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Max Webber Library groupAnzac Centenary Mosaics - Peace Blacktown City Welcome Picnic 2017Lalor Park Shopping Centre, Lalor ParkLalor Park Community Hub, Lalor ParkBlacktown City Council White Ribbon DayHotel Prospect, Great Western RoadBlacktown Public School, 1978 Teachers group photograph Roadwork at Carlisle Avenue, Mt DruittDubrovnik Folkloric Dance GroupDonnellan Place, Campbell Street BlacktownCentenary of Federation award presentationNAIDOC Week, 1997Blacktown Public School, 1955 Class 5B BoysAustralia Day event at The Rooty HillBlacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope, under constructionMr Tom's dairy, ParkleaService Station, Harvey Road, MarayongSt Aidan's Roman Catholic Church, Rooty HillGroup photo of nurses, unknownMount Druitt Waterholes, Mount DruittBlacktown railway station, 1955View of Main Street and Campbell Street, BlacktownProspect Reservoir, Prospect
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Blacktown City Festival, 19861993 Sportsperson of the Year launchRAAFTUS Freedom of the City, 1986 Plan of Easement for Transmission Lines, Blacktown, 1953Park Safe Awards presentationFlooding at Riverstone, 2021Blacktown City Council staff presentationMary Street Pre-School, Mary Street, BlacktownRiverstone floods, 1961Flooding at Vineyard, 2021 Westpoint Marketown, BlacktownConstruction of Blacktown Exercise Sports and Technology Hub (BEST), Rooty HillBlacktown City Youth Ambassadors 1994/95Blacktown City Festival, 1993Warrick Lane Precinct, official opening, 2021Horsley Homestead, Horsley ParkWilliam Lawson monument, MudgeeBlacktown Home Library Service 'At Home' EventHill End Estate subdivision posterConstruction at Prospect Reservoir, ProspectMarayong Community Centre, MarayongBlacktown ShowgroundBell from St Bartholomew's Church, ProspectState Emergency Services, BlacktownK-Mart, BlacktownMax Webber Library Blacktown, muralShops at Main Street, BlacktownMargaret Walker, dance instructor with childrenBella Vista Farm outbuildings, Bella VistaProspect County Council, Blacktown - PlaqueConstruction at Prospect Reservoir, Prospect2005 Blacktown City Garden competition winnersConcert, St Bartholomew's Church, ProspectBlacktown City Mall, official openingTown Arcade and Tavern, off Westfield Place, BlacktownSt Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, BlacktownBlacktown Public School, 1971 Class 1C - 2CBlak Douglas, Koori artistBlacktown Civic Centre, Blacktown, 1988Aerial view of Flushcombe Road, BlacktownSunnyholt Road, Blacktown Overbridge Blacktown Bicentennial Museum, Riverstone. n.d.Blacktown Council Soil Testing LaboratoryBungarribee House, southern elevationExeter Farm, GlenwoodBlacktown Public School, 1977 Class 3BRooty Hill School of Arts, Rooty HillBlacktown City Garden Competition presentation, 2023Mural Art, Dean Park Shopping CentreAustralia Day events, 1992
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Welcome

Blacktown City Libraries welcomes you to the Blacktown Memories web page. The aim of this page is to capture the history and heritage of the Blacktown City local government area, a vibrant and culturally diverse city in Western Sydney.

We are always interested in obtaining material to add to our collection. Please contact us via the feedback link if you would like to donate.

Please note that the names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may be contained within this collection.

 
 
19 Flushcombe Road, Blacktown 4 Boyd Street, Blacktown Aerial photographs Alan Pendleton, OAM Anthony John (Tony) Bleasdale OAM Australia Day events Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Blacktown Blacktown Aquatic Centre, Blacktown Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown Blacktown City Council Blacktown City Council Councillors Blacktown City Council Development Control Plans Blacktown City Council Staff Blacktown City Festival Blacktown City Festival, 1993 Blacktown City Games, 1981 Blacktown City Libraries Blacktown Civic Centre, Blacktown Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens Blacktown Olympic Park, Rooty Hill Blacktown Public School, Blacktown Blacktown Showground Precinct, Blacktown Blacktown and District Historical Society Blacktown railway station, Blacktown Bowman Hall, Blacktown Campbell Street, Blacktown Charles (Charlie) Lowles, OAM Churches, Blacktown City of Blacktown RSL Sub-Branch Remembrance Garden, Blacktown Doonside Festival Eastern Creek Raceway, Eastern Creek Flushcombe Road, Blacktown Francis Park, Blacktown Grantham Poultry Research Station, Seven Hills HMAS Nirimba, Quakers Hill Heritage buildings Houses James (Jim) Anderson James (Jim) Patrick Lynch James (Jim) Simpson Jeanette (Jan) French Julie Griffiths, AM Kathleen (Kathie) Collins, OAM Landscapes Leo Henry John Kelly, OAM Leonard (Len) Robinson Library events and activities Main Street, Blacktown Max Webber Library, Blacktown Memorials and Plaques Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside Official openings and ceremonies Parade floats Parades Patrick Street, Blacktown Prospect Reservoir, Prospect Richmond Road, Blacktown Road construction Robert (Bob) Anthony Sinclair Seven Hills Sister Cities St Bartholomew's Cemetery, Prospect St Bartholomew's Church of England, Prospect Stephen Louis Bali Streetscapes Warrick Lane Precinct, Blacktown Westfield Place, Blacktown Westpoint Shopping Centre, Blacktown William Lawson