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32 Sydney Events Innovation invention Past Times Tours Parramatta - City of Firsts Market Street Tour Parramatta, the City of Innovation to hear stories and see the sites of: the earliest public & domestic buildings, 3 storey brick building, first land grant & the farm that grew the first successful wheat crop, oldest cemetery & settlers grave, the landing place of the first long distance flight, earliest parish, first curved arch dam, oldest remaining female convict buildings. Truly the Cradle of the Nation, Parramatta is not to be missed as a city of firsts. Second pick up at Charles Street Rivercat Wharf 10.15 am Wear closed walking shoes. Bring a picnic lunch - opportunity to buy. Sun 29 April 10am - 3.30pm $35 Bookings Essential: 02 9686 6861 Past Times Tours Convict Women’s Gaol Tour Outside entrance to Cumberland Hospital, Fleet Street Visit Governor Macquarie’s innovative Female Factory - much more than a gaol, it was also a place of asylum, a workplace, the only women’s hospital in the colony, a site of marriage fairs and the place from which convict women were assigned. Hear the stories of these women dubbed, “the very dregs of society”. Walk in the footsteps of the convict women to understand their lifestyle, larrikin spirit, exploits, escapes and crimes. Wear closed walking shoes. Gentle stroll By public transport catch the free shuttle bus from Parramatta Station or Rivercat Ferry Wharf to Parramatta Leagues Club & a short walk from there. Fri 27 April 1pm - 3pm $15 Bookings Essential: 02 9686 6861 PENRITH Nepean District Historical Archaeology Group Historical Archaeology Open Day NDHAG Workshop & Museum, North Street A display of finds from archaeological digs conducted on the sites of the first land grants along the Nepean River at Castlereagh. See how the early settlers lived. Also on display are items from other historic sites around the Penrith area including a large display of early bricks. Sat 21 April 10am - 2pm Free. Donations welcome. Penrith Council Heritage Committee Exhibition of Max Dupain’s Photo Collection Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, 597 High Street The Exhibition is a FREE event to display the famous Max Dupain’s Photographic Collection with a focus on Architecture. 14 - 28 April 10am - 5pm Free. A gold coin donation will be appreciated. Bookings Essential: 02 4732 8070 PROSPECT Friends of St Bartholomew’s Back to St Bartholomew’s Day St Bartholomew’s Church, Ponds Road Bring Something Back to St Bartholomew’s on the 171st Anniversary of the opening of the Church. Do you have any photographs of the church, weddings or christenings or service programs, relics that can be donated or copied. Guest Speaker at 10am, Associate Professor Carol Liston will talk about “Hidden Memories - What St Bartholomew’s can reveal about Western Sydney’s history”. There will be photographic displays, cemetery records, food, craft, white elephant stalls, cemetery conservation demonstration. Hourly shuttle bus from Blacktown Station, starting 9am, pickup shops side of station. Sat 14 April 9.30am - 3pm $6 Enquiries: 02 9622 8309 or 02 9621 8225 Prospect Heritage Trust Inc. Amazing Stories: Pastoral to Pleasure Prospect History Cottage, Prospect Reservoir, Reservoir Road This exhibition will tell the amazing story of the land that is now known as Prospect Reservoir, from the first European occupation by sentence expired convicts. It was later the pastoral holding of William Lawson, and next was acquired to build Prospect Reservoir. It has also been the site of a trout hatchery. Today the grounds are a very popular picnic ground as well as being home to a local history museum and Peckys Disability Services. 28 & 29 April 10.30am - 4pm Gold coin donation Enquiries: 02 9621 8225 RIVERSTONE Riverstone & District Historical Society Inc Sewing Machines and Aprons The Riverstone Museum, 81 Garfield Road East A display of sewing machines and aprons from the Museum collection. Visitors are invited to bring along an apron and share the story of their apron. Machinery permitting there will be sewing demonstrations using a treadle sewing machine. Sun 1 April 11am - 3pm Gold coin donation. Enquiries: 02 9627 1232
