The Edwards getting ready to row, c.1930s Courtesy of Edna Edwards & Debbie Oliver Can you believe this photograph was taken on ...
Vale Nancy Hillier OAM
Nancy Hillier campaigning c1976. City of Botany Bay Library and Museum Nancy Hillier OAM (1924-2013) Over the last 40 years Nancy H...
The Cooks River Project
Do you remember the days when the Cooks River flowed right besides Mascot and Botany? Before the 1950s expansion of Sydney Airport, many lo...
EXHIBITION: JJ Cahill Visual Arts 2013
Our annual Art and Photography Exhibition by students from JJ Cahill Memorial High School is now on display at Mascot Library and Museum. ...
Strange stories from Botany Bay
Have you ever seen an octopus holding a hand grenade? Back in 1948 that’s what local teenager, Donnie Smith came across when he was fishing ...
Flying Boats and Botany Bay
R.A.A.F pagent seaplane testing on the Cooks River Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, State Library of Victoria http://handle.s...
The lost art of handmade shoes
Today shoes are glued together, made in China and not built to last. This however was not always the case. In the past your shoes might h...
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