Collection: Local Book

Annual report of the school's activities

The book celebrates 150 years of Regentville Public School. Established in 1868, when the Public Instruction Act came into effect, the school is going strong 150 years later. Book details the history of the school through the years, with both coloured and black and white photographs.

Assesses the significance of the former site of regentville at Mulgoa Nature Reserve, in western Sydney NSW. It establishes that it is of State heritage significance. As part of the nature reserve it requires specific management under the NPWS Act 1974.

The third interim report on the Regentville Archaeological Field project. It presents an account of the May 1987 excavation and the preliminary analysis of the material excavated.

A major archaeological project was undertaken at the site of Sir John Jamison's manion Regentville in 1985 and 1986. The projct was a joint venture between the University of Sydney and University of New England.

This book traces the life of one of the great early Australians - Sir John Jamison. He was a man of high intellectual and practical endeavour. Over his lifetime, he was the friend of governors and convicts, be the latter servants or emancipists. He was a far-sighted visionary who had a profound i...