Springwood Historians

Historians often come across words that are no longer used or colloquialisms - here are some of our favourites. Fank - A Scottish sheep ...

Alfred John Aldridge: Service Number N347675. Alfred was born in Parkes in 1906 and his next of kin was his wife Lillian May.  He owned Spr...

Biographical information regarding the men & women who served in World War Two will be added as it comes to hand. Reginald James Adams...

War Memorial  Macquarie Road, Springwood Fortunately, the names of local men who enlisted for World War One are listed on the Honor Board...

Trove newspaper indexes, hosted by the National Library of Australia, are a boon for historians.  For example we now know that Frederick ...

The following article is interesting especially since women are now being written back into history and now that family history is recognise...

The Local Studies Collection of the Blue Mountains City Library (housed in Braemar House) has a wide variety of books relating to all things...