Hillstory Articles Index

Trevor Patrick, historian and author, has written a series of short articles about the history of Sydney's north-west. You can find many of the articles here. Some are also appearing in local magazines and newspapers, but a few are unique to this site.

1. Aberdoon House
2. Aboriginal Art
3. All Aboard the Steam Tram
4. Art in the Hills
5. Assassination Attempt
6. Australia's Favourite Drink
7. Bella Vista Farm
8. Benedictines in Parramatta
9. Benedictine Abbey
10. Bushrangers of Sydney
11. Castle Hill Coffee
12. Castle Hill Rebellion March 4 1804
13. Charles Darwin's Visit to Australia (Part 1)
14. Charles Darwin's Visit to Australia (Part 2)
15. Dangar Island
16. Darwin Attacked
17. December: An Important Month In The Hills District
18. Does Beecroft Have Anything To Do With Beekeeping?
19. Empire Night: A Cracker of a Night
20. Exploring the southern skies
21. Ginger Meggs: A Local Lad
22. Going on a Summer Holiday
23. Gothic Church in the Bush
24. Governor Phillip: British Spy? (Part 1)
25. Governor Phillip: British Spy? (Part 2)
26. Governor Phillip: British Spy? (Part 3)
27. Granny Smith's Apples
28. Hills District Historical Society Museum
29. How Sydney Got Its Name
30. Joining a Local Historical Society
31. Kenthurst War Memorials
32. Kings Langley
33. Lest We Forget Anzac Day
34. Life and Death of the First Fleet
35. Mercury, Medicine or Madness?
36. Meteor Showers and Wolf Creek
37. Parramatta Signal Station
38. Pennant Hills Wharf
39. Postcards from Sydney
40. Remembrance Day
41. Santa Visits the Hills
42. St Matthew's Anglican Church Windsor
43. Sydney Harbour Bridge Opened
44. The Arms of Australia Inn Museum
45. Tebbutt Observatory, Windsor
46. The Castle on the Hill
47. The Colonial Experiment
48. The Macquarie Towns
49. The Pennantian Parrot
50. The Red Wines of Parramatta
51. The Worst Job in Colonial Sydney
52. Timber and Bullocks in Early Sydney
53. Ultimo and the Ultimate Court Case
54. Who Started the Australian Wool Industry?
55. Windsor's Watering Holes
56. With All My Love - Souvenirs from France 1914-18
57. Lachlan Macquarie
58. Macquarie visits North Parramatta
59. Macquarie visits Pennant Hills
60. Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie
61. Pennant Hills Timber-getting Establishment
62. Pennant Hills Timber used in Sydney
63. Pennant Hills Sawmills
64. Savage by name, gentle by nature
65. Society wedding in 1808
66. St Albans on the Macdonald River
67. St John's Anglican Cathedral
68. Thomas and Mary Reibey
69. Who named Trebor Road in Pennant Hills?

Trevor Patrick is a local historian of the north-west of Sydney, Australia. His latest book, In Search of the Pennant Hills, recounts some of these stories (and others) in more detail.