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Founded in 1976 the Blacktown & District Historical Society aims to encourage the preservation of the history of Blacktown and the surrounding districts.

01/11/2026

Victoria Barracks in Paddington has been in the news lately because the Department of Defence wants to sell it. The barracks was established in 1840 and it was originally occupied by the British Army but today it houses the Australian Army’s Headquarters Forces Command and Headquarters 2nd Health Brigade. It provides office space, a museum, live-in accommodation and a site for Army Cadet training. It is a significant heritage site.
Heapey Road Blacktown that runs off Flushcombe Road has a connection with the Heapey (Heapy) Family and one of its members was a British soldier who served with the 99th Regiment of Foot and lived in Victoria Barracks for a time. One of his descendants, George Heapy moved to Flushcombe Road and built a weatherboard cottage in 1917 which gave its name to Heapey Street, Blacktown today.

26/10/2026

The next meeting of the Blacktown and District Historical Society will take place on Monday, 2 November 2026 at 7:30 pm at the Bungarribee Community Hub, at 20 Sir Hercules Parade, Bungarribee, near Doonside.

Les Tod, OAM, will present a talk about Elsie May Wiggins, performer and entrepreneur of Riverstone. In the early twentieth century she broadened her horizons and spread her wings when she became an entertainer and travelled the world as part of a vaudeville act, singing and dancing and playing various musical instruments. Please join us for an interesting night.

20/10/2026

The Dharug made the first tracks and roads in Blacktown City. These were ancient pathways and trading routes from time immemorial. When the Europeans came bushrangers operated in the Blacktown City area. They were escaped convicts desperate for food and supplies. Some were deserting soldiers after supplies, while others were just criminals who robbed people on the roads or invaded homes and took what they wanted from the occupants, often with violence. The roads on which bushrangers met their victims were the earliest thoroughfares through the bush. Houses and estates that the bushrangers robbed were built near these early colonial roads.

14/10/2026

An historic homestead hidden in the heart of Penrith and the former home of colonial statesman Sir Henry Parkes, is set to hit the market this week. Story: https://bit.ly/WW-Werhouse.

04/10/2026

The next meeting of the Blacktown and District Historical Society is not on tomorrow night Monday, 5 October 2026 because tomorrow is a public holiday. Please do not try to attend because you will be there on your own.
The next meeting of the Blacktown and District Historical Society will be held on Monday 12 October 2026 at 7.30 pm at the Bungarribee Hub. This meeting will be our Annual General Meeting with reports from the President, Secretary and Treasurer. After the reports there will be an election for our Executives and other committee members, then supper and after supper our normal monthly October business meeting. We will try to be brief.
This is an important meeting and we look forward to seeing you there as we continue to make plans for the future of our Society.

11/09/2026

On Saturday 5 September 2026 the Blacktown and District Historical Society celebrated its golden anniversary – 50 years since its beginning in 1976!
78 members and guests attended a special function at the Colebee Centre in Nurragingy at Doonside.

27/08/2026

Blacktown Meals on Wheels celebrated 60 years of service in Blacktown this week!
The first Meals on Wheels in the world started in Wartime Britain. German bombers destroyed London suburbs and many people had nowhere to cook (Similar to what the Russians are doing in Ukraine today). The food was delivered in prams, on bicycles and in other wheeled vehicles, hence the name 'Meals on Wheels'.
The first Meals on Wheels in NSW started in 1957 with the City of Sydney Council and Blacktown's Meals on Wheels began in 1966. It was formed by a local committee of many woman and men who began small but grew over the years.

24/08/2026

Last Sunday the Blacktown and District Historical Society led by its President, Neil, took a group of its members on a bus trip along Sunnyholt Road to Meurant’s Lane and then along the Old Windsor Road to view some heritage buildings, some of which have stood for over two hundred years (Some were younger being only 191 and 193 years old!).

Address

71 Seven Hills Road South
Seven Hills, NSW
2147

Opening Hours

9:30am - 2am

Telephone

02 9676 1198

Website

http://www.blacktownhistory.org.au/

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