Springwood Historians

Rae, who was born in Scotland in 1813, was the son of a banker. He had been educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and later went on to s...

  The Nepean Times (15 August 1894) mentioned that Simmonetti, who was an eminent sculptor, had commenced operations on his land fac...

Honore Marie was born about 1828 at Dinan in the north west province of Brittany in France. He migrated to Noumea, New Caledonia, where he t...

George was born at Greenwich, England in 1844 to George Edwin and Harriet Cass. He arrived in Australia as a young man c1864, and in 187...

Cansdell, together with Austin Chapman, was the owner of 28 acres of land subdivided as the Blue Mountains Estate. Ernest is thought to have...

The Kippax family came to reside in the Springwood area in the late 1890s, taking up residence in the cottage known as The Ferns. A news it...

The Nepean Times announced to its readers in May 1892 that Mr Thornton of Sydney had begun the erection of a commodious weatherboard cott...

The Sydney Morning Herald dated 26.4.1926 carried the obituary of Ralph Scott Abercromby 'Vineta' Springwood.  He was aged 69 and h...

Henry Holt Goddard and Kathleen (nee Young) emigrated to Australia on the part sail and part steam ship called the Duke of Sutherland . They...

Lauritz Gustav Larsen was born in Denmark in about 1836. This birth date was calculated from his death certificate, however calculating it...

Goods train in Springwood c1880s.  Photograph shows level crossing that existed before overhead bridge. De Carteret Lockie was S...

  Like some of his business contemporaries, John Lawler purchased property in the Springwood district towards the end of the 1800s. The l...

Braemar James Lawson was born in the Scottish seaport town of Greenock on 22 April 1836. Little is known of his childhood and youth, thou...

Although it is generally claimed that Thomas Boland was Springwood’s first stationmaster and this occupation is listed for him on some famil...

  William acquired the license of The Springwood Hotel c1870, whereby he acted as both publican and postmaster until the postal service was ...

The 1868-70 electoral roll listed Mark living at Faulconbridge.  He was born at Port Stephens in 1828, and in 1857 married Ruth Slapp in a d...

J ohn Thomas Ellison war born at Parramatta 15th July 1841.  His grandfather, also John, was transported to Australia in 1791 on the Alberma...

Thomas and Bridget were the first generation of Coyle's to live in the Springwood district.  It is believed they had four children namel...

William Deemer is thought to have been the same William Deemer who applied for the license of the Springwood Hotel (later re-built and renam...