Bush Muschetta
Bush Muschetta (c1780-1825) The most famous of the Aboriginal leaders to fight against the English Colony in Sydney was Pemulwoy. He appears to have come
Bush Muschetta (c1780-1825) The most famous of the Aboriginal leaders to fight against the English Colony in Sydney was Pemulwoy. He appears to have come
Nigel Henry Cockburn Butterley AM (born 13 May 1935) grew up at 25 Hannah Street, Beecroft. His father Mr H M Butterley was the headmaster
Baldur Unwin Byles BScFor (Adel), LLD (ANU) FIFA OBE [1] (1904-1975) was born in Manchester, England. His parents were Cyril and Ida Byles and his
Ida Margaret Byles (1869-1953) was a member of the Unwin publishing family and had private income from the family business. It was also Allen &
Pioneer feminist, conservationist and mountaineer Marie Beuzeville Byles was undoubtedly one of this district’s most significant residents. She was the eldest of the three children
Thomas Byrne, born into a large family in Galway, Ireland, in 1859, arrived in Australia on money sent home by his sister who had emigrated
Delia Eleanor May Cadden, a china painter, was born in Ascot Vale, Victoria, 1884. She was the eldest of the six children of Robert
Children Until World War 2 or thereabouts, the most significant distinguishing differences to describe children in Beecroft and Cheltenham was to look at the economic
William Chorley and Mt Pleasant Estate William Chorley was born according to some records in Wiveliscombe and in others at Brompton Ralph, each in Somerset,
William Gratus Coward, born in 1857, and his wife Jane (née Crossing) lived in Strathfield until 1890 when they moved to Beecroft and lived in
Alfred Cox and his wife were two of Beecroft original residents and their house one of the earliest built. In 1888 Alfred purchased one acre
Some recollections of the 1950’s and 1960’s by Malcolm Cox 2020. I lived in Beecroft from 1953 to 1969, that is age 8 to 24.
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