Mitchell, Bessie
A fountain is forever Bessie Mitchell, MBE, foundation headmistress of Cheltenham Girls’High School, 1958-1972. A fountain that adorns Cheltenham Girls’ High School likewise commemorates a
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A fountain is forever Bessie Mitchell, MBE, foundation headmistress of Cheltenham Girls’High School, 1958-1972. A fountain that adorns Cheltenham Girls’ High School likewise commemorates a
Albert Edward Moore (1872-1942) came to Beecroft in 1906 with his wife Lillian (née Williams) and their two young children. Albert was the son of
Moowattin (c1790-1816) was adopted at about the age of 5 years by Richard Partridge and his wife Mary Greenwood – who had a grant of
Andrew Murray (1793-1858) of Murray Farm Road. was born at Greenwells, Melrose, Scotland the son of David Murray, a farmer, and Christina (nee Buchan). Until
Andrew Murray was born in Galashiels, Scotland, in 1853, son of Andrew and Euphemia Murray. In 1878, when he was living in Ladhope, he married
Lady Sybil Maud Murray (1863-1929) lived with her family in Cheltenham from approximately 1914 until her death in 1929. There seems to have been no
The land now forming Narena Close was sold from Crown land in 1890 to James Buckingham. He sold it to Alfred Cox in 1892 and
Netball Netball came to Beecroft in an organised fashion in 1963 through the endeavours of Audrey Sumerville and Joan McDonald and under the auspices of
The 1930s and the New and Old Guard. Emerging in the 1930s were a number of right wing political groups seeking to influence both the
William Mark Nixon was born in Sydney on 31 May 1859, the son of William Nixon and Jane (née Graham), who came from Lynwood, Hawick,
John Noble, Beecroft’s naturelover and pioneer bush regenerator 1916 – 2011 John Noble described himself as a man with ‘an ongoing interest in things of nature and
William John George North was born in Sydney in 1856, the son of John Britty North and Clarissa Hack who were married in Sydney in
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