Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer who published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many short stories,…
Click to view full storyHistory
Wealth of maritime history in new lighthouse book
Tumbi Umbi resident celebrates 100th birthday
Family history an important part of a nation’s history
Darug place names and culture on Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River
Surf club seeks material for its 100th anniversary
Real estate interest led to local development
Paddle steamer wreck gives Maitland Bay its name
Brigade formed early to fight fires at Pearl Beach
Hoop pines planted to represent Woy Woy’s fallen
Woy Woy Memorial Park, the usual site for Anzac ceremonies, is dominated by hoop pines planted more than 90 years ago. Fourteen hoop pines were planted in 1927 at Woy…
The Story of Jim Bowcock, Part 2 (from A Pocketful of Yesterdays)
Then came the war … The men went off to fight and there was a desperate shortage of workers. Jim had started work at the age of 14, working on…
A Pocketful of Yesterdays, the story of Jim Bowcock (Part 1)
With this virus upon us, and the future so uncertain, I think we need to do things which keep us cheerful and useful, embroider our lives with beautiful actions, one…
The life and times of Kendall Holbert exhibition
The Brisbane Water Historical Society will launch a new exhibition, Footprints, exploring the life and times of historic figure, Kendall Holbert, at the Henry Kendall Cottage and Historical Museum in…
100th anniversary of the erection of the earliest war memorial on the Central Coast
This Remembrance Day, on November 11, will mark the 100th anniversary of the erection of the earliest war memorial on the Central Coast, the Great War obelisk at Kincumber Public…
Revised history book to launch at Pearl Beach
The Pearl Beach Aboriginal History Group has revised its book, Bungaree’s Mob: The Wangannine of The Woy Woy Peninsula and Beyond. The revised book will be relaunched in November 2018…
Geology of the Bouddi Peninsula
[Local History] The Bouddi Peninsula has a long history of change: rock formation, rock breakdown, soil deposition and re-formation of new rock. While the Bouddi Peninsula is at present bordered…