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Hornsby Shire Library & Information Service
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The best place to begin local history research is the Library Catalogue
Try a search such as “Beecroft History” as a subject keyword.
A list of useful publications on the History of Beecroft includes:
BARKER, HELEN & ELVEN, MAY.
Houses of Hornsby Shire. Vol.1:the large houses 1886-1926
Sydney : Hornsby Shire Historical Society, 1989
R 994.41 BAR Copies are available for loan
BARKER, HELEN Houses of Hornsby Shire. Vol. 2: 1880-1938
Sydney : Hornsby Shire Historical Society, 1998.
R 994.41 BAR Copies are available for loan
BEECROFT CHELTENHAM HISTORY GROUP.
Beecroft and Cheltenham: the shaping of a Sydney community to 1914.
Beecroft : The author, 1995.
R 994.41 BEE Copies are available for loan
CARMICHAEL, DOROTHY.
Tales of Beecroft.
Beecroft, 1963
R 994.41 CAR Copies are available for loan
CUNNEEN, TONY
Beecroft and Cheltenham in WWI
Deerubbin Press in association with Hornsby Shire Council, 2006
994.41 BEE Copies are available for loan
HOLT, COLIN.
Beecroft: its people and their lives, from 1913
S.l.: The Author, 1989.
R 994.41 HOL Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection
HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL. Planning Branch
Beecroft/Cheltenham Heritage Conservation Area review: draft Heritage Development Control plan amendments.
Hornsby, N.S.W.: The Council, January, 2005.
R 711.409 BEE Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL. RATES DEPARTMENT.
Valuation and rate books [microfilm], 1928-1982.
Hornsby: The Council, 1928-1982.
R 352.135 HOR Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL. RATES DEPARTMENT.
Valuation and rate books [microfilm], 1907-27.
Hornsby: The Council, 1907-1927.
R 352.135 HOR Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL.
Roll of electors,
Hornsby: The Council, 1959.
R 324.994 HOR Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
HORNSBY SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Pioneers of Hornsby Shire, 1788-1906
Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1979
R 994.41 HOR Copies are available for loan
METZKE, MARI.
Hornsby Shire : pictorial history.
Alexandria: Kingsclear Books, 2004.
R 994.41 MET Copies are available for loan
PERUMAL MURPHY WU PTY LTD.
Hornsby Shire heritage study.
Hornsby: Hornsby Shire Council, n.d.
R 711.409 PER Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
SCHOFIELD, CLAIRE
Shaping of Hornsby Shire
Hornsby: Hornsby Shire Council, 1988
R994.41 SCH Copies are available for loan
> VERTICAL FILE
Beecroft - History.
PAM BEEC Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
Other Resources which place the history of Beecroft in a broader context:
BOOKS
ANDERSON, KEN.
Sydney's suburbs : how and why they were named.
Sydney: Kangaroo, 1989.
R 994.41 AND
BRODSKY, ISADORE.
North Sydney, 1788-1962.
Sydney: Municipal Council of North Sydney, 1963.
994.41 BRO
KENNEDY, BRIAN.
Sydney and suburbs : a history & description
Reed, 1982.
R 994.41 KEN
POLLON, FRANCES.
The book of Sydney suburbs / Compiled by Frances Pollon. Original manuscript by Gerald Healy.
Syd.: A. & R., 1988.
R 994.41 POL
NEWSPAPERS
Cumberland Argus, September 22, 1888 - December 261935.
Sydney: Cumberland Argus, 1888-1935.
MIC 079.944 CUM
In addition to books and pamphlets held in the Local Studies Section of Hornsby Library there are:
ARCHIVES
Archives are held in the Local Studies Stack Collection and include Council and Community Organisation’s minutes, letters, financial records and letters.
DIRECTORIES
The Sands directory is a good tool for finding residents and businesses in the Shire up to 1932. Copies of early Sydney Street and business directories are held.
ELECTORAL ROLES
Electoral Roles for Hornsby are held from 1959-1991.
HERITAGE REPORTS
These provide valuable information on Hornsby Shire’s built and landscaped heritage. The Hornsby Shire heritage study gives a description of the 510 built items, 254 landscape items and 95 archaeological items listed as having local, regional or State heritage significance.
MAGAZINES
Local Colour, the magazine of the Hornsby Historical Society is a valuable tool for local history research. There are copies available for loan as well as a complete set from January 1971 to date in the Reference Collection in the Local Studies Section of Hornsby Library.
MAPS AND PLANS
These include early parish maps and subdivision plans. Parish maps can be viewed from the Department of Lands.
NEWSPAPERS
Some local newspapers have been microfilmed and may be examined at Hornsby. They include The Advocate (incomplete run) and The Cumberland Argus.
PHOTOGRAPHS
The Local Studies Section hold photographs for subjects relating to most of the suburbs in Hornsby Shire. You can view digital copies of many of these photographs through the online catalogue.
Photographs are also available via the State Library of NSW PICMAN- The PICMAN catalogue contains records of the pictures, manuscripts, oral history and printed posters collections of the Mitchell Library, Sir William Dixson Library and Dixson Galleries.
Other photographs are available at PictureAustralia is a service hosted by the National Library of Australia to provide a single access point to the digitised pictorial collections.
RATE BOOKSRate books are a useful resource for identifying the approximate date of the construction of a property and the names of the rate payers. Microfilm copies are available for viewing within the library
SANDS DIRECTORY
Sand's Sydney & N.S.W. directory 1858-1932/3.
MIC 994.4 SYD Held at Hornsby Central Library in the Local Studies Reference Collection.
