Hillstory Articles Index

Trevor Patrick, historian and author, has written a series of short articles about the history of Sydney's north-west. You can find many of the articles here. Some are also appearing in local magazines and newspapers, but a few are unique to this site.

1. Aberdoon House 1887 by Jilly Warren
2. Aboriginal Art along the Great North Road
3. All Aboard the Steam Tram
4. Art in the Hills
5. Australia taken by surprise
6. Australia's Favourite Drink
7. Beautiful Gothic-style Church in the Australian Bush
8. Bella Vista Farm
9. Benedictine Abbey in West Pennant Hills
10. Benedictine Order in Parramatta
11. Bushrangers hid in caves in the Northern Rocks
12. Castle Hill Coffee
13. Castle Hill Rebellion
14. Castle Hill Rebellion March 4 1804
15. Charles Darwin's Visit to Australia (Part 1)
16. Charles Darwin's Visit to Australia (Part 2)
17. Conflict in the Colony
18. Cows escape to the country!
19. Dangar Island
20. December 1809
21. December: An Important Month In The Hills District
22. Do You Believe in Ghosts?
23. Do You Really Know Windsor?
24. Does Beecroft Have Anything To Do With Beekeeping?
25. Empire Night: A Cracker of a Night
26. Exploring the southern skies
27. Ginger Meggs: A Local Lad
28. Going on a Summer Holiday?
29. Governor Arthur Phillip: British Spy? (Part 1)
30. Governor Arthur Phillip: British Spy? (Part 2)
31. Governor Arthur Phillip: British Spy? (Part 3)
32. Governor Lachlan Macquarie investigated the districts north of the Parramatta River
33. Governor Lachlan Macquarie visited the Pennant Hills region
34. Granny Smith's Apples
35. HMAS Parramatta II
36. Hills District Historical Society Museum
37. How did Sydney get its name?
38. How to peel an apple the easy way
39. Joining a Local Historical Society
40. Kenthurst – Annangrove War Memorial
41. Kings Langley
42. Lachlan Macquarie
43. Ladies’ Cup
44. Lest We Forget: Anzac Day
45. Life and Death during the First Fleet Journey
46. McGraths Hill
47. Mercury, Medicine or Madness?
48. Meteor Showers and Wolf Creek
49. Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie
50. Parramatta Signal Station
51. Pennant Hills Sawmills
52. Pennant Hills Wharf
53. Pennant Hills timber used in Sydney buildings
54. Political Assassination Attempt Remembered in Church Decoration
55. Postcards were first used in Sydney in 1869
56. Remembrance Day
57. Santa comes to Pennant Hills
58. Savage by name, gentle by nature
59. Society Wedding for Bligh's daughter
60. St Albans on the Macdonald River
61. St Andrew’s Church, Richmond
62. St John's Anglican Cathedral, Parramatta
63. St Matthew's Anglican Church Windsor
64. Sydney Harbour Bridge opened 19 March 1932
65. Tebbutt Observatory, Windsor
66. The Arms of Australia Inn Museum
67. The Castle on the Hill
68. The Colonial experiment that really worked!
69. The Industrial Treasure Island of Sydney Harbour
70. The Macquarie Towns
71. The Pennant Hills Timber-getting Establishment
72. The Pennantian Parrot
73. The Red Wines of Parramatta
74. The Worst Job in Colonial Sydney
75. Thomas and Mary Reibey
76. Thompson Square, Windsor
77. Timber and Bullocks in Early Sydney
78. Ultimo and the Ultimate Court Case
79. Who Earns the Most Frequent Flyer Points?
80. Who Really Started the Australian Wool Industry?
81. Who named Trebor Road in Pennant Hills?
82. Who was the Mystery Woman of Hambledon Cottage?
83. Windsor's Watering Holes
84. With All My Love - Souvenirs from France 1914-18

Trevor Patrick is a local historian of the north-west of Sydney, Australia. His latest book, In Search of the Pennant Hills, recounts some of these stories (and others) in more detail.