Best Sisters Restore Ancestors Graves
2019 marks 200 years since Thomas Best (1799-1874), son of emancipist George Best) and his wife Mary Becket (1800-1857) settled in Middle Dural. They are reportedly the first family to farm in Middle Dural and Tangmangaroo, Yass District. Whilst Thomas lies buried in Tangmangaroo, his eldest son Thomas Samuel and wife Mary Anne , another […]
From History Collage – Discovering An Illustrious Ancestor
At our well-attended July meeting members once again had the pleasure of learning more about the local history of our district. Well known historian, Malcolm Johnson of Kenthurst, took us down the length of Cattai Creek. Malcolm told of the families and locations along the creek between its source at Castle Hill show ground and […]
Speaker Marilyn Wood
Please join us at the Chapel on Saturday, July 27th where we are delighted to welcome Marilyn Wood our esteemed local historian living in Greengrove. Marilyn has been interested in researching the pioneers in this district, the many families now living in the Mangrove Mountain and Spencer areas whose origins were from Greengrove, and the […]
Fagan Park
History is a strange thing. Back then the people didn’t think about becoming history. Even nowadays we don’t think we’re going to be history, yet sometime in the relatively near future people will look back on us the same way. And on top of that, the things we currently consider to be regular everyday tools […]
NEWS FROM HISTORY COTTAGE
Maybe it is the beautiful weather we are experiencing that makes us look around and realise what a beautiful place we live in. Maybe that is the reason visitors to History Cottage are asking about the history of their property and the history of the area. Maybe that is why Hornsby Shire Council is reviewing […]
News From History Cottage
What would you pack in your suitcase? That is what our April guest speaker, Judith Dunn OAM, had to decide when her family prepared to migrate to Australia. Her father had made each member of the family a wooden suitcase and into it must go the only items she was allowed to take. From such […]
DURAL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC. – FROM HISTORY COTTAGE
Members and friends have again in enthusiastically taken part March events. Many residents will remember the Russian families who have lived in our community. At the Society’s March meeting our President, Michael Bell, gave us the background of four families, Ascotchiensky, Bogdanoff, Gollieffe and Molchanoff, who were former members of the Don Cossack Choir. The […]
DURAL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC. – From History Cottage
A wonderful start to the year with a well attended February meeting of members and visitors, in air-conditioned comfort. Gordon Finlayson certainly had us working in the practical section of his talk on the mystery of art. There was much discussion as the groups tried to unravel the mysteries in the selected themes. Was the […]
Dural And District Historical Society Inc. – From History Cottage
Over the coming year the Society has arranged for four one-day tours and nine guest speakers for the enjoyment of Society members and the general public. We live in one of the earliest districts visited and settled by Europeans. Like any small community it is the little details, the events that have happened, the people […]
DURAL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC. – News from History Cottage
On a beautiful day in October, sixteen of our members spent an enjoyable and informative time at Retford Park, Bowral. In the morning we were guided through the magnificent homestead. After lunch in the grounds, we wandered the gardens with a very knowledgeable guide. The property and contents were left to the public by the […]
