Blacktown and District
Historical Society Incorporated

Latest Release

HORNE, Carol

Doonside. A little History of nearly Everything.

Published: 2023
398pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $35

NICOLAIDIS, George

Eastern Creek and Land Settlers.

Published: Pre-2000
162pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $20

NICOLAIDIS, George

The Emerts of Mount Druitt.

Published: 1987 Reprinted 1999
29pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $10

NICOLAIDIS, George

A History of the Manse and Mount Druitt.

Published: Pre-2000
28pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $10

NICOLAIDIS, George

Mount Druitt Advancement Club Hall.

Published: 1995
49pp. 210 x 145mm

Price $5

HORNE, John

The Boer War Book. Blacktown District and the South African War (1899 – 1902).

Published: 2022
123pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $20

SMITH, Pamela

Blacktown & Districts Pioneer Register, 1791 – 1901.

Published: 2021
132pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $35

HORNE, John and Carol
BOSTOCK, James
Original maps by Gerard Imer

Diggers from the Shire of Blacktown 1914 - 1918.

Published: 2015
428pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $25

HORNE, John

Come Fly with Me, Blacktown City’s Aviation History from 1911 until the present.

Published: 2021
148pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $35

HORNE, Carol

Bushrangers of Doonside, Bungarribee, Eastern Creek, Rooty Hill, Prospect, Seven Hills and Blacktown.

Published: 2020
26pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $10

HORNE, John

Bungarribee.

Published: 2019 Revised: 2021
71pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $10

HORNE, John

The Blacktown Soldiers' Memorial.

Published: 2020
70pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $10

BDHS Various Authors

Horses, Houses & Trees. Stories from Old Blacktown and District.

Published: 2016
92pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $30

Stories from Old Blacktown and District.

BROOK, Jack
IMER, Gerard
LAMB, Bob and Sharon

Seven Hills In Pictures.

Published: 2012 158pp. 297 x 210mm

Price $30

Pictorial of Seven Hills using images from Jack Brook's private collection and other sources.

TOD, Lyn

Blacktown Public School: A diary, the Early Years 1875 – 1939.

Published: 2006
142pp. 295 x 210mm

Price $25

From the official school files. This book reveals not only the history of Blacktown Public School, but a human record as well: the difficulties of being a teacher in the education system and how the department treated it's teachers; the diseases and the maladies of the time, such as scabies; and the deprivations suffered by the children themselves.

VARIOUS SOCIETY MEMBERS

Where the Country became the City - Blacktown.

Published: 1996 Revised: 2001
64pp. 295 x 205mm

Price $20

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Blacktown and District Historical Society's existence, this guide will introduce people to the history of Blacktown and the important sites, both natural and man made that exist within and around the city boundaries. Enjoy driving or walking around this great part of Western Sydney as there is much to be seen by those with an enquiring mind and keen eyes.

BROOK, Jack

Blacktown, A name of Character.

Published: 1996
32pp. 295 x 205mm.

Price $5

Early settlement and indigenous history of Blacktown, and how it got it's name.

MOORE, Kevin
Edited by Dennis Cox and James Cohen

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The writings of Kevin Moore.

Published: 1994 Reprinted: 2002
220pp. 295 x 205mm

Price $20

The writings of the late Kevin Moore, edited by Dennis Cox and James Kohen. Kevin Moore was a noted local historian, whose legacy in recording history benefits us still today. This book covers many historical events and has been assembled as a tribute to his work.

BLOXHAM, Frank J.P.,C.Eng,M.I.Mech.E.

A History of Prospect.

Published: 2002
92pp. 295 x 205mm

Price $20

A history of the parish of Prospect incorporating Toongabbie, Wentworthville, Pendle Hill, Girraween, Smithfield, Prospect, Greystanes, Eastern Creek, Doonside, Schofields, Marayong, Blacktown, Seven Hills and Lalor Park. Biographical notes on many of the first land grantees from 1791.

KOHEN, Jim

A Dictionary of the Dharug Language. The Inland Dialect.

Published: 2nd Edition 1990
26pp. 295 x 210mm

Price $5

A dictionary of the Dharug Language with English translation.

FRENCH, Jeanette BA

Blacktown: A Concise History.

Published: 2006
23pp. 210 x 145mm

Price $5

A short history of Blacktown and district - Illustrated.

TOD, Les

A Great Old Hall.

Published: 2005
23pp. 210 x 145mm

Price $5

A history of the Blacktown School of Arts, which was the city's first community centre, now largely forgotten.