Village Green
Despite appearing on Department of Lands maps from at least 1886 as a reserve, the Village Green was ‘opened’ on 5 September 1903 by the
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Despite appearing on Department of Lands maps from at least 1886 as a reserve, the Village Green was ‘opened’ on 5 September 1903 by the
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
The experience of shopping in Beecroft village changed greatly in the years after WW11. Prior to these changes there were a few stores along Beecroft
Welcome to the Beecroft Cheltenham History Group website. Since it’s formation in 1987 by local history enthusiasts, the aim of the History Group has been
Memories of growing up in Beecroft in the 1940s by Lesley Goldberg A 1940s childhood in Beecroft could be a time of much freedom for
The swinging social life of Beecroft and Cheltenham – past & present by Catherine Bartho Many residents of Beecroft Cheltenham live their lives here going
Fifty years in ‘Leafy Beecroft’ Brian’s parents, Dudley (always known as Jim) and Sybil Gill, and their family came to Beecroft in 1951. Jim was
Beecroft Rugby Club A junior rugby union club existed in the 1950s and 1960s where Mr Barrell and John Cornford were coaches and John Cornford’s
A newspaper report of 28 April 1906 announced that a number of golfers had decided to establish a golf course and Mr William Chorley had
The First Beecroft Girl Guides was well established by at least 1939 when Mrs F P Pines held a fund raising function for it at
The Boy Scout Association has been in Beecroft close to 100 years. Land for the 1st Beecroft was given to the Association by Ida Margaret
Pioneers’ Track is a pleasant self-guided circuit walk along both sides of Plympton Road on the border of Beecroft, Epping and Carlingford. Hornsby Council provides
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