Category: People

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

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Butterley, Nigel

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

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Byles, Baldur

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

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Byles, Marie

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

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Byrne, Thomas

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

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Cadden, Delia

   Delia Eleanor May Cadden, a china painter, was born in Ascot Vale, Victoria, 1884. She was the eldest of the six children of Robert

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Children

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

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Chorley, William

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,

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Coward, William

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

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Cox, Alfred

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

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Cox, Malcolm

 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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