Hawkesbury heritage & happenings

Windsor Catholic Cemetery. Photo M. Nichols Prior to 1810, inhabitants of the Hawkesbury buried their dead in various places including ...

The Hawkesbury district covers a wide area and many inhabitants had to travel long distances to access businesses and shops. A characterist...

Over 200 years ago,  Lachlan Macquarie , the Governor of NSW was touring the Hawkesbury district and named the 'Macquarie Towns.' A...

The oldest known surviving headstone in the Hawkesbury is that of John Howorth at Wilberforce. On the 8 October 1804, eleven year old J...

Located in the centre of Richmond, the ‘great square’ has played a central role in the community for over 200 years. Governor Lachlan Macqu...

Grand Flaneur was an extraordinary thoroughbred racehorse who won numerous races including the Melbourne Cup in 1880. He retired with an o...

Over the years there have been many articles published about money languishing in chancery, waiting for families to make a claim. In 1913  ...