Author: heather

Beecroft Bridge Club

Beecroft Bridge Club – by Lucie Gabb Beecroft Bridge Club was formed in 1995 as part of the Beecroft United Church Leisure Learning program. This

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Beecroft Road

Beecroft Road had its beginning in 1887 when the government engaged unemployed labour to clear land prior to sale around Beecroft platform (station). The movement

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Bellamy, Thomas

Thomas, Nicholas and John Jeremiah Bellamy, were all residents of Beecroft, great-grandsons of early convict farmers of West Pennant Hills, William and Anne Bellamy.[1] Thomas

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Bidgee Bidgee

  Bidgee Bidgee (c1787-c 1836)[1]  First recorded as the five year old attending the funeral of his step-brother, Ballooderry, in the grounds of Government House.

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Boer War

While there was much public celebration of colonial involvement in what we now call the Boer War, no public activity to celebrate sending a young

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Boyce, Una

Una Parry Boyce (1911 – 2003) Champion of Australian war widows Una was born in Sydney to Charles Robertson Swan and his wife Kate Emma

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