Collection: Local AV

Interview recorded with Mrs Vera Turner, about her work at Balgay Cannery. She started as a seasonal worker in the 1960s, but was later taken on as a fulltime employee. Mrs Turner talks about the various processes within the factory, working conditions and accidents, making jam, various sections...

Powerpoint presentation of the streetscape and improvements of the St Marys town centre especially Queen Street

Interview recorded with Bessie Lee (nee Parkin), February 1986 at St Marys.

Interview recorded with Betty Hargreaves, 13 February 2009 at Emu Plains

Video footage of the official launch of the celebrations of the Bicentenary of the first European Crossing of the Blue Mountains, held in Penrith 2013.

Bicentennial games held in Penrith, event put on by the children of Jamisontown Public School and York Public School.

Bill Flynn talks about his work at the factory - he started work in the accounting section in 1945.

Interview recorded with William (Bill) Vincent Hardy, at Glenmore Park, Penrith

Re-enactment commemorating the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth in 1813. Re-enactment and celebrations was part of the Commonwealth Jubilee. Recorded by the ABC in Sydney on 7 June 1951.

A project to capture the reminiscences of residents of Luddenham/Badgerys creek - the location of the proposed Western Sydney Airport. Interview recorded 24 May 2017.