Year long celebrations to mark Kiama Bowlo’s centenary
A time capsule buried in 1969 to mark Kiama Bowling Club’s first fifty years has been removed in preparation for its opening at the first celebration to mark the Club’s […]
Category Archives: History
Heritage DCP to add Conservation Area
Kiama Council has deferred endorsing a revised version of Chapter 30 of the Development Control Plan, which deals with heritage, until April. This will allow specific controls protecting the Pheasant […]
Help save our oldest church
The Rev Rob Buchan and his Kiama Uniting Church congregation are praying the community will get behind their campaign to raise $150,000 to complete the restoration of Kiama’s oldest operational […]
Commemorations to mark the end of WWI
The sacrifice made by our community during the First World War will be honoured on the 100th anniversary of its end. Remembrance ceremonies have been organised by the Gerringong and […]
200th anniversary of Minnamurra Massacre
While 1 October 2018 is the 200th anniversary of the murder of at least six original inhabitants of this area, it was only last year that the area on the […]
Keeping Ken’s work going
A ceremony to award prize winners in the inaugural Ken Donnellan Local History Competition remembered his devotion to telling the stories of local World War I servicemen. His widow, Colleen, […]
125 years since the train came to town
Historical societies along the route are preparing to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the railway extension from Bombo to Bomaderry. While the train line from Sydney was […]
Remembering Uncle Wally
One hundred years to the day since his death, Gerringong’s Sharpe family and its church took the time to remember Wallace Sharpe, who was killed in Palestine during the last […]
Our representative at Lincoln
When you soon see on the TV news stories of the dedication of a memorial in Lincoln to the men of Bomber Command, take a moment to remember this Kiama […]
Final tribute to Gerringong’s WWI sons
Remembrance Day was chosen as the ideal date to unveil a new book capturing the stories of the soldiers listed on the Gerringong War Memorial. The Names on the Wall […]
