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Kogarah Historical Society

Phone: +61 2 9546 7314

Address: Carss Cottage, 80 Carwar Ave., Carss Park 2221

Website: http://kogarah.historicalsociety.com.au

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25.01.2022 Despite the rain, our volunteers are opening Carss Cottage Museum tomorrow, Sunday 9 February from 1 pm. So why not go and check out the latest displays? $2.00 entry, 50 cents for children (and they love the displays), under school age is free. Please take cash - we don't have eftpos!

25.01.2022 A date for the diary

23.01.2022 We are back! 10 September, 2pm, School of Arts, Cnr Bowns Rd and Queens Ave. The Society is meeting and the speaker will be Barbara Appleton. Barbara has worked in writing and editing non-fiction books. She was co-author of The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, and has now published a biography of Rev. Thomas Sharpe, a colonial chaplain. Her talk will describe some of the difficulties of life in the colonies in the 1830s. Sharpe’s career stretched from the time of ...assignment of convict servants to the relative prosperity after the Gold Rush. He was first sent to the Lower Hawkesbury during the construction of the Great North Road, then Norfolk Island, and later to Bathurst, where he built a home and founded its Anglican church, now All Saints Cathedral. The book, Tracking Mr Sharpe: Hawkesbury to Bathurst in a changing colony will be available at the meeting ($30) . Covid safe precautions will be in place. $2.00 entry. Afternoon tea between speaker and brief business meeting. Finish by 4pm. See more

21.01.2022 What a strange world we are living in at present. The Society sends thoughts and good wishes to all our members and friends. We will come through this together. We have sadly cancelled all our activities until after the end of May and very possibly beyond. If you are looking for reading material and fancy local history, our website has been updated (thank you Fred Scott) and you can order books through this. They will be mailed to you. Our email is [email protected] Sutherland Historical Society have advised that their book launch of 'East Coast Encounters 1770' will not go ahead but the book is available to order. The book is a compilation of ten articles by different authors who give a range of perspectives on the clash of cultures - it costs $35 plus postage and handling. You can order through [email protected]. Staying at home has some pluses - people are in when you telephone, gardens are being made beautiful, cupboards sorted out and chores that have waited for 'yonks' are attended to. Stay healthy everyone - enjoy a solitary walk, Kogarah Bay or Botany Bay both good.

20.01.2022 We have advised all our members but just in case other people were thinking of attending - we have taken heed of the Premier's call for no non-essential gatherings and have cancelled Monday at the Museum which was scheduled for 27 July. We are disappointed but it is the right thing to do. We still intend to open the Museum on Sunday afternoons starting on 2nd August. That will be from 1pm - 4pm (winter hours) and numbers will be limited. Visitors will be asked to sign a contact register and use hand sanitiser on entry and exit. Our two volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions. Admission is $2 and 50 cents for children - please have the correct money ready. We look forward to showing off our Museum again.

20.01.2022 Tomorrow, Thursday 12 March is the Society's Annual General Meeting. However, we also have a speaker for you. Our own Betty Goodger will tell the story of Myles McRae. Her essay on this subject was highly recommended in our History Awards last year and if you have ever driven past the grand mansion on Laycock Street Penshurst and wondered about it - this is your chance to find out. The name of the house is Kintail and it was built by Myles McRae. The meeting is at the School of Arts at 2 pm and everyone is welcome. Entry $2.00 to cover afternoon tea and you might even win the lucky door prize.

18.01.2022 Hello to all our members and friends and a very happy Mother's Day to all Mums especially if you are by yourself today. We still have no activities to report or to advise as yet but we have just sent out the newsletter for May/June which I hope you enjoyed. Beverley drew attention to the similarities of the current crisis with the last pandemic 100 years ago. The photo below is of the two daughters of Mary Jane Jude wearing their masks during the flu epidemic of 1919. The Judes lived on the corner of Park Road and what is now the Princes Highway and the whole area down as far as Hamer St and up to Renn Street was called "Jude's Paddock". If you are not a member but would like to see the newsletter, I am happy to forward a copy by email on request.

17.01.2022 Sorry everyone, I spoke too soon. Common sense has prevailed - the radio has told us it will be best to stay inside today so we Will NOT open the museum after all. Please visit next week.

