Boyce, Una

Una Parry Boyce (1911 – 2003) Champion of Australian war widows Una was born in Sydney to Charles Robertson Swan and his wife Kate Emma

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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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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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Brodrick, Robert

Robert Hargreave Brodrick was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1860, the son of Robert Brodrick, a well-to-do silk manufacturer. At the age of 16 years

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Bellamy, Thomas

Thomas, Nicholas and John Jeremiah Bellamy, were all residents of Beecroft, great-grandsons of early convict farmers of West Pennant Hills, William and Anne Bellamy.[1] Thomas

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Barnby, Alfred

Alfred Barnby was born around 1850 to Edgar and Hannah Barnby. He was a draftsman when he married a widow Angelina Charlotte Wachsmann in 1880. Angelina 

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Alcock, Edward

Edward Henry Alcock was born in Darling Point, Sydney, in 1854, son of English-born Thomas Alcock who had come to Sydney in the 1840s. With

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Allsop, Francis

Francis Allsop, Jr, was born in the district in 1835, son of a convict father and free mother, Frances Allsop and Ann Eyles. In 1848

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Abram, William

Frederick William Abram was born in Germany in 1854 of an English father and a German mother; his father was a bee farmer from Somerset

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The Music Club

Between 1967 and 1976, the Beecroft Music Club was a vital part of the cultural life of the district. ‘The Sound of Music’ ‘Beecroft’s reputation

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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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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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