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St 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, ProspectMax 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, Marayong
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Wright Reserve, Quakers HillSt Patrick's buildingAlroy Tavern, Plumpton - official reopening, 2006Blacktown City Council Tertiary Scholarship Award winners, 20042005 Blacktown City Garden competition winnersAboriginal Heritage Garden, Nurragingy Reserve, DoonsideWorkers at Prospect Reservoir siteBlacktown Public School, 1974 Class PinkMackenzie WalkwayLibrary Ethnic CommitteeLalor Park Shopping Centre, Lalor ParkBlacktown City Australia Day Fireworks and Concert 2017Featherdale Wildlife Park, DoonsideBlairgowrie house, Abigail Street, Seven HillsInternational Women's Day Award presentation, 2018Aerial view of Blacktown Road and Wallpark Avenue intersectionParklea Markets, ParkleaBlacktown Shire Councillors, 19071986 Blacktown City Festival13-15 Flushcombe Road, BlacktownReopening of St Bartholomew's Church, ProspectFun Run trophy presentationEast Clive Estate, Riverstone, c1884Doonside Festival, 2015Blacktown City Street Alive and Parade Day, 2017Minchinbury planePortrait of Councillor Tony Bleasdale OAMMinchinbury Winery, BuildingsWestlink M7 Cities Marathon, 2017George Alfred Mark Tichborne (1894-1967) - PlaqueSt Kilda Estate, BlacktownBlacktown Public School, 1960 Class 4ALibrary Ethnic Community Committee, 20th anniversary celebrationsCrowd at Doonside FestivalOfficial opening of Mt Druitt Library extensionsBungarribee Estate sale brochureBlacktown City Showgirl competition, 2013William Edmund Smith, Rooty HillPortion 31, Parish of Prospect, County of Cumberland, 1946Aerial view of flooding at South Creek Marsden Park, 2021Group of Girl Guides Australia at Bowman Hall, BlacktownMinchinbury Winery, Minchinbury1981 Blacktown City Games, drink coasterBack to St Bartholomew's Day 2013 (conservation demonstration)Cheque presentationPortrait of Greg MorganWestern Sydney Woodturners, Lalor ParkInternational Women's Day (IWD) Awards, 2021Lalor Park Library, Lalor ParkLloydhurst subdivision, Rooty Hill, 1914
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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 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 Mount Druitt 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