Presentations and Displays
These presentations and displays have been hosted by the Society and details for most may be found by searching The Millstone on this website.
| DESCRIPTION / TOPIC | LEADER | PRESENTER | VENUE | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Estate, Kurrajong Heights, 1840-1902 | John Love | Apr 2002 | ||
| Hardy Wilson | Prof Ian Jack | May 2002 | ||
| Display stall | K-CHS | "Carnivale", Richmond | Sep 2002 | |
| "Back to the Kurrajong" photo display | Joy Shepherd | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2002 |
| Transporting Kurrajong produce to market | Ross Matheson | |||
| Agriculture at Grose Vale | Laurie Duffy | |||
| Louisa Atkinson | Louise McMahon | |||
| Childhood memories of Kurrajong | Bev Woodman | |||
| Millstone display | Les Dollin | |||
| History of Kurrajong Picture Theatre | John Love | K-CHS 2nd birthday, Comleroy Road School of Arts | Jan 2003 | |
| History of "La Tosca", Grose Vale | Sue Pickervance | K-CHS general meeting, Comleroy Road School of Arts | Feb 2003 | |
| Memories of Kurrajong | Joy Shepherd and Louise McMahon | Dennis Simmons | K-CHS general meeting, Panthers North Richmond | Jun 2003 |
| Early road dating back to 1809, Bowen Mountain | Greg Upton | K-CHS AGM, Comleroy Road School of Arts | Aug 2003 | |
| "Hidden Treasures of Kurrajong" photo display | Joy Shepherd | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2003 |
| Peck family history, Kurrajong Heights | Phil Peck | |||
| Recollections of Kurrajong | Geoff Taylor | |||
| Photo display | Joy Shepherd, assisted by Hawkesbury Skills | Joy & Phil Shepherd, Louise McMahon | Small Farms Expo, Hawkesbury Showground, Clarendon | Nov 2003 |
| Recollections of "Springvale", Kurrajong Hills | Brian Dunston | K-CHS 3rd birthday, Heavenly Bell Cafe, Kurrajong Hills | Jan 2004 | |
| John and Mary McMahon, early Kurrajong settlers | Kathie McMahon | |||
| Early recollections of Bellbird Echo Cafe, Kurrajong Hills | Sue McMahon | |||
| Links between Kurrajong and the Richmond School of Arts | Ron Rozzoli | K-CHS general meeting, Comleroy Road School of Arts | Mar 2004 | |
| K-CHS photo display | Joy Shepherd | K-CHS | Transport and Signals Communication Museum, Kurrajong | Mar 2004 |
| Photo display | K-CHS | "Barns of the Hawkesbury", Heritage Week display at Windsor Art and Craft Centre | Apr 2004 | |
| Weddings of Yesteryear | Lorraine Hogben and Lynn Griffith | K-CHS general meeting, CWA Hall, Kurrajong | May 2004 | |
| Smith family of Kurrajong and their establishment of the Kurmond Roadhouse in the 1950s | Joy Shepherd | Marlene and John Healy | K-CHS general meeting, Kurmond Wine Bar & Grill | Jul 2004 |
| "Flood, Fire & Famine" photo display | Joy Shepherd; Hawkesbury Skills assisted with the photo display | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2004 |
| Joseph Douglass, formerly of "Ivy Lodge" (now "Lochiel"), Kurrajong Heights | Patricia Downes | |||
| Local experiences as a member of the Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service | Ian McEwan | |||
| "Flood, Fire & Famine" photo display | K-CHS | Small Farms Expo, Hawkesbury Showground, Clarendon | Nov 2004 | |
| Screening of two films: "Australian Diary" (c. 1950s), and "Tall Timbers" (1937), both including some footage from the Kurrajong district | Facilitated by Ian O'Toole, with contributions from Brian, Shirley and David Mangold | K-CHS general meeting, CWA Hall, Kurrajong | Mar 2005 | |
| History of agriculture in the Hawkesbury | Bryce Bell | K-CHS general meeting, CWA Hall, Kurrajong | May 2005 | |
| "The Bull Ridge: The development, people, buildings and places of East Kurrajong." | Joy Shepherd | Cathy McHardy | K-CHS general meeting, Kurmond Wine Bar and Grill | July 2005 |
| "Kids of the Kurrajong" photo display | Joy Shepherd | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2005 |
| Meter reading in the Kurrajong District | Joy Shepherd | Max Doyle | K-CHS general meeting, Grose Vale Community Centre | Nov 2005 |
| Recollections of "Wynella", Kurrajong Heights | Airdrie Martin | K-CHS 5th birthday, Wynella Gardens, Kurrajong Heights | Jan 2006 | |
| Howells mills at Yarramundi | Robert Ellis | K-CHS general meeting, Blaxlands Ridge schoolhouse | Mar 2006 | |
| Screening of three films: "The Squatter's Daughter", "A Nation Is Built" (both c. 1930s) and "Crossing the Devil's Wilderness" (2005) | Ian O'Toole | K-CHS general meeting, Kurrajong Radio Museum, Kurrajong Hills | May 2006 | |
| Display and BBQ | Frank Holland | Bunnings, McGraths Hill | Sep 2006 | |
| "Fun and Games of the Kurrajong" photo display | Joy Shepherd | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2006 |
| Recollections of Kurrajong from a sports perspective | Judy Gray | |||
| Recollections of Kurrajong | Ross Matheson | |||
| Recollections as an Usherette at the Kurrajong Picture Theatre | Rita Crane | |||
| Recollections of Kurrajong and Grose Vale | Laurie Duffy | K-CHS general meeting, Grose Vale Community Centre | Nov 2006 | |
