Picton and District Historical and Family History Society Inc in Picton, New South Wales | Community organisation

Picton and District Historical and Family History Society Inc

Locality: Picton, New South Wales

Address: Wollondilly Library, 42 Menangle Street, Picton NSW. Postal Address: PO Box 64, 2571 Picton, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.pictonheritage.org.au

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21.01.2022 Please take a moment today to pause, reflect and remember all those who have served and are serving our Nation. 102 years ago the guns fell silent on the WW1 Ba...ttlefields, 416,000 Australian young men enlisted and more than 60,000 never returned home to their families, mates and communities. Since that day Australian men and woman have served with the great spirit of the ANZAC’s. Please take a moment today to pause at the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11 Month to remember their Service and Sacrifice. Lest We Forget See more

21.01.2022 On this day - 9th November 1938, L.A. Kindergarten teacher Helen Hulick went to jail for wearing pants in a courtroom. Hulick, 28, wore slacks during a court a...ppearance to testify against two men, and her testimony was rescheduled and Hulick was ordered by Judge Arthur S. Guerin to return to the court in a dress. Hulick was quoted in the, Los Angeles Times saying, You tell the judge I will stand on my rights. If he orders me to change into a dress I won’t do it. I like slacks. They’re comfortable. Thank you Helen for fighting to make pants an acceptable form of dress for women. We thank you and many of our colleagues who attend court on a daily basis thank you. 82 years later we have a pant loving Female Vice President in the United States. Let's celebrate how far we've come! photo credit - @misfithistory Caldwell Martin Cox - your trusted advisor since 1950.

09.01.2022 Today we held an intimate yet social distanced ceremony to reveal the Geoffrey Keaton and Andrew O’Dwyer Memorial Playground at Telopea Park in Buxton to the fa...milies of the hero’s that lost their lives fighting to save our community. In attendance were the families of Geoff and Andrew, their Captain and crew from Horsley Park Rural Brigade, Picton CWA, Wollondilly Shire Council Representatives including Mayor Robert Khan and Councillor Matthew Deeth, Rural Fire Service Officers including Commissioner Rob Rogers, Superintendent Martin Surrey and Area Commander Simon J Davis, and of course, a team from the Buxton Rural Fire Brigade crew. Today was an incredibly special and emotional day. It was especially touching to see the children of these families enjoying the playground built in the name of their dads, uncles, sons, cousins and brothers. Thank you to all that attended and to all that made this possible in the first place. The official opening to the public will be in December where the journey of this amazing memorial will be shared

07.01.2022 This year Remembrance Day falls during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week: 11.11.2020. Remember well this year by listenin...g to From A Whisper To A Bang!, Episode 05: "Defending Country", an exploration of the service and sacrifice of our First Nations service people in the Australian military. It's an amazing story of Restoration, Recovery and Reconciliation. Listen on the Australian War Memorial website --> https://bit.ly/36mdn61, or on indigiTUBE, the online media platform by and for First Nations people --> https://bit.ly/3kdY2Jm #