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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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John Aquilina Children’s Library, Quakers HillOur Lady of Czestochowa Queen of Poland Catholic Church, MarayongAustralia's Wonderland, Eastern CreekLongview Estate, Riverstone, c 1883Blacktown Public School, 1976 Class 5BChurch Lane, ProspectRouse Hill House and Farm, Rouse HillCelebrations of 130 years of rail service to BlacktownBlacktown to Richmond rail line, c1975Blacktown Ice Arena, BlacktownBungarribee Farms, BlacktownBlacktown City Games, Opening Ceremony, 1981Nurragingy Reserve, DoonsideMarsden ParkSister City Visit from Suseong-Gu, Daegu City, South KoreaDoonside Festival, 2015Shops at Main Street, BlacktownArts and Craft building, Blacktown ShowgroundBlacktown Council Heritage: from Crown Grant to Torrens Title. (2004)Max Webber Library eventPortrait of Alderman George Alfred LalorConstruction of Westpoint Shopping Centre, BlacktownPortrait of Councillor Gregory DezmanLaying foundation stone, Peace Memorial Methodist Church, Flushcombe Road, Blacktown.1987 Blacktown City GamesMain Street, BlacktownCamping area at Motorcycle Grand Prix, Eastern CreekOfficial Opening of the Pepsi 7up Plant at HuntingwoodFlooding at Riverstone, 2021 Western District Arts for Youth poster, 1984Exeter Farm, GlenwoodLillian Ravenscroft on 100th birthday, 1981Retirement of Rudi Svarc, Director City AssetsConstruction of Richmond Road, Blacktown By-passLouisa Dobson at Stanhope ParkBlacktown City Festival, 2004The Ropes Crossing Community Resource Hub, Ropes CrossingKids' Early Learning Dean ParkBella Vista Farm, Bella VistaBlackett Site 3500, City of Blacktown, 1980s10th anniversary celebrations, Dennis Johnson Branch Library, Stanhope GardensAnne Aquilina Memorial Scholarship, 2014Blacktown City Spring Garden Competition presentation, 2016Lady Mayoress' Christmas Appeal, 2015HMAS Nirimba Freedom of the City, 1979Blacktown Sunday FundayBlacktown City Festival, 1993St Andrew's Church of England, Seven Hills Blacktown Homelessness Hub, 2014Blacktown Public School, Class 5A
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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) Battle of Vinegar Hill, Rouse Hill 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 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 Sister Cities St Bartholomew's Church of England, Prospect Stephen Louis Bali Streetscapes Sunnyholt Road, Blacktown Warrick Lane Precinct, Blacktown Westfield Place, Blacktown Westpoint Shopping Centre, Blacktown