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architecture, cement history, Local history, social life

Sweet Scent of Success

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 Kandos History

So what does an English Baron have to do with Kandos? It seems the cement company was hanging on Leverhulme's coat-tails to promote its own workplace philosophy

Tagged architecture, landscape, Local history, social life5 Comments
family history, Local history, social life

Kandos – A Labor Town

August 24, 2018August 23, 2018 Kandos History

In December 1922 the Lithgow Mercury announced, 'although in other centres Labor Day demonstrations seem to be declining, Kandos in the vigor of its youth, put forth its best effort on Saturday.'

Tagged family history, featured, Local history, pioneers, social life8 Comments
architecture, Kandos businesses, Local history, social life

It’s Official – A Post Office for Kandos

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 Kandos History

The internet rules our lives today, but just a century ago the latest technology was the telephone.

Tagged architecture, Local history, pioneers, social life2 Comments
architecture, Local history, social life

Father Reginald Corbett First Parish Priest of Kandos

July 27, 2018October 6, 2019 Kandos History

I don't think anyone's arrival here in Kandos could have been gloomier and more shocking than his. And yet it was the pinnacle of his priestly career.

Tagged architecture, Local history, social life4 Comments
Local history, migrant history, social life

Fault-lines in the Aussie Character

July 15, 2018 Kandos History

We overlook or forget the hostility intolerance suspicion and racism that different migrant groups have revealed in the Australian character.

Tagged pioneers, social life6 Comments

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