trust. She visits groups to talk about the Harbour Trust sites, helps to man the visitor centres at Cockatoo Island and North Head Sanctuary, and is a guide at both the 3rd Quarantine Cemetery at North Head Sanctuary and Macquarie Lighthouse at Vaucluse. Marie is now sharing her love of the Harbour by promoting sites which are now open to the public and being preserved for future generations
Come and hear the fascinating story of the World War II Beaufighter Squadron, their pilots and their remarkable feats in World War II. Several years ago former World War II Beaufighter pilot Warrant Officer Lerryn Mutton OAM arrived on the doorstep of history writer Patricia Skehan armed with twenty boxes of official documents and photographs…
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