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Prospect 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 DruittBlacktown railway station, 1955View of Main Street and Campbell Street, Blacktown
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Blacktown Public School, 1941 6th class Skyline Drive-in Theatre, BlacktownBlacktown Municipal Library, BlacktownMax Webber LibraryHouse, Main Street BlacktownBlacktown City Festival, 1997The Royal Way, Polish Photographic Exhibition at Max Webber Library Mount Druitt Swimming Centre reopening, 2014Nurragingy BlacksmithInternet Launch at Mt Druitt Library, 1996Australia Day celebrations at The Rooty Hill, 2011Blacktown City Sportsperson of the Month, February 1984Blacktown City GamesConstruction at Prospect Reservoir siteBlacktown City Festival, 1993Chinese New Year 2017, Nurragingy Reserve2004 Blacktown City Council Garden Competition winnersAerial view of Davis Overpass, Rooty HillBlacktown Civic Centre, BlacktownThe Oaks, 12 Hanna Place, OakhurstBest Road, Seven HillsAboriginal Heritage Garden, Nurragingy Reserve, DoonsideIntersection of Main Street and Sunnyholt Road, BlacktownNAIDOC Week Concert, 2025Blacktown City FestivalPlaque - Epstein, Jacob Louis (RAN WWII)2025 Reconciliation Walk, Mount DruittHMAS Nirimba, Quakers HillAerial view of Doonside Tile Works, DoonsideMount Druitt Hub construction 2011At Home with Maltese community, Max Webber LibraryBush band performance, Nurragingy ReservePortrait of Reverend William HawkinsIndustrial areaMain Street, Blacktown in the 1940sConstruction at Prospect Reservoir, ProspectBlacktown City Mall, official openingThe Ropes Crossing Community Resource Hub, Ropes CrossingVintage fire engine in the parade to celebrate the opening of the Blacktown CBD ring road.Blacktown City Council Youth Ambassadors, 2013Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Eastern Creek, 1996Sydney Business Park, Marsden ParkFlooding at Riverstone, 2021Kids Kabaret goes to RioBlacktown Public School, 1954 Infants ChoirBella Vista Farm blacksmith's shop, Bella VistaBlacktown Cities Marathon, 1981Quakers Hill Neighbourhood Centre and Goddard Crescent Pre-School, Official openingWalter Lamb's Estates, Rooty HillClydesdale, Marsden Park
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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