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The swinging social life of Beecroft and Cheltenham – past & present by Catherine Bartho Many residents of Beecroft Cheltenham live their lives here going
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The swinging social life of Beecroft and Cheltenham – past & present by Catherine Bartho Many residents of Beecroft Cheltenham live their lives here going
Peggy [1] Peggy was an identity of Beecroft in the 1950s and 1960s. She came to Beecroft when she was 13 years old. As a
In 1887 at the Congress of International Astronomers in Paris a decision was made to draw a map of all the stars and Sydney Observatory
For information on this topic please refer to the publication ‘Beecroft and Cheltenham The shaping of a Sydney Community to 1914’ (Pages 266-270) This book
The Perdriau brothers – Henry, Walter and Ernest Among the early buyers of Crown land on the eastern side of Beecroft were the three Perdriau
Arthur Ernest Pierce, born in Newtown, Sydney, in 1889, and his wife Lillian Martha (née Woodham), came to Cheltenham in 1914. They had been living
Eleanor Frances Pines (born 1869) was the daughter of Edward Martin, a draftsman in the Colonial Architect’s Office. She became the fourth wife of Frederick
Pioneers’ Track is a pleasant self-guided circuit walk along both sides of Plympton Road on the border of Beecroft, Epping and Carlingford. Hornsby Council provides
The prelude and presence of police in Beecroft. In 1880 a plan of subdivision shows a police station at Thompson’s Corner and in 1887 the
Local Government Councillors elected by Beecroft/Cheltenham voters Hornsby Riding/Ward: C Years Councillor Years Councillor Years Councillor 1906-1911 William Mark Nixon 1906-1911 Charles Churchill Tucker 1906-1908
Powell’s store – Before Supermarkets From 1938 until it closed about 1960, the major grocery in Beecroft was operated by Jack and Birdie Powell. In
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