Category: Changing Times

Higgin’s Store

Samuel Higgins and his store Glasgow-born Samuel Higgins came to Australia at the age of three with his family. In 1903, when Samuel was 27

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In Memory of the Fallen

IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN from Beecroft and Cheltenham in World War II by Tony Cunneen Beecroft War Memorial Killed 1939 -1945 R.Atkinson  J.Howard E.P.Austin 

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James Sydenham

    James Sydnenham – Real Estate       James Sydenham  outside his real estate office on the corner of Wongala Crescent and Hannah street in the 1930s.  

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Knit It Beecroft

Knit it Joan Reid’s passion, since the age of four, was knitting!  This is the story of her shop. With my passion for knitting I

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Nurseries

From some 17,000 years ago when Aborigines arrived in this place, they named the local plants and farmed it for the fruits and other edible

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Past and Present

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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Peggy

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

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Politicians Federal

Federal members elected by Beecroft/Cheltenham voters   Electorate Years Member Party Parramatta 1901-09 Sir Joseph Cook Free Trade Parramatta 1909-16 Sir Joseph Cook Commonwealth Liberal

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Sub-Divisions

The dedicated members of our History Group are currently considering a project to explore the history of subdivisions in Beecroft and Cheltenham.

If you’re curious about how our suburbs developed over time, we’d love to hear from you!

To express your interest simply fill out the short form below.

For a glimpse of what this research might uncover, take a look at The Lyndley Estate, which is now part of the local shopping precinct.