Innovation invention Sydney Events 33 ROYAL NATIONAL PARK RNP Coastal Cabins Protection League Walking tour of shack communities Garie Car Park/Garawarra Car Park, Shack communities Royal National Park Join us for a guided tour of the shack communities in the Royal National Park. These simple beach shacks date to the 1930s Depression when people came to the coast to survive the hard times. Away from roads and the mod cons of life, people built these communities with low tech innovation of the times. Meet the people and hear the stories - selected shacks will be open and a BBQ lunch provided. Guided tours start from two locations. Garie walk commences at Garie car park 10am - gentle walk 15 mins. Era Burning Palms walk commences Garawarra car park 10am - steep grade 2.5km. Bring water, sunscreen, walking shoes and swimming gear. Sun 22 April 10am - 4pm Free Bookings Essential: Era Beach walk contact Jill 0400 993 699, Burning Palms walk contact Margaret 0418 441 866 Garie walk contact Kerrie 0417 448 392. RYDE Ryde District Historical Society Willandra House Open Day Willandra Street Willandra was the home of James and Susannah Devlin. It was built in the early 1840s on land granted to John Small, a first fleet convict. The house will be open for inspection from 10am to 3pm. At 10.30am a walking tour will leave Willandra to view the old village of Ryde and the churchyard at St Anne’s. At 1pm another walking tour will leave to view heritage sites and buildings on Victoria Road. The walking tours must be booked. Sun 29 April 10am - 3pm Gold Coin Donation Bookings Essential: 02 9264 8272 Ryde Library Service Apples, breweries and Queen Victoria: Ryde’s ‘firsts’ Ryde Library, 1 Pope Street The colony’s first brewery. The originator of the Granny Smith apple. Australia’s first regional shopping centre. A unique representation of Queen Victoria. <strong>NSW</strong>’s first practising female solicitor. What do they all have in common The Ryde Local Government Area! Come along and hear about these ‘firsts’ as well as many other unique and interesting stories from the area. Thurs 19 April 10.30am - 12pm Free Bookings Essential: 02 9952 8352 SEVEN HILLS Blacktown & District Environment Group Exhibition of Threatened Flora & Fauna of Western Sydney Cumberland Plain Woodland Seven Hills Shopping Centre, cnr Prospect Hwy & Federal Rd Because of extensive land clearing, the small plants of the woodlands are disappearing and will be lost forever if we do not act now. Native animals depend on these species to build nests and hide from predators. We must save these last bits of Cumberland Plain Bushland for our own kids and future generations and save some very important Australian Heritage. “When it’s gone, it’s gone forever”. Plenty of parking. 19, 20, 21 April Free ST LEONARDS Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery Trust & National Trust Cemeteries Committee Cemetery Tour Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery, cnr Pacific Highway & Westbourne Street Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery is a heritage listed cemetery in the heart of Sydney and is the burial site of many famous Australians including Australia’s only saint, St Mary MacKillop. Gore Hill was designed as a garden cemetery and is an outstanding example of Edwardian cemetery architecture and during its operational period from 1868 to 1974 was the burial place of many innovative Australians who have by their actions or inventions have contributed to the development of the nation. Walking shoes are advised. Sun 15 April 11am - 1pm $20 Bookings Essential: 02 9906 5106 ST PETERS St Peters Cooks River History Group St Peters Graveyard Tour St Peters Anglican Church, 187 Princes Highway Copper mining, public entertainment, housing for the populous, postage stamps, fire engines, an emporium and a zoo. People involved in these ventures are buried in St Peters Graveyard at St Peters. Come along and hear their stories. Good walking shoes advisable, parking available in church grounds (approach from the south), maximum number 30. Sat 21 April 2pm - 4pm Free Bookings Essential: 02 9558 7504
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