Who was shooting up the draper's shop?
Going With A Bang
A Penshurst Bakery
Memories of bygone Penshurst.
A Park of Renown
How did Renown Park get its name?
Mortdale in 1920
Mortdale a hundred years ago - but what's the occasion?
Big Guns
General H Gordon Bennett came to Kogarah long before he saw Singapore.
Parker the Burglar
Police recaptured this daring 1920s criminal. You won't believe where.
Kogarah RSL’s VC
Revealed - the next of this year's historical markers.
Historic markers 2019
Revealed - the first of this year's Georges River Council Heritage Markers.
Jessie Janet Saltwell
Women were allowed to stand for municipal council from 1918 onwards. Mrs Jessie Janet Saltwell was one of only two women in NSW who stood for election in the municipal council elections of 1920. She stood for Peakhurst Ward. It had been predicted that she would poll fairly well, but in the event, she polled... Continue Reading →
Hurstville’s Biggest Blaze
Hurstville's biggest fire happened in 1923. But it could have been so much worse.
Georges River Libraries Local Studies 
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