Eco-Annandale 2009

 
 
Eco-Annandale 2009 is an exhibition, walk and talk examining Annandale’s contemporary eco-system.
 
The exhibition features the work of 7 local artists who have reflected on Annandale’s  ecology in glass, on paper and by using recycled packaging. It looks at local provenance plants, the Whites Creek Wetland and the wild birds now thriving in inner-city Annandale. Bronwen Campbell will talk about [...]

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Best for 2009!

 

 
We were amused (yet also sobered, given the severity of the 1890s depression) by the following note from a Balmain Council meeting we came across recently, as reported in the Balmain Observer, December 1897:
 
Q: Are the Council’s employees entitled to any holidays, besides public holidays, during the year?
A: In 1881 we instituted a system [...]

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Italian family history in Sydney. .

Interest in family history research continues to grow, particularly since the recent screening on SBS of the Australian version of Who Do You Think You Are?
 
However many tracing their family tree are often faced with the problem of how to access overseas records.
 
Co.As.It Leichhardt’s Italian Family Hitory Group has announced that arrangements have now been [...]

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