| Contributions by Jean McMahon to the preservation of the Kurrajong's heritage | Joy Shepherd | Louise McMahon | K-CHS 6th birthday, Loxley On Bellbird Hill, Kurrajong Hills | Jan 2007 |
| The life of Margaret Catchpole, former convict and North Richmond midwife | Joy Shepherd | Laurie Forth | K-CHS general meeting, North Richmond Community Centre | May 2007 |
| K-CHS display | K-CHS | Hobby, Craft & Model Show, Hawkesbury Showground, Clarendon | Jul 2007 | |
| Female Convicts and the Female Factory | Joy Shepherd | Dr Carol Liston | K-CHS general meeting, Panthers Club, North Richmond | July 2007 |
| Role of the Blue Mountains Association of Cultural Heritage Organisations (BMACHO) | Prof Barrie Reynolds | K-CHS AGM, Comleroy Road Public School | Sep 2007 | |
| "War and Peace in the Kurrajong" photo display | Val Birch | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2007 |
| "The Walers", horses of the Australian Light Horse Brigade | Shirley Seale | |||
| Louisa Atkinson | Steve Rawling | K-CHS 7th birthday, Kurrajong Heights Hotel | Jan 2008 | |
| The Kurrajong Radio Museum | Ian O'Toole | K-CHS general meeting, Kurrajong Radio Museum, Kurrajong Hills | Mar 2008 | |
| "The Kurrajong's", a group of 114 WW1 diggers who left Inverell, NSW, in Jan 1916 | Joy Shepherd | Ian Small | K-CHS general meeting, North Richmond Community Centre | May 2008 |
| The Charley family and their former home "Belmont", North Richmond (Now the St John of God Hospital) | Joy Shepherd | Philip Charley | K-CHS general meeting, Panthers Club, North Richmond | Jul 2008 |
| K-CHS photo and model display | K-CHS | Hobby, Craft & Model Show, Hawkesbury Showground, Clarendon | Jul 2008 | |
| "Uncovering Your Property's Heritage" photo and documents display | K-CHS | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2008 | |
| The Lord family of Loxley | Greg Upton | K-CHS 8th birthday, Loxley On Bellbird Hill, Kurrajong Hills | Jan 2009 | |
| Recollections of Loxley | Brian Dunston, Betty Upton and Joan Stoneman | |||
| K-CHS display | Hawkesbury Model and Hobby Show | Jul 2009 | ||
| History and background of Norman Lindsay, his family, and his book "The Magic Pudding." | Jan French | K-CHS general meeting, North Richmond Community Centre | May 2009 | |
| "Hawkesbury Ho-Surveying Land Grants in the Hawkesbury and Corryjong Areas" | John Brock | K-CHS midyear dinner and general meeting, Panthers Club, North Richmond | Jul 2009 | |
| History and development of Glossodia | Cathy McHardy | K-CHS annual general meeting, Comleroy Road Public School | Sep 2009 | |
| Early land grants, survey and agriculture in the Kurrajong area | Les and Anne Dollin | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2009 | |
| Maps, photographs and documents of land grants in the Kurrajong area, 1810-1823 | Les and Anne Dollin | K-CHS | ||
| Photographic exhibition of weddings held at St Stephens, Kurrajong | Joy Shepherd | K-CHS | St Stephens anglican church, Kurrajong | Oct 2009 |
| Windsor Library | ||||
| K-CHS display | Hawkesbury Model and Hobby Show | Jul 2010 | ||
| K-CHS Family History Group exhibition | Carolynne Cooper | Family History Fair, Hawkesbury City Council | Aug 2010 | |
| Early Kurrajong Settlers | Les Dollin | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2010 | |
| "Earning a Quid" photographic exhibition | K-CHS Family History Group | Carolynne Cooper, Wanda Deacon, Val Birch and Joy Shepherd | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2011 |
| Kurrajong pulp timber industry | Steve Brown | K-CHS general meeting | May 2012 | |
| Bushranger Frederick Ward "Thunderbolt" | Barry Sinclair | K-CHS mid-year dinner, Panthers North Richmond | Jul 2012 | |
| K-CHS Family History Group | K-CHS Family History Group | Hawkesbury Combined Probus Club | Aug 2012 | |
| K-CHS Family History Group | K-CHS Family History Group | Bowen Mountain Association AGM | Aug 2012 | |
| Update on Singleton Mill research, Little Wheeney Creek, Kurrajong | Les Dollin and Frank Holland | K-CHS AGM, Kurrajong Community Centre | Sep 2012 | |
| "Transport in the Past" photographic display | Val Birch, Wanda Deacon, Carolynne Cooper, Paul McDonald and Joy Shepherd | Mick Reberger and Wanda Deacon | Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival | Oct 2012 |
| History of AWA | Ian O'Toole | K-CHS general meeting | Mar 2013 | |
| 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth | John Low | K-CHS general meeting | May 2013 | |
| Tizanna Winery and Dr Thomas Fiaschi | Jonathon Auld | Tizzana Winery, Ebenezer | Apr 2014 | |
| Honouring Yesterday's Grandmothers | K-CHS Family History Group | Tallowood, Vincent Rd Kurrajong | Aug 2014 | |
| A Royal Afternoon Tea - Windsor Castle Fire | Dennis Overton | St Andrew's Uniting Church - Richmond | Feb 2015 | |
| K-CHS Image Library and ANZAC presentations | K-CHS members | Comleroy Road Public School Fair | May 2015 | |
| K-CHS Image Library and school presentation | K-CHS members | Kurrajong Public School Fair | September 2015 | |
| K-CHS Image Library display | K-CHS members | Grose View 40th School Fair | September 2016 |