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Researching the History of Your House @Gunning Library

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Participants at the Research Workshop, Gunning Library 22 August 2017. Photo courtesy Bronwyn Haynes. A dozen participants, including people from Gunning, Dalton, Collector, and Crookwell, attended the third workshop on local history research at the Gunning Library on Tuesday. This is part of an ongoing series run by the Gunning Library and the Gunning and District Historical Society. In this third workshop, we looked into the history of one's house or property. In this region, there is a rich heritage in Colonial and federation architecture. But discovering that history can be a big job. Participants employed a variety of techniques for discovering the story of their houses, uses the following online resources: Six Maps : Use this site to locate your property or to find the relevant plan numbers. Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) : Use this site to search the historical maps of the location of your house. Look for the notations on the old maps and sometimes ...
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Researching Australian Military Service Records at the Gunning Library

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Participants at the Gunning Library Workshop, Friday 30 September 2016. Photo courtesy of Maree Roche The Gunning and District Historical Society , in conjunction with the Gunning Library , held its second community workshop on Friday 30 September 2016. The topic was "Researching Australian Military Service Records" facilitated by Gunning resident Dr Michael de Percy from the University of Canberra . Information and paraphernalia provided by the National Library of Australia's Trove team and also the Research Centre at the Australian War Memorial were welcomed by the participants, many traveling from as far as Ulladulla, Canberra, Mt Pleasant and Breadalbane to visit the village. Two sessions were held from 10:30am to 12:30pm and from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. Participants enjoyed morning and afternoon tea during the sessions, allowing time for new connections to be made and to share stories and ideas about researching family histories. The workshop covered th...
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Waratah Street, Gunning NSW, circa 1900s

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Waratah St (now Warataw St) Gunning, NSW, circa early 1900s (Trove - Public Domain) This photograph dating from the early 1900s depicts Waratah Street (now Warataw Street) in historic Gunning. The former Frankfield Hotel and some of the buildings in the photograph are still standing. The photograph is from Trove , the National Library of Australia 's historical database. Photo by Mattinbgn CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons To the left is a more recent photograph of the Frankfield Hotel, now a private residence.
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Using Trove: Family and Local History Workshop

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Trove Workshop at the Gunning Library, 17 June 2016 Gunning is a village in the Upper Lachlan Shire, situated about half-way between Goulburn and Yass. Gunning marks the starting point of Hume and Hovell’s expedition that enabled settlement throughout the Murray region and established an inland route from Sydney to Melbourne. Up until that time, Gunning marked the limit of settlement, and in 1875, the end of the railway line from Sydney. As a major sheep grazing area, Gunning has had many periods of wealth, and this is reflected in the outstanding colonial and federation architecture in the village. The Gunning Library is one such example. Originally the Gunning Centenary Literary Institute, opened in 1925, the Gunning Library remains a community hub and a venue for the many community groups The Gunning Historical Society is an active group of committed locals with an interest in local and family history. Recently, the ABC program “ Who’s Been Sleeping in My House ” featured a...
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