Dog Racing
Dog coursing During the Great Depression a greyhound coursing track was built and operated by the Northern Line Coursing Club. It was located at Maher’s
Dog coursing During the Great Depression a greyhound coursing track was built and operated by the Northern Line Coursing Club. It was located at Maher’s
Mary Elizabeth Dougan (nee Coles) (1902-2007) was born on the Clarence River where she learnt her love of gardening from her grandfather who had “worked
Early schools St John’s School-Church, Beecroft (1891) The first record of this establishment was in November 1890 when Charles Tucker and William Coward, as trustees,
Click on the link below to open a new window showing a map with a slider in the top left hand corner. This is a
Hornsby Council built the shire’s electricity network in the early 1900s after the State Government refused to connect Hornsby Building Hornsby’s electricity network can be
Herbert Vere Evatt (Bert or Doc) HV MA LLD KC MLA. was born on 30 April 1894 in East Maitland. His father died when he
Fearnley Park Located between Hannah Street and Chapman Avenue in Beecroft, Fearnley Park contains significant remnants of Blue Gum High Forest, once the dominant vegetation
John Gillett Fearnley was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1861, the son of a well-to-do mill owner. He emigrated to Australia when he was about
32 Austral AvenueLeonard and Winifred Fereday purchased Lot 547 York Road in 1923. Sometime between 1930 and 1949 the street was renamed and their address
By the time of the third Governor of New South Wales, Philip Gidley King, it was clear that the size of the land grants, especially
Beecroft’s Firefighters In the early years of the 20th century the growth of population in the northern areas of Sydney led to the building of
Grantley Fitzhardinge was born in Waverley, Sydney, in 1845, fourth son of William George Fitzhardinge who had come to Australia with his family in 1838.
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