The ABC comes to Hill End

Digging up the gold mining history of Hill End Art historian Tom Thompson and his wife Elizabeth are restoring Lyle’s cottage, once the Sydney Hotel, one of the 1870s cottages in Hill End. Tom is a wealth of knowledge about the region and its legacy. He shared...

Bryson Family, Pilley, Louisa Creek

Bryson Family of Louisa Creek William Bryson died intestate in 1855 within 10 weeks of the death of his wife Margaret, leaving 6 children under 15 years (including an infant). The intestate documents mention that William Pilley was in a relationship with the eldest...

Holtermann Exhibition

The Greatest Wonder of the world The State Library of NSW is mounting an exhibition of the Holtermann Photographs (including a selection from Hill End) which will run from 23 Feb to 12 May 2013.  Alan Davies, the curator of photography, has offered to do a special...