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Blacktown 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, MarayongSt Aidan's Roman Catholic Church, Rooty HillGroup photo of nurses, unknownMount Druitt Waterholes, Mount Druitt
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St Bartholomew's Preservation Committee, c.1967Blacktown City Festival, 1993Walter Lamb's Estate, Rooty HillHazel Hume's farewellCentenary of Federation award presentationConstruction of a new bus and rail interchange at Blacktown1991 Blacktown City GamesUnknown Children sitting on a blanketRiverstone General Cemetery, Church of England Area 2 and 2A70 Richmond Road, BlacktownBlacktown Home Library Service 'At Home' EventOfficials at Prospect ReservoirCarnivale and Australian Library Week, 1982Hill End Road, Doonside sign boardImmunisation ClinicMain Street looking west from Flushcombe Road, BlacktownRouse Hill House and Farm, Rouse Hill'Broken Glass', St Bartholomew's Church, Prospect1981 Blacktown City Games - AeromodellingBarlow's Dance Academy dancersBlacktown City Festival, 2004Official opening of the Willmot Neighbourhood and Nan Moran Child Care CentreThe Meadows Public School, Fuller Street, Seven Hills, Class Photo 1943Kildare Court, 15-17 Kildare Road, BlacktownBlacktown City Fun Run trophy presentation, 2005Parrington Terrace, 39-41 Garfield Road East, Riverstone Aerial view of Nurragingy Reserve, DoonsideProspect Reservoir quarryMount Druitt Court House, constructionBlacktown Public School, 1978 Class 3CBlacktown Cities Marathon, 1985Wallgrove Public School, Eastern Creek 1947St Bartholomew's Cemetery, ProspectBlacktown War Memorial Swimming Pool openingBlacktown Public School, 1977 StaffNational Sisters Cities Conference, 2015Flooding at Vineyard, 2021 Portrait of Alderman Robert (Bob) Anthony SinclairSharp Corporation, HuntingwoodFlemings Food Stores, BlacktownBlacktown City Libraries 50th anniversary, Max Webber Library BlacktownBlacktown Shire Council Planning Scheme, Sheet 346Elfa Moraitakis, 2017 Blacktown City Woman of the YearLaunch of Korean Collection at Max Webber LibraryPlaque - Nicholas, Horace Charles (British Army, WWII)Ukrainian Orthodox Church, BlacktownSt Bartholomew's Church interior, 1996Electric Art Project, Blacktown CBD, 2005Weatherboard house with bullnose verandahHailstorm, Rooty Hill, 2021
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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