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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 Streets Alive and Parade Day 2018Mount Druitt Swimming Centre, Mt DruittHome Library Service - first biennial celebrationBlacktown Cities Marathon, 1984Victoria Road, Rooty HillOfficial Opening, Dennis Johnson Branch Library, Stanhope GardensWorking bee, St Bartholomew's cemetery vaultsBack to St Bartholomew's Day 2016 (Parramatta & District Historical Society)View from the Battle of Vinegar Hill MemorialFace painting at Doonside FestivalHorse and cartBlacktown City Australia Day Awards, 2013Rutherglen Community Centre, BlackettBlacktown Public School, 1945 6th class Plaque - Inman, S.H. (MN-RAN)Family Fish In, Mount Druitt Swimming Centre, 2007Service Station, Harvey Road, MarayongBlacktown City Fun Run trophy presentation, 2005St Anthony's Church, Bowmans Road, Kings ParkSt Peters Anglican Church, SchofieldsSkyline Drive-in Theatre, BlacktownAdvertising for St Martin's Field commercial developmentHailstorms, Acacia GardensMichau's Timber Mill, BlacktownConstruction of Blacktown railway stationOld police lock-up and residence, ProspectCentenary of Federation award presentationPower Street and Glendenning Road, GlendenningBlacktown City Festival, 1982Dance group at Blacktown City FestivalClifton Street, Marsden ParkBP Service Station, Walters and Bungarribee Roads, BlacktownInternational Women's Day (IWD) Awards, 2021St Andrew's Church of England, Seven Hills Road NorthAshlar Golf Course, BlacktownQueen's Baton Relay for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.Parklea Markets, ParkleaUncle Danny Eastwood at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, BlacktownWhalan Community Centre, WhalanRooty Hill School of ArtsAerial view of Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside, c1988The Ropes Crossing Community Resource Hub, Ropes CrossingMelrose House, Seven HillsConstruction of Eastern Creek Raceway, 1990Official Opening of the Riverstone Family Leisure Pool, Riverstone'At Home' with Arabic community at Max Webber LibraryBlacktown City Festival Parade Winners, 2005Library Ethnic CommitteeSister May Julia Rawlings, MBE25th Anniversary of Blacktown City Library, Display
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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