In 1855 the first railway line in NSW, from Sydney to Parramatta, was opened – with stations at Ashfield and Burwood. The population and prosperity coming to the Concord/Burwood district encouraged a public meeting in 1858 to set up a fund-raising committee to build an Anglican church in Concord. Plans by the well-known architect, Edmund…
Emanuel Neich, who was born in Genoa, came to Australia by mistake. He went to sea at an early age and was in Mauritius when he signed on the ‘Lord Rodney’, bound for New Holland (Australia), believing it was sailing to Holland. In 1830 he became the licensee of the Black Dog Hotel in the…
“Longbottom” is a traditional English place name which derives from the old word “bottom”, once used in the north of England to describe low-lying, swampy, alluvial ground. Part of the land on which it stood was granted to Lt. William Lawson (of Blue Mountains fame). Later the land was bought by D’Arcy Wentworth, who returned…
Like so many other civil disturbances, the rebellion of the French Canadians of Lower Canada (now known as Quebec) was the result of a complex web of political, social and economic grievances spanning more than a single generation. Politically they wanted greater participation in government and socially they demanded access to positions of authority and…
The first free settlers, who arrived on the “Bellona” on 16th January, 1793, received grants in an area named Liberty Plains, which was south of the Parramatta River about halfway between Sydney and Parramatta. They were Thomas Rose, who brought his wife and four children, Edward Powell, Thomas Webb, Frederick Meredith and Thomas’ nephew, Joseph…
Unlike its neighbouring suburbs, Concord cannot trace its name to an English town, district or estate. Nor was the suburb named in honour of an illustrious pioneer. Indeed, the origin of Concord’s name remains a mystery, for it seems that no one bothered to record just why it was bestowed. Thomas Bishop’s land grant (the…
Leather Tanning in Concord NSW as compiled by Colin S Dodds, last General Manager of the Company In 1864 two Jewish migrants, Edwin Michaelis and Isaac Hallenstein, settled in Melbourne and commenced business in 441-445 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, as merchants importing into the new colony, cotton drill, threads and leather, mainly for footwear production. It was not…
Work began on the first stage of the hall in 1930 The possibility of raising funds to build a hall was first mooted in 1927 when two members of the Ex-Servicemen’s Club were given the task of searching for a suitable site. The location, at the corner of Majors Bay Road and Davidson Avenue, was…
Originally called “Clermont House”, it was constructed in 1861 on a 9 hectare grant to Henry Bray (third Mayor of Concord [1890-1891] and younger brother of Alfred Bray, first Mayor of Concord). When Henry died at “Clermont” in 1896, according to an obituary, “the business places of Burwood were draped in black”. John Bibb,…
Prior to European settlement, the area now known as the City of Canada Bay was occupied by the Wangal clan Prior to European settlement, the area now known as the City of Canada Bay was occupied by the Wangal clan whose name was derived from the word for their country, wanne meaning ‘west’. The Wangal…
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