From Tragedy to Triumph
DONT MISS THIS EXCITING TALK A talk about the incident at Chippers Leap in Greenmount in 1832. 11 ½ year old Rueben Beacham was helping...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
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Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is observed in Commonwealth countries on 11 November to commemorate the signing of the Armistice in 1918 to cease...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Nov 41 min read
Bilgomen Pool
Bilgoman Aquatic Centre in Darlington closes through the winter months and last week, after some refurbishments, it was open to the...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Oct 281 min read
All Saints Day
As we are seeing a lot of Halloween images around our streets just reminder of the origins of this custom. All Saints’ Day , in the...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Oct 231 min read
The Pioneer Womens Memorial at Kings Park
The Pioneer Women’s Memorial at Kings Park opened in 1968, following six years of vision, planning and significant fundraising by the CWA...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Oct 211 min read
Forrest Darlings CWA Branch
On Saturday 19th October the CWA group Forrest Darlings met at Darlington Hall to celebrate their 5 year anniversary and of course the...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Oct 141 min read
Carer's Week
This week 13-19 October 2024 is Carer’s week focusing mainly on the many people who provide care for a family member or friend usually in...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Oct 91 min read
Another One!
What is so important about an old photograph taken in the 1920s? It is not particularly good as photographs go, but it is of great...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Oct 71 min read
Sawyers Valley Primary School 140 years old
Sawyers Valley Primary School began in 1884 In October 1998 a townsite was declared at Sawyers Valley but prior to that the second stage...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Sep 302 min read
St Cuthbert's Church Darlington
This beautiful church will be celebrating it's 100th anniversary next year but it's foundation stone was laid on the 13th September 1924,...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Sep 171 min read
What's in a Name?
The name Great Eastern Highway (GEH) was gazetted in 1938. It commences at the Eastern end of the Causeway in Perth to the southwestern...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Sep 161 min read
Mundaring Toy Library
The Mundaring Toy Library is one of the longest running Toy Libraries in WA. It was established in 1974 and has just celebrated its 50th...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Sep 91 min read
All about Speed
In September 1907 the Greenmount Road Board (now Mundaring Shire) set the speed limit for cyclists and people riding horses up York Road...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Sep 21 min read
Spring
In the Nyoongar Calendar the first spring is called Djilba which is from August to September and second spring is from October to...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Aug 262 min read
Golf in the Hills
Did you know that since the early years of settlement the hills people have constructed golf courses on which to play. ...
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