Randwick: A history book
Randwick City Council (3 other projects)
To celebrate Randwick City Council's 150th Anniversary, Randwick City Library Service commissioned professional historian, Pauline Curby, to write a fully-referenced, illustrated history of area.
The book, aptly entitled, Randwick, celebrates the history of one of New South Wales’ oldest local government areas. It tells the story of the diverse range of people who live in this scenic part of Sydney. Indigenous Australians, Anglo-Celtic Australians and more recent migrants all feature in its pages, as do jockeys, surf lifesavers, bodgies and widgies. Social problems such as the care of neglected children and the issues of crime and punishment, drinking and gambling are also part of the rich tapestry of this history.
Following two and a half years of research, Randwick was launched in December by author and journalist, Paul Barry.
Randwick’s history is in many ways Australia’s history, in all its messy diversity, its cruel failures and grand achievements.
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Cultural Officer
Michelle Kline ()
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Award Category
Library and Information Services – Division C
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The front cover of the history book, Randwick
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Photograph from the book depicting a street scene in Maroubra Junction in the late 1920s from the Randwick & District Historical Society's…
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Photograph from the book showing community protestors saving Struggletown from redevelopment from the Randwick & District Historical Society's…
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Photograph from "Randwick", showing the Library bookmobile c. 1955 from the Randwick City Library Service collection.
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