The ornate and historic Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, in Anniversary Street Botany, reminds us of a past era of grandeur and seaside pleasures. Th...
WWI KNITTING UPDATE: 16 pairs knitted…86 to go!
A big thank you to the locals who have already knitted socks for our drive. Lena Beghetto, a member of the City of Botany Bay Knitting Netw...
Louisa Collins: the murderess of Botany Bay?
Image: NSW Australia Gaol Description and Entrance Books 1818 - 1930 Admission record for Louisa Collins, Darlinghurst Gaol During...
NAIDOC week 2015: We all stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate
The Botany Bay City Council celebrated NAIDOC Week 2015 with events including a Bush Tucker Walk and a Flag Raising Ceremony. On Thursd...
EVENT: Knitters: we need you!
From fleece to sock: courtesy of the Australian War Memorial H02438 Can you knit? If so, help remember our local WWI diggers by knitti...
T H Hicks and his marvellous machines: Fumigators, Firefighters and the Ideal Poison Cart
Thomas Henry (T H) Hicks was Mayor of North Botany in 1910, then Mayor of Mascot from 1914 to 1915 and again in 1920. You probably kne...
L'Estrange Park and the boy who walked 6,000 miles
L'Estrange Park: corner of King and Sutherland streets, Mascot. Image: City of Botany Bay From the Sydney Morning Herald 9 June 193...
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