To celebrate the National Trust Heritage Week, the Museum is organising an event named The Valley of Dispossession.
At about 11:00am, guest speaker Taylor Clark will describe the loss of country experienced by the original Gundungorra people.
This will be followed by a showing of the Flooding of Burragorang Valley film.
Entry is a gold coin donation. Refreshments will be provided.
The Wollondilly Museum will host a morning tea for Retired Miners to mark the launch of the display featuring The History of Nattai-Bulli Miners’ Lodge.
The booklet will be available from May 1, cost $7.00.
Do you have ancestors that came from the Wollondilly area?
If so, we are offering a free research fee for the month of August.
Come and enjoy our resources! (Fee still applies to photocopying material.)
History Week 2018 was announced on 3 August 2018 by The History Council of NSW with the theme Life and Death. Life’s defining moments and the impact of death on communities across time being explored.
During this week The Oaks Historical Society will be conducting a program called Peeps at Pioneers and organising visits to local cemeteries.
There will be a limit of 20 people per group. Bookings are essential.
Date and Time | Pioneers at | Address | Coordinated by | Bookings |
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Wednesday, September 5 10:30am - 11:30am | St Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery | 7 Menangle St Picton | Betty Villy | Booking |
Saturday September 8 10:00am - 11:00am | Wollondilly Heritage Centre for morning tea | 43 Edward St The Oaks | The Oaks Historical Society | Booking |
Saturday September 8 11:00am - 12:00pm | St Matthew's Anglican Church | Old Oaks Road The Oaks | Sue Davis | Booking |
Saturday September 8 12:00pm - 1:00pm | St Aloysius Catholic Cemetery | Cnr Timothy Lacey Lane & Silverdale Road The Oaks | Trish Hill | Booking |
Saturday September 8 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Glenmore Uniting Church Cemetery | Moores Way Glenmore | Marlane Fairfax | Booking |
A COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE ARMISTICE OF WORLD WAR I
ECHOES OF THE GREAT WAR
A dramatic performance by The Oaks Historical Society and drama actors from letters and diaries written by local service men and their families during WW1
THE FABRIC OF WAR
A display of textile art from Macarthur Textile Network and friends which tell their own and other stories from WW1 in fabric, paper and paint
THE MUSIC OF WAR
A performance by Picton Harmony from songs written in WW1
A free event
At the Wollondilly Heritage Centre & Museum on 11th November 2018 at 2pm
Followed by refreshments
The Oaks, Picton and Appin Historical Societies present HISTORY WEEK IN WOLLONDILLY
Memory & Landscape Exhibition – Online Street Name Database
The Surveyor General, Narelle Underwood, will launch History Week in Wollondilly
Friday 30 August, 6pm in the View Room, Picton Library
Free bookings at library.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au or phone 4677 8300
The exhibition will be open daily from Saturday 31 August to Friday 6 September from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Cost is Free
The event is supported by similar displays at the Wollondilly Heritage Centre, The Oaks and Appin Historical Societies and The Old Appin Inn.