Concord’s Infectious Diseases Register Councils were required to keep a register of infectious diseases under the Public Health Act, 1896 (Act No. 38, 60 Vic). (This book covers the period January 1898 to March 1970.) As the local authority, Concord Council was notified of cases within the municipality by attending medical practitioners. Upon advice, the…
The ‘world’s fastest man on water”, Ken Warby (83), died this month four decades after establishing his record-breaking speed of 411km/h. This was achieved by strapping a fighter jet engine onto the back of his speedboat Spirit of Australia. This record, set in 1978, has still not been broken. What many people don’t know is…
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming over thirty members of this group to our museum. They had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed looking for the various “curiosities” we had hidden around the museum and trying to identify them. Altogether they spent about two hours with us and all agreed it had been a…
Following on from last month’s story about the closing of the Pine Inn, Concord, we felt we should bring you more of the history of this hotel. The hotel would go on to trade for another 148 years. Its existence as a pub though could have been cut short just six years after opening, when…
Permission Refused The following article was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday, 20 February, 1922. The introduction of boxing into the district is objected to by the Central Concord Progress Association which has written to the local council protesting against the granting of an application for permission to hold a contest in a…
Last drinks for 150-year-old Concord pub, hosted by three generations of the one family Following hot on the heels of the demolition of Parramatta’s historic Royal Oak Hotel, the NSW Government is about to raze another of Sydney’s landmark pubs in the name of public transport infrastructure. With much controversy and media attention, the Royal…
Tramway Lane, close to what is locally known as Cabarita Junction, is a reminder of what was once an extensive network of tramlines linking Enfield, Ashfield, Burwood, Concord, Mortlake and Cabarita. Collectively known as the Enfield lines, the system operated independently from the city lines from 1891-1948. Steam trams were used until 1912 when the…