History Parkes

Cobden Place

It can be challenging to commemorate the women and men from our past. Many towns pay homage to their historical and significant people by naming streets after them. This post … Continue reading →

February 22, 2018 · 3 Comments

Montage to Narromine County. Background is the map of the county of Narromine. Overlayed are a replica of the road sign to Hervey Park Road, Peak Hill and photograph Lindner Corner situated on Newell Highway and Mingelo Street, Peak Hill. Images source: Map from Trove; road sign made using images from Roads and Maritime Services and Snagit; and photograph from Peak Hill website

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that the content below contains names of people who have died. Click here to read about Lindner Oval, Peak Hill Continuing our series on … Continue reading →

February 1, 2018 · Leave a comment

Reproduction of portrait of Allan Cunningham. Oil on wood panel by an unknown artist circa 1835 Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography website

Cunningham County

Continuing our series on the local counties of the early colony of New South Wales, this post focuses on the county of Cunningham. Part of the 141 counties of New … Continue reading →

January 25, 2018 · Leave a comment

Kennedy County

Continuing our series on the counties of the early colony of New South Wales, this post focuses on the county of Kennedy. Part of the 141 counties of New … Continue reading →

January 23, 2018 · Leave a comment

Ashburnham County

Dividing the Colony into Counties If you ask contemporary school students how Australia is divided into smaller sections, they will inform you of the six states and two territories. … Continue reading →

January 17, 2018 · 2 Comments

Deemed "the year that changed the world" 1917 was an eventful year full of firsts. This image shows four influential people from 1917. Clockwise from top left: Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Marie Curie and John Ford. Source: Belfast Telegraph website

A look back at… the Christmas of 1917

Continuing our series of blog posts highlighting a particular period in the history of the Parkes Shire, this post will focus on the Christmas period of 1917. The nation was … Continue reading →

December 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

Bollinger Street

Many historical and significant people can be found by reading the street names of the Parkes Shire. Road names such as ‘Church Street’ and ‘Railway Sreet’ indicate close proximity to … Continue reading →

November 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

Images of 1972: Australian postage stamp commemorating 50th Anniversary of the Country Women's Association Designed by Val Mason, issued 18th April 1972 with perforation 13½ x 13½; four of the icons for Olympic Games events, the pictograms by Otl Aicher for the Munich Games; inset a typical seventies font; and maxi dresses, mini skirts, knee socks and patterns that started occuring in 1972. Sources: Australian Stamp catalogue website; Super Seventies website; Iconutopia; Huffington Post.

A look back at… the spring of 1972

This post will continue to highlight a particular time in the vast history of the Parkes Shire, focusing on the spring of 1972. The main sources will be microfilm of … Continue reading →

October 20, 2017 · 3 Comments

History Week 2017 – Library Display

The beginning of September brings several things to residents of the Parkes Shire: the end of all the local shows; the beginning of spring and a History Week display in … Continue reading →

October 3, 2017 · Leave a comment

Captain Wilson Avenue