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O'Connell, Maurice
Born in Ireland, Maurice O'Connell served the British Empire as a military officer in Ceylon, Malta and twice in New South Wales.
Berowra Waters
Berowra Waters was settled in the 1820s by timber-getters, fishermen and lime burners who mined the Aboriginal middens for lime. In the twentieth century, tourists hired boats at Rex Jones's boatshed and walked in the surrounding bush.
F Lassetter and Co
Developing in the 1850s out of a blacksmith's business established in 1820, Lassetter's dominated the retailing of affordable household goods in its huge stores until the 1920s. Known as 'Cheapside', the stores carried thousands of lines and employed hundreds of Sydneysiders…
River Cycles - A History of the Parramatta River
Prior to European settlement, the waterway we now call the Parramatta River was a shared food source, a highway and a territorial boundary for the Wangal, Wallemudegal, Gammeraygal and Burramattagal peoples. Colonisation dramatically reshaped the ecology of the river; the…
A damper for Joubert, 1871
The Mayor, feeling indignant at the mode of pavement advertising adopted by Mr J Joubert, tries the hydrant as a means of throwing cold water upon the Secretary and his men.