Springwood Historians

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...

Early Residents: Thomas Boland Thomas is commonly known as “the father of Springwood.’ He was born in Tipperary Ireland about 1810 according...

John Illingworth, Springwood’s first Police officer, was born in Springwells in Yorkshire in 1852.   He learned the trade of bolt maker in h...

Geoffrey Eagar We have no information about A. Stewart but Geoffrey Eagar is quite famous.   He was one of several parliamentarians that...

Although we do not know anything about D. T. Dawson, William Deane was most probably the son of musician John Philip Deane. The Deane family...

Lancelot Iredale Brennand, descended from convict Lancelot Iredale, purchased land fronting the main Bathurst Road in Valley Heights (or the...

Isabella/Isabel Baron (nee Mathews) was the wife of William H. Baron.  Although birth records cannot be located, they are thought to have be...