Kogarah Local History Prize
The Kogarah Historical Society has established annual local history awards for the purpose of encouraging the research and recording of events in our district’s past. Entries focussed on events or past personalities relating to any historical aspect of Kogarah or the Georges River Council Area.
The announcement of winners of the 2018 awards and presentation of prizes took place on 14 June 2018. The entrants were:
Prizewinners
Fists at Frog Hollow (Sue Castrique)
Stan O’Brien – Local Kogarah Citizen (Monica O’Brien)
The Building of St Raphael’s Church School (Rosie Gould)
entries can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate title.
Highly Commended
Kogarah’s War Memorial (Betty Goodyer)
Certificate of Participation
Shiela Knight Carey: from St.Albans to Kogarah – A Life of Service (Liliana Mitreska)
The Blue Building (Shopfront Theatre) (Chiara D’Ercole)
A History of Freemasonry in Kogarah and Lodge Kogarah No.305 (Graeme Gwilliam)
Kogarah’s Law Courts (Alan Powditch)
History of my Community Involvement (Anne Field)
Freemasonry in Kogarah/Hurstville (Robert McGarn)
Anzac Angels (Barry Johnson)
Diary of a Nut Researcher (Olga Sedneva)
Helen Blanch Ford (Nicole Blay & Janette Pelosi)
Coming back to Country (Les Bursill)
The Naming of Port Hacking (Les Bursill)
McRae’s Estate (Bryan Bateman)
Number 5 Lily Street, Allawah (A.Richards)