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Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society

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25.01.2022 Watch the Channel 9 news tonight covering the Bicentenary of the naming of Campbelltown event at Glenalvon today.Watch the Channel 9 news tonight covering the Bicentenary of the naming of Campbelltown event at Glenalvon today.

24.01.2022 The Glenalvon House dining room on our YouTube channel.. With Judy Clark. https://youtu.be/PTc2ruL6jBo

24.01.2022 Campbelltown Kangaroo Rugby League Football Club 1946. Winners!

24.01.2022 Calling Macarthur residents; Remember the Australian Bicentennial 1988? Perhaps you or your community group were involved in making hanging banners celebrating that bicentennial. The society has in its possession around 80 banners created by schools, and community groups from all over the area. These photos only show one side of two different banners. A lot of effort was exerted to create these items from history and we would like to gather as much information as possible about them. Please contact [email protected] if you were involved.

23.01.2022 A close up look at Glenalvon House series, watch them all on YouTube.

23.01.2022 Our next tour of Glenalvon House video.

19.01.2022 Our President Kay Hayes and Paula Pfoeffer of Campbelltown Council finalise the agreement for our Society to continue caring for Glenalvon House into the middle of this decade.

19.01.2022 Some interesting newspaper clippings from our archive cabinets telling about the Macquarie Fields dinosaur.

18.01.2022 Today saw the launch of the latest Society Grist Mills Journal, Celebrating Campbelltown's 200 years. Titled The founding of Campbelltown and the Macquaries, by Tom Reeve. In spite of Covid and the heat we had a large group present for the event. Guests included State Member Greg Warren, Deputy Mayor Meg Oates and Councillor Masood Chowdhury and representatives of Camden, Appin and Liverpool Historical Societies among others. Copies of the Grist Mills are available for $8 plus postage. The young ladies in period dress are; Bronwyn Zapirain and Alessandra Rullo.

16.01.2022 We are saddened to advise the passing of Society Life Member Norman "Norm" Campbell. Norm lived in Campbelltown for over 95 years, his family lived in Standwell House one of the Colonial Buildings in Queen Street. Later Norm moved to Bradbury. He dedicated his working life as a news photographer and to recording and documenting Campbelltown's history.

12.01.2022 Today Campbelltown Council said thank you for the service given to our community by the Queen Street office staff in 2020. The event included morning tea and a tour of Glenalvon, our 1840s house.

10.01.2022 A new short video tour of Glenalvon House, the library. click to view on YouTube. https://youtu.be/GrmfMhCcwKU

08.01.2022 An interesting video find on our You Tube channel. https://youtu.be/_NhJNQ59CcA

08.01.2022 Today Jason FitzGerald kindly showed some of us his amazing historically significant coin at Glenalvon, the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society headquarters. Jason is a Narellan Vale resident who grew up in Campbelltown and is a metal detectorist. In central Campbelltown he recently found the 1797 cartwheel penny, which was the first copper penny circulated in Britain. Thanks Jason for sharing your discovery, your knowledge on coins and metal detecting and we would love to have you back to do it all again at one of our meetings when we get back to normal, hopefully next year.

07.01.2022 From our Campbelltown Sesquicentennial Film Archive. Schools Spectacular April 4th 1970. CLICK THE IMAGE TO VIEW THE VIDEO. https://youtu.be/FQlszMdsRW8

06.01.2022 We were fortunate today to receive a donation of 1950s scales, doll, baby's clothes and a blanket from the original Baby Health Centre at Mawson Park. Thanks to Lynne Ireland, a registered nurse, who kept them in storage and brought them in.

06.01.2022 Campbelltown and Ingleburn News, June 5th 1956. Mouse click the photo then right mouse click the large version and "save as" to you computor. you can then enlarge it a read more easily.

05.01.2022 At this month's committee meeting the Society conferred Honorary Life Membership to Norman Campbell. Norman "Norm" Campbell has lived in Campbelltown for over 95 years, and his family lived in Standwell House, one of the Colonial Buildings in Queen Street. Later Norm moved to Bradbury. He has dedicated his working life as a news photographer to recording and documenting Campbelltown's history and has gifted historical records and photographs to Campbelltown City Library as well as this Society. He was a member of the Campbelltown Fire Brigade and captain from 1960 to 1968. In 2001 Norm was Citizen of the Year and 2015 recognised in the Jubilee awards. Norm has now moved from Bradbury to Assisted Living accommodation in Camden. Photo courtesy The Macarthur Advertiser.

05.01.2022 Art conservator Natteo Volonte works on the Glenalvon House stairway this week. The entry and stairwell walls were painted to resemble marble in 1883 by local painter Mr R. Campion. He signed his work on a section of the marbling upstairs. Campion also painted the hall of Glenlee House to resemble marble. The restoration of the wall painting is being carried out by Campbelltown Council.

04.01.2022 Our city of Campbelltown turns 200 years old tomorrow the 1st of December. The Society has published the story in our latest journal.

03.01.2022 Campbelltown Council invited another group of office staff to Glenalvon to say thank you for the service given to our community in 2020. This was followed by Council staff preparing for future improvements for Campbelltown's main street. The event included morning tea and a tour of our 1840s house.

01.01.2022 Thank you John Morthern, and all our tour guides for a new series of videos, Glenalvon tours.