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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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Family History Conference
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October Meeting
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Greg Jackson and Pam Forbes gave a most interesting talk on the Quarantine Station at our October meeting
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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