Welcome to Family History Month!
We are offering free Family History Research Sessions during August.
Photocopying fee still applies.
Hope to see you on a Saturday or Sunday in our new research room!
On Monday 5 August we will celebrate Family History Month at our 7pm monthly meeting.
Our guest spot will be a fireside chat with members of the Carlon Family and their recollections of living in the Burragorang Valley.
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.
The Riley family reunion will be held at The Oaks Heritage Centre and Museum.
Bring along photos and stories to share. Some of the families are Karkoe, O’Brien, Shephard, Hilton, Grimston, Green …
Seniors are invited to come along and enjoy great company and an old world experience from yesteryear.
Includes morning tea and lunch.
Funded by the NSW Seniors Festival Grants Program / The Department of Communities and Justice
We have a range of activities planned including
- Card Making
- Apple Grading & Peeling in our Machinery Shed
- Butter Making & Bean Slicing in the Burragorang Cottage
Everyone welcome
Bookings Essential before 11 April 2021
Contact Wollondilly Heritage Centre 0432 689 034 or trish.hill17@bigpond.com
Saturday 17 April 10:00am – 12:00noon – Exhibition Opening
with Guest Speaker Gary Baker featuring the life and art of local artist Alan Baker (1914-1987)
Morning Tea will be served.
Four artists will have their work on display.
The Exhibition will be open until 3:00pm.
Saturday 17 April to 16 May – Our Heritage – Our Future
passport to historic art and images in the museum collection
Display of works from local students – A Moment in History
Sunday 16 May – Student Awards
followed by activities using museum objects
Bring the family to visit the Heritage Centre at 11:00am Sunday 16 May 2021 to try life like it was in the olden days.
This will be the conclusion of our Heritage Festival event.
You can church butter, wash with a mangle, grade apples, clean eggs (not real ones), pump water, use slate boards and paint a boomerang – to name a few activities available on the day.
There will be a short presentation at 11:00am for our children’s art competition winners, followed by the activities until 1:00pm.
Please RSVP to Bev on 0409 913 679 to help us with the organisation.