NAIDOC ‘08 – National Aboriginal and Islander Week of Celebration

“NAIDOC week” says Craig Greene, Leichhardt Council’s Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander project worker, “should be important to all Australians as it celebrates the people of the oldest living culture in the world – Aboriginal Australians! It acknowledges our survival and our continued connection to country, language and culture. It is also about Aboriginal people [...]

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First municipal elections for newly formed Annandale Council following secession from Leichhardt Council, Annandale, 1894.
 

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Oral history : a storyteller’s approach

The NSW branch of the Oral History Association of Australia is holding its next workshop/seminar late July. For anyone interested in the practice of oral history these seminars are worth attending – here are the details:
 
Date:
Saturday 26 July
Time:
10 am for 10.30 am to 4.45 PM
Venue:
Metcalfe Auditorium, Macquarie Street Wing foyer
Cost: [...]

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Bridge Hotel Rozelle, 1941. A new watering hole for Rozelle’s local workers. The Bridge Hotel, Victoria Road, Rozelle days after being re-built in the Art Deco style following the widening of Weston Street (now Victoria Road).
 

 
 

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Callan Park and Broughton Hall: An Urban Haven

Compilation of a factual history of the Rozelle Hospital site and the evolution of its architecture has become urgent. The hospital had a continuous 160-year history of providing care for the community’s mentally ill, before closing its doors at the end of April, with all patients being transferred to Concord Hospital.
 
The site is an integral [...]

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