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
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
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
James Sydnenham – Real Estate James Sydenham outside his real estate office on the corner of Wongala Crescent and Hannah street in the 1930s.
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
A number of men from the Beecroft Cheltenham area served on Gallipoli.
The following is information known about memorial seats and signs in Cheltenham and Beecroft that are not buildings (like the Vicars Memorial Hall at Beecroft
Peter Stace’s story ‘That Fabulous dog called Jip’ In 1954 the Stace family moved from Guildford to 15 Fiona Road, Beecroft. There were five children:
The 1930s and the New and Old Guard. Emerging in the 1930s were a number of right wing political groups seeking to influence both the
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
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
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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