Category: The Environment

Arden

Arden Anglican School Arden Anglican School at Beecroft (as it is now known) can trace its origins to a school that commenced in Beecroft in

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Beecroft Primary

 Beecroft Public School[1] The Beecroft Progress Association commenced petitioning for a public school to be built in 1891 but it was not until 1895 that

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Cheltenham Park

Initially subject to an inquiry in 1901, for public resumption this land was purchased following a meeting called at the  School of Arts in January

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Christian Faith

The Christian faith in Beecroft and Cheltenham. As discussed elsewhere on this web site, along what is now Pennant Hills Road the earliest European contact

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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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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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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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