Category Archives: History

Berrima has a rich and fascinating history, as you’ll soon see.

Berrima Remembrance Grove

Between 1956 and 1965 Sir Cecil Hoskins and his team of supporters and volunteers planted out a 34 area site of the Sydney to Canberra Remembrance Driveway along the Hume Highway at Berrima. Queen Elizabeth inaugurated the Driveway project during … Continue reading

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ANZAC Day 2015 in Berrima

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Berrima’s War Memorial Oak Turns 125

The Berrima Residents Association, Harper’s Mansion and the National Trust recently marked the 125 anniversary of the planting by Sir Henry Parkes of Berrima’s War Memorial Oak Tree. Known as the ‘Father of Federation”, Sir Henry had travelled by express train to Bowral, … Continue reading

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