Category: Public Utilities

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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Kirra Private Hospital

Beecroft Road, Beecroft Kirra Private Hospital is recorded as operating at least between 1929 and 1952 when Beecroft identity Pat Spark  gave birth to twin

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Opium Bust

The Beecroft Opium Bust Following a tip off, NSW Police detectives and customs officers raided the Copeland Road East home of May Alice Quan in

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Police presence

The prelude and presence of police in Beecroft. In 1880 a plan of subdivision shows a police station at Thompson’s Corner and in 1887 the

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Roads

  Murray Farm Road (date unknown) and Murray Farm Road Bridge in the 1950s.                       

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Water & sewerage

Water supply and sewerage in Beecroft and Cheltenham The growth of a community like Beecroft/Cheltenham can be charted in many ways; through the lives of

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