Hawkesbury heritage & happenings

Much has been written throughout this year on the crossing of the Blue Mountains  as we celebrate 200 years of the crossing by Blaxland, We...

In April 1828, William Ford and Samuel Tibbin carried out a burglary in the Windsor district. Stephen Hunter resided in the Cornwallis area...

In 1916 the Publishing company Tyrell's Limited published the local history book titled "Early Days of Windsor" The book was...

Was William Adams unlucky or what?  In May 1846, an unfortunate accident was recorded in the township of Windsor.  The Sydney Morni...

As the devastating bushfires head towards Bilpin (as I type), burning thousands of hectares, it brought to mind some of the horrific bushfi...

210 years ago the first newspaper in Australia was published. The   “Sydney Gazette”  is a very important source of historic material on ea...

This enlightening tale is well-known by many residents of the Hawkesbury but I thought it was an excellent story for Trove Tuesday. Remembe...