Hawkesbury Family History Group

15/10/2026

PITT TOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL 150TH ANNIVERSARY - OCTOBER 2026
The Pitt Town Public School is celebrating at the Buckingham Street grounds.
Schedule of Events includes:
School Celebration & Assembly
Date & Time: Friday 16 October 2026, starting at 9AM
Details: Current students, staff & families gather at school for a special assembly

150-Year Community Fete
Date & Time: Saturday 17 October 2026, from 10AM to 4PM
Location: Pitt Town Public School, Buckingham Street, Pitt Town
Details: Free entry markets, performances, rides, food & historical memorabilia

Anniversary Car Show
Date & Time: Sunday 18 October 2026, from 9AM to 12PM
Location: Pitt Town Public School, Buckingham Street, Pitt Town
Details: A community car show hosted as part of the celebratory weekend.

Pitt Town Public School, Senior Division Class, 1935
Courtesy Hawkesbury Library Service

12/10/2026

Hawkesbury Family History Group 's monthly talk is on tomorrow. Jonathan Auld will be sharing the story of the Earl Family of Richmond who arrived as free settlers in 1804. Discover what resources he used to track this story down.

📆Wednesday 14 October, 10am - 11:15am
📍Central Library, George Street Windsor
Free to attend, all welcome.
This event is available in person or online via Zoom (bookings required if attending online book via Eventbrite https://hawkesburylibrary.eventbrite.com or phone 02 4560 4460.

08/09/2026

Hawkesbury Family History Group's monthly talk is on this week! Join Heather Garnsey as she discusses the life of Elizabeth Fulloon, the first female Superintendent employed at the Parramatta Female Factory in 1824.

Heather will tell how the wife of a London schoolmaster became the first female Superintendent at Parramatta, Elizabeth's time at the Factory and details of the infamous riots of 1827.

📆Wednesday 9 September, 10am - 11:15am
📍Central Library, George Street Windsor

Free to attend, all welcome.

This event is available in person or online via Zoom - bookings required if attending online: https://hawkesbury-family-history-group.eventbrite.com.au

30/08/2026

The Age Calculator is a useful site for family historians. You can calculate the age or interval between 2 dates. Results are displayed in years, months, weeks, days, hours etc. It is very handy, let us know what you think.

See www.calculator.net/age-calculator.html

20/08/2026

Join the free online event and learn about the Precarious Oral Histories Project which is safeguarding Australia’s oral history heritage on 7 September 5.30-7.30pm. Book via https://buff.ly/8XBVSr6

Join Oral History NSW for a free online event launching the NSW and ACT phase of the Precarious Oral Histories Project—a national initiative led by the Australian National University team of the Language Data Commons of Australia.

Following the identification of more than 9,000 at-risk interviews in Victoria, the project is now turning its attention to NSW and the ACT, with a national expansion planned for 2027. Project Manager Dr Alexandra Mountain will introduce the project, explore what makes an oral history collection precarious, and unpack the survey helping identify collections at risk.

Come along to learn, share and help safeguard Australia’s oral history heritage.

Free online event 7 September 5.30 - 7.30pm

Booking link: https://buff.ly/8XBVSr6

For more exciting History Week events see our Events Calendar. https://historycouncilnsw.org.au/whats-on-2/

09/08/2026

Join Dr Nicholas Pitt at our next meeting and learn about the fascinating story of the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society and how they made money by raising and selling cattle in the mid 19th century to fund the charity.

📆Wednesday 12 August, 10am - 11:15am FREE
📍Central Library, George Street Windsor

This event is available in person (just turn up) or online via Zoom (bookings required if attending online: https://hawkesbury-family-history-group.eventbrite.com.au)

30/07/2026

Here is this week's post from Hawkesbury Library Service - did any of your family play football in the Hawkesbury in the past?

: With the football season at its peak, here is an image of Windsor Football Club who were the premiers in both 1922 & 1923 🏉

Back row: T. J. Campbell (Treasurer), B. Cambridge, F. Farrell, E. Hulbert, J. Busch, P. J. Campbell (Secretary). Front row: R. Ford, A. Galloway, W. Chandler (Captain), W. Stubbs, S. Ford. Sitting in front: O. Ferguson, E. Moffatt.

Did you have any family who played football for any Hawkesbury teams in the past?

17/07/2026

Alexandria Burnham will be discussing historical fiction research and storytelling craft at Hawkesbury Library Service on Saturday 25 July at 10.30am. Bookings are FREE via Eventbrite https://hawkesburylibrary.eventbrite.com or phone 4560 4460.

Alexandria's book 'Swallow' is the true story of convict William Swallow and the last man put on trial for piracy in an English court. In 1829 Swallow was sent to Van Diemens Land and was sentenced to die in the hell-hole known as Sarah Island. He encouraged his fellow convicts which led to mutiny.

06/07/2026

Join us on Wednesday 8 July at Hawkesbury Library Service and learn the true story about John Joseph Therry, Merchant and Catholic Priest in colonial NSW with Damien Gleeson.
📆Wednesday 9 July 10am - 11:15am
📍Central Library, 300 George Street Windsor
💻This event is FREE & available in person or online via Zoom (Bookings only required if attending online https://hawkesbury-family-history-group.eventbrite.com.au)

08/06/2026

Congratulations Ryerson https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Gs1pPpBww/

Another fantastic update from the Ryerson Index!

Since our last update on 25 April, our dedicated volunteers have added an incredible 37,483 records to the Index.

It's been a little quiet from us, we do apologise, sometimes life gets in the way! Rest assured we're always working in the background ;)

Every record represents another piece of family history preserved and made accessible for researchers, genealogists and families around Australia and beyond.

To our volunteers – thank you for your ongoing commitment, attention to detail and countless hours of work. Your efforts continue to make the Ryerson Index an invaluable resource for the family history community.

📊 Records updated since 25/04: 37,483
📅 Reporting period: 02 May – 06 June 2026