Historical Happening
Kangaroo Valley Historical Society celebrates 70+ years
Thank you to the many people who joined us at the Village Hall on 11 November to celebrate...
Historical Snippets: two ranges, one as you enter and the other as you leave Kangaroo Valley
With the situation as it is with the road closures we have endured recently in and around Kangaroo Valley, let’s take a look at...
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How Kangaroo Valley kicked up their feet at the Back to Kangaroo Valley Week in 1988
On Saturday 24 September there was a “Light Luncheon...
“Dinkum Dunnies” by the late Elsie Dewhurst
There’s some of us calls em “privies”
Though in Potts Point or Vaucluse
They refer to them genteelly
In hushed accents just as “loos”
They are made of...
The Walker Bridge
“How things were done in George Walker’s day”. The Walker Bridge, a beautiful and historic suspension bridge, was built in 1931 by George Walker,...
Historical Snippets
The True History of the Kangaroo Valley Historical Society
Introduction
At the meeting of the Kangaroo Valley Historical Society on 11 November 1986 the late Mrs....
Historical Snippets
The Old Kangaroo Valley Agriculture and Horticulture Showgrounds
The Kangaroo Valley A & H Show was not held at Osborne Park until 1956. The ‘Town...
Historical Snippets – John Horbury Hunt
John Horbury Hunt designed many buildings in Kangaroo Valley: additions to Barrengarry House (1880), The Church of the Good Shepherd and Rectory (1871), and...
Kangaroo Valley Primary Producers Union
The following is an article from the Nowra News of 12 June 1968 concerning the Kangaroo Valley Primary Producer’s Union. The article is headed...
Kangaroo Valley Pioneer Village Museum
In 1965 the Kangaroo Valley Historical Society conceived the idea of having a museum on land where Charles Throsby camped on his pioneer journey...
James Hay Memorial Plaque
The James Hay Memorial Plaque was gifted by the Kangaroo Valley community and placed in the Presbyterian Church in Kangaroo Valley. This was reported...