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Writers Interest Group Change
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Good news for those members who may have wanted to join this Group but were unable to attend an evening meeting. In 2020 the Group will meet from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, the first meeting of the year to be on 26 March. All welcome.
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November Meeting |
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Leonie Bell, BBFHS Member and twice winner of the Rathbone History Prize, gave a fascinating talk on the Botany Wool industry - explaining the occupation of a fellmonger, the origins of the industry in Botany, key industrial players and the reasons for the industry's demise.
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November Bulletin |
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Family History Conference
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Additions to the Library
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A list of additions to the library can be found at the foot of this page
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Ron Rathbone Local History Prize
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BBFHS Member, convenor of our Writers Interest Group and twice past winner Leonie Bell, received a Highly Commended Award for her entry in this competition entitled The Grand Parade, Real Estate and Recreation. Details of all the prize winners can be found at :
https://www.theleader.com.au/story/6375661/2019-ron-rathbone-local-history-prize-winners/?cs=1507 Photo credit: The Leader |
Recent Additions to the Library
Writing a Non-Boring Family History A.GUI.1.26LC
The Story of Port Hacking, Cronulla and Sutherland Shire [1950] AN.LH.2282.19LC
The Australian Legend [Russel Ward] A.HIS.1.45LC
Subterranean Sydney - The Real Underworld of Sydney Town AN.HIS.32.3LC
A Fine Body of Men - Inverell Remembers the Kurrajongs 1916 G.MIL.A.LH.2360.2
Botany Bay Sketchbook AN.LH.2019.3LC
The Snowy - The People Behind the Power AN.HIS.1.20LC
When We Rode the Rails [Patsy Adam-Smith] A.HIS.28.2LC
The Irish Book of Arms - I.GUI.6.6LC
Sydney Harbour Paintings from 1794 AN.LH.2000.33LC
An Illustrated Guide to Sydney 1882 [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.6LC
Uplands Pastures - History of Crookwell Shire AN.LH.2583.2LC
Shoalhaven - History of the Shire of Shoalhaven AN.LH.2541.6LC
Sydney Cove 1788 [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.1LC
Sydney Cove 1793-1795 - The Spread of Settlement [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.1cLC
Sydney Cove 1795-1800 - The Second Governor [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.1eLC
Dubbo Macquarie Family History Society Cemetery Records, Volume 3 AN.SOU.5.2830.3
Life on the Home Front - Journeys into the Past BRIT.HIS.1.9LC
The Way My Father Tells It - The Story of an Australian Life G.BIOG.7.BOW.1LC
Saga of Sydney - The Birth, Growth and Maturity of the Mother City of Australia [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.8LC
Australians at Home World War I A.HIS.1.46LC
Sydney Harbour - A Pictorial History from the First Settlers to the Present Day AN.LH.2000.34LC
Haddon Rig - The First Hundred Years G.FH.FAL.1.LC
The Jurist 1841-43 Reports of Cases Decided in All The Courts of Equity and Common Law BRIT.SOU.9.6
The Story of Port Hacking, Cronulla and Sutherland Shire [1950] AN.LH.2282.19LC
The Australian Legend [Russel Ward] A.HIS.1.45LC
Subterranean Sydney - The Real Underworld of Sydney Town AN.HIS.32.3LC
A Fine Body of Men - Inverell Remembers the Kurrajongs 1916 G.MIL.A.LH.2360.2
Botany Bay Sketchbook AN.LH.2019.3LC
The Snowy - The People Behind the Power AN.HIS.1.20LC
When We Rode the Rails [Patsy Adam-Smith] A.HIS.28.2LC
The Irish Book of Arms - I.GUI.6.6LC
Sydney Harbour Paintings from 1794 AN.LH.2000.33LC
An Illustrated Guide to Sydney 1882 [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.6LC
Uplands Pastures - History of Crookwell Shire AN.LH.2583.2LC
Shoalhaven - History of the Shire of Shoalhaven AN.LH.2541.6LC
Sydney Cove 1788 [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.1LC
Sydney Cove 1793-1795 - The Spread of Settlement [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.1cLC
Sydney Cove 1795-1800 - The Second Governor [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.1eLC
Dubbo Macquarie Family History Society Cemetery Records, Volume 3 AN.SOU.5.2830.3
Life on the Home Front - Journeys into the Past BRIT.HIS.1.9LC
The Way My Father Tells It - The Story of an Australian Life G.BIOG.7.BOW.1LC
Saga of Sydney - The Birth, Growth and Maturity of the Mother City of Australia [loan copy] AN.LH.2000.8LC
Australians at Home World War I A.HIS.1.46LC
Sydney Harbour - A Pictorial History from the First Settlers to the Present Day AN.LH.2000.34LC
Haddon Rig - The First Hundred Years G.FH.FAL.1.LC
The Jurist 1841-43 Reports of Cases Decided in All The Courts of Equity and Common Law BRIT.SOU.9.6