Gilgandra Coo-ees on the march

Posted on October 19, 2015 by rebekahhay1

Well, the Gilgandra Coo-ee reenactment march is underway! They will reach Emu Plains on Saturday morning, 7 November 2015. Be there, along with local historical groups and Emu Plains school children to greet them after their long journey.

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Gilgandra Coo-ee march reenactment November 2015

Posted on October 16, 2015 by rebekahhay1

The Coo-ee March Reenactment commences tomorrow Saturday 17 October. It is a  memorial to the 263 men who answered the call of “Coo-ee! Come and join us!”, and fell into line in towns and villages along the way of the recruitment march from Gilgandra to Sydney in 1915.

For more information on the reenactment, please visit their website and follow their itinerary: http://cooeemarch1915.com/

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They will leave Springwood and reach Emu Plains on the morning of 7 November 2015, and will stop for refreshments at the Old Emu Plains Public School on the Great Western Highway, as they did 100 years ago. Come and say hello! The old school house is now home to the Nepean Family History Society.

Read all about it in the Nepean Times of 100 years ago at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/350

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Ron Mulock’s biography book launch Thursday 15 October 2015

Posted on October 15, 2015 by rebekahhay1

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INSIDE THE WRAN ERA: THE RON MULOCK MEMOIRS

David Clune with John Upton

Paperback, 316 pages, $32.95
ISBN: 9781925138733

Ron Mulock AO was Mayor of Penrith 1968-1971 and alderman from 1966 to 1971. He was a Labor Member of the NSW Parliament from 1971 to 1988. He is the only Minister since Federation to have consecutively held the major portfolios of Education, Health and Transport. Mulock served as Deputy Premier under Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth from 1984 to 1988.

An important theme of the biography is Mulock’s campaign for recognition and resourcing for the booming Western Sydney region. Mulock’s reminiscences are candid, insightful and readable.

Co-authors of Mulock’s biography is Dr David Clune OAM and John Upton. David was the NSW Parliament’s Historian and is currently an Honorary Associate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. He has written extensively about NSW politics and history.

John Upton is a prize-winning author. His political comedy, Machiavelli won the Australian Writer’s Guild award for Best New Play, and his book of poems published last year, Embracing The Razor, was short-listed for the Anne Elder Award.

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Werrington House Open Day

Posted on October 15, 2015 by rebekahhay1

On Sunday 18 October the historic Werrington House at 108 Rugby Street, Werrington County will be open to the public.

Werrington HouseFor more details: http://www.penrithaustralia.com.au/event.asp?evid=17509

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Mimosa House St Marys – Huge auction this weekend

Posted on October 15, 2015 by rebekahhay1

Mimosa 2015

Read all about it on the back page of the Penrith Press – http://newslocal.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/history-for-sale-as-heritage-listed-mimosa-contents-go-to-auction/story-fngr8i5s-1227565842077

Link to the auction catalogue:

http://www.lawsons.com.au/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&ps=100&sale_no=8127A

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Pie in July – at Penrith City Library

Posted on July 13, 2015 by rebekahhay1

The Meat Pie: Australia’s Own Fast Food

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29 June to 31 July – Lower lounge display:  – The History of the Australian Meat Pie”, on display in the lower lounge area on nine panels

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Talk: The History of the Australian Meat Pie – get your tickets NOW from Penrith Library.
Includes free pie tasting and musical entertainment!
Wednesday 22 July  6:30-7:30 PM – Library lower lounge.
Penrith City Library’s Research Services and ASHET (Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology), present a talk on pie making featuring a local pie-making expert from Sargents Pies in Colyton.

Presenter Anne Arthur will talk about the history of the Australian meat pie, followed by music entertainment from “Meat Pie Continuum” and free pie tasting from local pie makers, Sargents Pies.

Glass cabinets display: display of cooking utensils through time – “Cooking at Grandma and Granddad’s’” and “Dinner at Grandma and Granddad’s’”.

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Our 1915 Fallen

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Vanessa

Those of you who attended the Annual History Conference in March 2015, will have received in your Conference pack an early version of the Our 1915 Fallen booklet. This booklet listed the men of the Penrith and St Marys area who enlisted to fight in the Great War and did not return.

We have done some more research and have managed to find photos of all the men listed. The booklet has been given a bit of a polish and is now available to download from our Memories of War pages – click here to go straight to the page.

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Images from the Nepean Family History Society’s Family History Fair, 2015

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Vanessa

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Images from 2015 History Conference

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Vanessa

Images and presentations are available from the 2015 History Conference at the Joan Sutherland performing Arts Centre Penrith on 14 March 2015 are now available here.

John Broadley speaking at the 2015 History Conference

John Broadley speaking at the 2015 History Conference

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St Marys’ War Memorial mystery solved – A A Mitchell

Posted on February 11, 2015 by rebekahhay1

Who was A A Mitchell – that was the question? He appears on the War Memorial in Victoria Park as a returned soldier and has been a mystery. Albert Arthur Mitchell was the son of Henry and Sarah Mitchell. The family lived in Granville before moving to the Nyngan district. During WWI the family moved to ‘Westella’, Homestead Road Orchard Hills. A least 2 sons joined the AIF, George in 1915 and Bert in 1918. Bert left Australia in September 1918, fell ill, and was dropped off at Sierra Leone. He was then sent back to Australia! After the war, Bert went back to the country and lived on his property at Byrock. He died there in 1974.

Bert’s brother Clyde Mitchell was a well known employee of Penrith Council. His reminiscences of Penrith in the 1920s are an important source of local history.

Sources:

NSW BDM
National Archives of Australia
NLA Trove

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