Author: heather

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

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Dougan, Mary

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

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Early schools

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,

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Electricity, Hornsby Shire

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

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Evatt, Bert

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

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Fearnley Park

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

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Fearnley, John

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

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Fire Station

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

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Fitzhardinge, Grantley

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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