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Scandals, Crime and Corruption

Exhibition: BUSTED! A snaphot of crime in Balmain
Dates:September 5 – October 31
 
Cost: Free
Where: Balmain Library,
Balmain Town Hall building
370 Darling Street, Balmain
Presented by LEICHHARDT LIBRARIES
 Email:localhistory@lmc.nsw.gov.au
Family history BALMAIN Workshop:- you’ve done the research, now what?
Join genealogist Terri Kempe as she discusses techniques and strategies to use when writing up family histories and memoirs.
 
Date: Tuesday [...]

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70 people joined us down on the waterfront at Balmain’s Dawn Fraser Baths – the oldest surviving tidal-baths in Australia- as we celebrated History Week 2008.

 Heritage consultant Meredith Walker gave an illustrated presentation on the history of bathing pools around the Leichhardt and Balmain foreshores, and Leichhardt Rowing Club’s Barry Moynahan held our attention [...]

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