17.01.2022 Thought our readers would like to see this.

17.01.2022 Our regular monthly meetings have resumed at the School of Arts (with COVIDsafe conditions - limit of 36 people) We meet next on Thursday 8 October starting at 2pm. Our speaker is Dr Edith Ziegler and her topic is NEW ITALY IN NORTHERN NSW:... The extraordinary story behind its foundation. In the 1870s, a French nobleman, Charles du Breil, the Marquis de Rays, was able to exploit the political, socio- economic, and/or religious turmoil then existing in France, Italy and other parts of Europe to attract investors and settlers to be part of a colonisation scheme. The scheme was a fiasco and many of those who thought they were moving to a new country for a better life found themselves castaways in a hellish, rain-drenched, malarial jungle on an island north of New Guinea. Many died but approximately two hundred Italians were accepted into New South Wales as refugees. Ultimately they established a successful farming community near Lismore known as ‘New Italy.’ This improbable but true story is the subject of Edith's new book Dancing for the Marquis. The talk will be copiously illustrated to allow members to follow in the footsteps of the intending settlers on their strange, and heartbreaking journey. Their experience is part of Australia’s rich immigration narrative and also the story of our stoical rural pioneers.

13.01.2022 This picture of the Oranje, 1941 is in our collection. It is signed by a number of people, perhaps they sailed on it. We don't know. If anyone can shed any light or tell us of a link they or their family had, we would love to hear from you.

13.01.2022 The Society has decided to cancel the meeting scheduled for Thursday 13 August at the School of Arts. We are disappointed not to hear Edith Ziegler but feel we need to err on the side of caution in the current Covid circumstances. All our members have been advised. The Museum has opened again and we welcome visitors on a Sunday afternoon from 1pm - 4pm. Numbers are limited to a total of six in the Museum at any one time. Date for your diary: The Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and we are planning an event at Carss Cottage on Sunday 15 November in the afternoon. We will post details as they are confirmed.

08.01.2022 Hi there - could you or your members help me out with a few photos? Here's the first....especially interested in the name of the large home

07.01.2022 We need another Jack Mundey

06.01.2022 I wonder how many mothers (as today is Mother's Day) know of this building "Osterley" The brick cottage was at 317 Princes Highway between Francis and Edward Streets and was built in 1923. The most interesting phase in the house's history came when it was a private hospital. Founded by Nurse Annie Chattan in 1930, it was taken over on 27 July, 1933 by Sisters Louisa Jane Taylor and Clara Lily Kent. It took both surgical and medical cases but was principally known for its maternity department. The hospital averaged 88 births per year. After the outbreak of World War 11, one by one the nurses were called up to the armed services. The impossibility of recruiting staff forced the hospital to close on 31 October, 1942. It is claimed that 816 babies were born there. Were you one of them? (Information provided by Beverley Earnshaw)

05.01.2022 The Unworn Wedding Dress In 2018 film director Bebi Zekirovski visited Carss Cottage Museum. He was fascinated by the story behind the wedding dress displayed in a glass case in the Museum. It had been bought by Gwen Coxhead, who grew up in Carss Cottage, in anticipation of her marriage to John (Jack) Buckham. But Jack, her fiancé went off to fight in WW2 and did not return. The wedding dress was never worn and Gwen died still not knowing what had happened to Jack. Bebi ...Zekirovski determined to make a documentary film to tell the story of ‘The Unworn Wedding Dress’. With the assistance of a grant from Georges River Council, the short (15 mins) film was made. It is a valuable and touching record of local history and is now available on DVD. Gwen Coxhead never married; she became a successful career woman and was a founding member of Kogarah Historical Society. We are happy to send a copy of the DVD to interested persons for $5.00 to cover the cost of postage and packing. You can order through our website using Paypal www.kogarah.historicalsociety.com.au or send your order with cheque to the Society at PO Box 367, Kogarah, NSW 1485. See more

05.01.2022 I was told about the Kogarah historical society about a man who saw me flying my drone around Carss Park. Here is a video I created around Kogarah Bay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWTbvXSgqM

05.01.2022 Happy dance time! We’ve uploaded 4.3 million+ digital files to our new catalogue preview so you can explore our rich collection online. Discover unique obje...cts, marvellous maps and manuscripts, books, photographs and much more. Start exploring here: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital 'Jitterbugs on Antietam', c 1947, for Pix Magazine

03.01.2022 Just the thing in COVIDSafe times - outside, interesting, and free as well!

02.01.2022 I am sure it will not come as a surprise to our readers to learn that we are cancelling our planned events until at least the end of April. This includes - Monday at the Museum (23 March); a trip with Heritage Fleet (26 March) and the General Meeting at the School of Arts on 9 April. We hope we will be able to rebook the speakers at a later date. We will also close Carss Cottage Museum for the time being, so no Sunday afternoon openings. Most of our volunteers are in the 'v...ulnerable' age group and we want to keep them safe and of course our visitors. For more information about the COVID-19 virus call the National Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 080. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For the latest advice, information and resources go to www.health.gov.au The Society wishes you all good health - lots of hand washing, observe social distancing, let’s use our phones and social media to keep in touch. Stay well.

01.01.2022 Busy, even in 1858! Lovely buildings in the ‘then’ photo