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City of Botany Bay Library and Museum Services

Collection

The City of Botany Bay Libraries provide library services to a community of about 36,000 with branches located at Eastgardens and Mascot. The George Hanna Memorial Museum exhibits a wide range of social history that reflects the broad Botany Bay community. Exhibitions are changed regularly and focus on the local area - wetlands, sport, industry, market gardens and multiculturalism are just some of the topics covered.

Botany fishermen and their boats, moored near the mouth of the Cooks River January 1938 as Collection
Fishing on Wolli Creek c1900 as Collection
Group of spectators on the beach at Botany watching one of the sailing boat races c1915 as Collection
James Puckeridge, Limeburner of Botany, and his wife Jane with family members at 93 Baxter Road, Mascot c1913 as Collection
Les Jones, Waynes Jones (child) and Bunda Jones in the yard at Luland Street c1962 as Collection
Merry Makers family picnic, East Hills 4 May 1941 as Collection
Opening of bridge over Cooks River 17 December 1927 as Collection
People in a boat and tin canoes on Botany Bay in the 1930s as Collection
Swimmers on Puck's Wharf c1925 as Collection
The Jones family at 3 Booralee Street, Botany c1938 as Collection
The Smith brothers and friends on their fishing boat, the Pastime, preparing for a leisurely sail on the Bay c1935 as Collection
William West and Martha (nee Sparks), far right, middle row, holding their baby son Bill West c1900 as Collection
Wolli Creek c1900 as Collection