Remembering local men lost in the sinking of HMAS Sydney.
RAAF Centenary: In Memoriam James Clark
A hundred years of the RAAF, and one of our heroic airmen.
The Nethery family
Rear: Cyril, Jack, Greg, Ted, Frank and Bob. Front: Father Edward, Mary, Sep, Mary (the Mater) The fifth and final heritage marker which Georges River Council has selected for 2020, to be installed at Anglo Square, commemorates the Nethery family of Westbourne Street, Carlton. The following piece has been provided by William Nethery, explaining the... Continue Reading →
Finding the Target
They had the enemy in their sights.
A Hurstville pilot
To mark 75 years since the end of World War Two, we look at one of Hurstville's heroes.
Penshurst Park or Bust
A procession was held in Hurstville in May 1941 in aid of the wartime Patriotic Fund. One of the vehicles in the procession, which made its way from Forest Road to Penshurst Park, was this old banger, known as ‘Black Diamond’. It was well known in Hurstville and was colourfully described in an article in... Continue Reading →
Clive James
Vale Clive James, poet, author, wit.
Kogarah RSL’s VC
Revealed - the next of this year's historical markers.
Georges River Libraries Local Studies 
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