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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1940

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1940

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The statement of income and expenditure provides details of income including rent of the playing fields, grazing fees and proceeds from a social (dance). The expenditure provides details of maint...
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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1939

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1939

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The statement of income and expenditure provides details of income including rent from the playing fields (Vigoro, Cricket, Soccer and Football), government grant and proceeds from a juvenile bal...
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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1938

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1938

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The statement of income and expenditure provides details of income including rent from the playing fields (Vigoro, Cricket, Soccer, Cycle track, Rugby League and Football), government grant and p...
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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1937

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Statement of Income and Expenditure, 1937

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The statement of income and expenditure provides details of income including ground rents, tree planting account, juvenile ball and official opening. The expenditure includes fencing materials, w...
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Bussell Brothers, Cash Sale, 1939

Bussell Brothers, Cash Sale, 1939

Format: DocumentType: Receipts Details: The docket (receipt) is for bolts purchased at Bussell Brothers, located next to Kildare House in Blacktown Road (now Main Street).
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Letter from Chief Secretary's Department to James Simpson, 1937

Letter from Chief Secretary's Department to James Simpson, 1937

Format: DocumentType: Letter Details: The letter was in response to an application by James Simpson to obtain a permit under the Lotteries and Art Unions Act 1901. The permit was probably in relation to a fundraising event which incl...
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Letter from George Nixon Stewart to James Simpson, 13 July 1942

Letter from George Nixon Stewart to James Simpson, 13 July 1942

Format: DocumentType: Letter Details: The letter sent by Blacktown Shire Clerk, George Nixon Stewart, included a cheque for 25 pounds for the completion of improvements to Francis Park. Included is a receipt from the Francis Park & R...
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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Sep 1942

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, Sep 1942

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The report details the accounts submitted for approval to pay and amounts received to 27 October 1942. Payments included Samuel James Greenhalgh (gardener), sanitary rates, fire insurance on dres...
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Water Meter hire, 1942

Water Meter hire, 1942

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The water meter notice was sent to James Simpson, a trustee for the Francis Park and Recreation Ground. The cost to hire the water meter was nine shilling for 12 months. The receipt for payment i...
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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee, Blacktown - Deposit Slips, 1942

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee, Blacktown - Deposit Slips, 1942

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The three deposits from July to October 1942, were made into the account of the Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee, Blacktown.
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Trees Planted in Francis Park, 1936

Trees Planted in Francis Park, 1936

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: On Saturday 1 August 1936, more than sixty trees were planed in Francis Park. Residents were invited to give money towards the cost of the trees, and the response was good.
This map dated Augus...
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Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, December 1942

Francis Park & Recreation Ground Management Committee Blacktown, December 1942

Format: DocumentType: Financial Records Details: The report details the accounts submitted for approval to pay and amounts received to 31 December 1942. Payments included Samuel James Greenhalgh (caretaker). A note is also attached from Greenha...
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Handwritten Subscribers List - Memorial Trees Francis Park, 1936

Handwritten Subscribers List - Memorial Trees Francis Park, 1936

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: On Saturday 1 August 1936, more than sixty trees were planted in Francis Park. Residents were invited to give money towards the cost of the trees, and the response was good.
This list provides d...
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Handwritten Subscribers List - Francis Park trees ( page 1) - 1936

Handwritten Subscribers List - Francis Park trees ( page 1) - 1936

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: On Saturday 1 August 1936, more than sixty trees were planted in Francis Park. Residents were invited to give money towards the cost of the trees, and the response was good.
This list provides d...
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Subscribers List - Francis Park trees, 1936

Subscribers List - Francis Park trees, 1936

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: On Saturday 1 August 1936, more than sixty trees were planed in Francis Park. Residents were invited to give money towards the cost of the trees, and the response was good.
This list provides d...
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George William Green 1922-1995 Eulogy, Gordon Simpson

George William Green 1922-1995 Eulogy, Gordon Simpson

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: This document is an eulogy given by Gordon Simpson at the funeral of George William Green.
It provides details of George's early life before the family settled in Blacktown in 1927.
He was a p...
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Henry Eric Green 1901-1980, Lurline Simpson

Henry Eric Green 1901-1980, Lurline Simpson

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: Henry Eric Green (usually known as Eric), was born in 1904 at Narromine. The document provides details of his early life in the Narromine area and the family's move to Sydney.
Eric married Murie...
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Blacktown Railway Station, c 1950s?

Blacktown Railway Station, c 1950s?

Format: DocumentDetails: This sketch by Lurline Simpson is of the Blacktown Railway station and surrounding area. Included are Bussell Brothers store, Kildare House, gate house and gates at railway crossing, parcel offic...
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Sketch of Stationmaster's House, Blacktown

Sketch of Stationmaster's House, Blacktown

Format: DocumentDetails: The sketch by Lurline Simpson shows the layout of the stationmaster's house at Blacktown. Date of sketch unknown.
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The Station House and Gate House, Blacktown, Lurline Simpson

The Station House and Gate House, Blacktown, Lurline Simpson

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: This document outlines Lurline Simpson's recollections of the station house and gate house at Blacktown. Lurline mentions Mr Smallwood the assistant station master who lived in the station house ...
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Townsend Boomerang Restaurant and Milk Bar, Lurline Simpson

Townsend Boomerang Restaurant and Milk Bar, Lurline Simpson

Format: DocumentType: Other Details: This document by Lurline Simpson provides details of Mr Townsend's business in Blacktown. The Townsend family ran a bakery and cake shop. As the business grew the Townsends bought Timmin's butche...
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Items of Interest

Items of Interest

Format: DocumentDetails: The list contains brief information on items of interest in the Blacktown area.
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Payment for Resumption of Land for Hospital, Blacktown, 1956

Payment for Resumption of Land for Hospital, Blacktown, 1956

Format: DocumentType: Land Sale Details: The letter was sent with a cheque for payment of land resumed for the Parramatta District Hospital site at Blacktown.
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Payment, Resumption of Land for Hospital, Blacktown 1956

Payment, Resumption of Land for Hospital, Blacktown 1956

Format: DocumentType: Land Sale Details: The letter relates to the resumption of land for the Parramatta District Hospital site at Blacktown. The lots in question were Lots 297, 298, 304 and 305 (DP15914). The letter includes informatio...
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