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From some 17,000 years ago when Aborigines arrived in this place, they named the local plants and farmed it for the fruits and other edible
From some 17,000 years ago when Aborigines arrived in this place, they named the local plants and farmed it for the fruits and other edible
Christmas in Beecroft and Cheltenham As a community, Christmas has been noted in Beecroft since at least the coming of the churches with their celebrations
Eastern side – odd numbers [1]. This property forms part of the Ramona Estate. For its history prior to the subdivision of the Ramona Estate
Mary Jo Reeve was a formidable activist and supporter of the communities of Beecroft and Cheltenham. [1] She was raised in a Catholic orphanage where
While there was much public celebration of colonial involvement in what we now call the Boer War, no public activity to celebrate sending a young
Adeline Mary Gordon (‘Mary’) Vernon was born in Beecroft on 4 February 1923 the eldest child of Harry Gordon Vernon and Millie (nee Rogers). Her
Violet Halliday Vicars was born in Scone to James Little and his wife Mary Ann (nee McLaughlin). Her father was an accountant. She married Robert
Oliver Henry Lancaster, (Oliver) [1] AO, FAA, MB BS, BA, Phd, MD, DSc was born on 1 February 1913 to Llewellyn Bentley Lancaster (1871-1921) and
Timothy William McCristal was born in Belligen in 1881 to John and Mary McCristal. He grew up in that locality, working as a timbergetter, and
The 1930s and the New and Old Guard. Emerging in the 1930s were a number of right wing political groups seeking to influence both the
The Crescent, Beecroft & Cheltenham Originally called Carlingford Road and then Cheltenham Crescent The street trees in Cheltenham are listed on the Hornsby Shire Council
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