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Changing boundaries, changing names: the history behind Bayside Council

History is often associated with the distant past. In reality though, it is constantly being made in the present. On Friday 9 September 201...

# Flashback Friday - Davis Gelatine Factory

Can you remember the distinctive smells that used to come from the Davis Gelatine Factory? The factory which turned animal offcuts into prod...

Botany's Hot Sea Baths

Fishing in the warm waters outside Bunnerong Power Station, 1939. Courtesy of the SLNSW ( HA_30317)    Fancy taking a bath next door to...

SELF GUIDED TOUR:Botany's Foreshores - Then & Now

Port Botany and Sydney Airport are of huge economic importance to NSW. Their construction however has totally altered the once isolated subu...

EVENT: Botany and the Bay: A guided bus/walking tour of Botany’s Foreshores

Image: Reginald, Jeffery & Stanley Edwards getting ready to row on Botany Bay , c.1930s Courtesy of Edna Edwards & Debbie Oliver ...

From mud banks to jet planes: A short history of O’Riordan Street, Mascot

Corner of O'Riordan and Church Street, Mascot, looking north, c.1960s. City of Botany Bay Recently a member of the public asked us t...