History Week 2015 – Library Display
September 5th to September 13th is NSW History Week. The theme is War: Nationalism & Identity. Parkes Library has a display of some items that are in keeping with this … Continue reading
Diaries from the Battlefield: Memories from Bogan Gate’s Major Sydney Walker Part 2
Major Sydney Walker’s experiences continue to be ones of trying conditions. Yet he manages to write them down, something that all of us can read to get a better understanding … Continue reading
Diaries from the Battlefield : Memories from Bogan Gate’s Major Sydney Walker Part 1
While Charles Bean needs to be commended for his Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 it was the men who kept diaries and journals that offers a … Continue reading
Death of Peak Hill’s Private A. J. Hill
It would have been unimaginably difficult to have to be a soldier writing to another family and telling them that their son was killed in action. Such was communications back … Continue reading
Local Reaction to the Outbreak of War
Imagine if war was declared today as you’re reading this, and Australia was asking for men and women to volunteer to go and fight. How would you react? What emotional … Continue reading
Super Trooper: Albert “Bert” Platt
Many of the true stories about local people here on historyparkes.org would be compelling reading if they were put into book form. The details of Trooper Albert Edward Platt did … Continue reading
Trundle Hero Norman Scott Beuzeville
The first entry to our searchable blog tells the amazing story of a man from Trundle. A 50 minute drive from Parkes, Trundle is better known as the home of … Continue reading
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