Tag: Book

Pennant Hills – People and Places 1800-2010

On 19 May, and in the presence of the Hon. Matt Keane MP State Member for Hornsby & the Hon. Philip Ruddock Mayor of Hornsby Shire Council, a 400 page book

Pennant HiIls – People and Places 1800-2010

was launched by Dr Carol Liston AO a local resident and current Vice-President of the Royal Australian Historical Society.

Carol Liston AO congratulates Patricia Dewey and Helen Barker on their new book on the history of Pennant Hills. Mayor Phillip Ruddock and NSW MP Matt Kean as well as residents of Pennant Hills listen in.

The book was initiated by the Pennant Hills District Civic Trust some years ago and follows on from the book In Search of the Pennant HiIls published in 2010.

Authors Helen Barker and Patricia Dewey are local residents who have both called Pennant Hills home for close to 40 years.

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New book preserves history

With parts of old Pennant Hills disappearing fast, the community benefits from stories of earlier lifestyles being recorded.

A new book tells of interesting changes in part of Pennant Hills over the last 200 years.

Beginning with the Aboriginal Person, Tedbury, the book covers the purchase of 25 acres in 1887 by Donnelly Fisher, grandson of WC Wentworth, and life in his old home, Killaloe, on Victoria Road. Continue reading “New book preserves history”