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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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Plan of proposed subdivision, Seven Hills, 1959Shanes Park - suburb map, November 2020Brunton's Tennis Court, BlacktownBlacktown City Seniors Week activities, 2005Croatian poets and writers, Bowman HallAshlar Golf Course, BlacktownBlacktown City Australia Day Awards, 2007Commemorate and Celebrate at "The Manse"Blacktown City Festival street paradeBlacktown City Council's Decorate Your Homes Christmas Light competition, 2013Living Art Galleries, BlacktownMilestones, Great Western Highway, Pendle Hill1990 Blacktown City FestivalBlacktown City Festival, 1987Blacktown City Mall demolition, 1997Ashlar Golf Course, BlacktownAirship hangar, Schofields AerodromeMax Webber Library eventMaxwell Chemicals Pty Ltd DoonsideInternational Women's Day Award presentation, 2018National Sisters Cities Conference, 2015Bungarribee House, DoonsideBlacktown Public School, 1933 1st classBlacktown Public School, 1972 Class 3CWoodstock Homestead Farm subdivision, Rooty HillBridestowe Dairy, Prospect, c.1930sSwagman in Blacktown, 1958Municipality of Blacktown, Map 347Aqua Natal, 2004Doonside Senior Citizen's Club, 1991Susannah Jane Learmonth with family, c1888Aerial view of Mount Druitt Housing developmentInternet Launch at Mt Druitt Library, 1996Construction of War Memorial Swimming Pool, BlacktownSt Brigid's Catholic Church, ProspectEagle sculpture at Schofields railway stationPortrait of Mayor Robert Anthony SinclairPope John Paul II visit, Blacktown, 1986Cheque presentationMemorial to the Battle of Vinegar HillSt Bartholomew's Church, ProspectJohn Sidney Bromfield, Shire PresidentOpening of Mount Druitt Branch Library, Mount DruittBlacktown Public School, 1963 Class 6BPlaque - Moloney, Vincent Thomas (AIF, WWII)Blacktown City Celebrations, 1979St Martin's Field developmentGeorge and Martha Rees and familyBlacktown Cities Marathon, 19851986 Blacktown City Festival
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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