What’s new at the Museum – Colonial Robert Watkin Savage

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The 5th Regiment (Scottish Rifles) Camp at Concord West

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au December 14, 2017

On Tuesday, 17th April, 1900, the Daily Telegraph published the following article: Through the courtesy of the trustees of the Walker Estate, the 5th Regiment (Scottish Rifles) camped for the principal part of their Easter training at Rhodes. The position taken up is a splendid one overlooking the Parramatta River and closely situated to the…

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Tessa The Guide Dog

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au August 18, 2018

As many of the readers of The Past Present will be aware, most postcards in their extensive collection focus on a place, be it a building, a beach or a park. Yet there have, over time, been many postcards created which focus instead on monuments, just as this postcard does. The intriguing thing about this…

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A Champion Course: The Parramatta River

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au September 16, 2019March 7, 2024

Thanks to the prowess of the New South Wales scullers, the Parramatta River course is celebrated all over the world; and is justly entitled to be called the champion course from the number of races not only for the championship of the colony, but of the world, which have been contested over this run of…

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The Man Behind the Dog on the Tuckerbox

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au August 22, 2019March 7, 2024

The news that Gundagai’s Dog on the Tuckerbox had been damaged recently made national headlines and prompted an outpouring of love for the beloved pooch. But why does the dog sit five, and not nine, miles from Gundagai? And what does the side-altar at London’s Westminster Cathedral have to do with it? Somewhat surprisingly, this…

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Maps Tell us Stories, not Facts

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au July 13, 2017

Historians use historical maps for several purposes: as useful tools for reconstructing the past, to the extent that maps provide records of features, landscapes, cities and places that may not exist anymore or that exist in dramatically transformed form; and as a representation of the “worldview” of the mapmaking culture, and how that culture saw…

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The “Ol’ Man” of Parramatta River

Bysiteadmin@michel.com.au February 23, 2021March 10, 2024

The Legend of Bill Fisher Bill Fisher earned the sobriquet “Ol’ Man” as a mark of respect for his years of service to Drummoyne Sailing Club as well as his amazing feats of endurance and athleticism. For sailors, the term “old man” refers to a ship’s captain- used in deference to the Master’s experience and…

What’s new at the Museum – Colonial Robert Watkin Savage

The 5th Regiment (Scottish Rifles) Camp at Concord West

Tessa The Guide Dog

A Champion Course: The Parramatta River

The Man Behind the Dog on the Tuckerbox

Maps Tell us Stories, not Facts

The “Ol’ Man” of Parramatta River

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