Hi listers, Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane areas of Castlereagh in 1985 If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies section of Penrith City Library.
Hi Pat. for those of us unsure exactly who the 23 first grantees were is there a list of names available.? cheers Sheila all my outgoing email is scanned for viruses ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Curry" <patcurry@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:09 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] New resource book > Hi listers, > > > > Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have > ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? > > > > Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology > Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement > History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." > > > > This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 > grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for > further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of > land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies > and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of > photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full > page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane > areas of Castlereagh in 1985 > > > > If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, > Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies > section of Penrith City Library. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >