Blue Plaques
Thomas Fiaschi
Dr Thomas Fiaschi (1853-1927) was a pioneering surgeon, distinguished military doctor and expert winemaker.
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Soldiers’ Riots
On Valentine’s Day 1916, soldiers from training camps in the Liverpool area rioted in protest at their conditions.
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Quong Tart 梅光達
Moy Quong Tart (1850–1903) was a successful restaurateur, tea and silk merchant, anti-opium campaigner, and philanthropist.
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Albert (Tibby) Cotter
Australian test cricketer Albert ‘Tibby’ Cotter (1883–1917) was one of Australia’s earliest masters of the art of fast bowling.
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Margaret Catchpole
Margaret Catchpole (1762–1819) was a servant, thief and engaging correspondent. Her writing is an important literary record of Australia’s early convict period.
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William and Ian Clunies Ross
William John Clunies Ross, a passionate scientist and teacher, helped shape modern-day Bathurst. His youngest son William Ian Clunies Ross became the Chair of the CSIRO.
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Chips Rafferty
Chips Rafferty (1909–1971) was one of Australia’s favourite movie stars in the years following the Second World War.
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William Morris (Billy) Hughes
William Morris (Billy) Hughes (1862–1952), remembered as the ‘Little Digger’, was Australia’s Prime Minister during the First World War. He established predecessors to the CSIRO and the Australian Federal Police.
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Daniel Gowing
Daniel Gowing (1812–1906) was an English farmer, businessman and philanthropist who developed businesses and transport links in Bega and Tathra.
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Dorothea Mackellar
Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968) penned the iconic words ‘I love a sunburnt country’ to describe the Australian landscape that captured her heart.
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Charmian Clift
Charmian Clift (1923-1969) was a writer best remembered for her witty and insightful essays published as a weekly newspaper column between 1964 and 1969.
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Dorothy Drain
Dorothy Simpson McGregor Drain (1909–1996) was one of Australia's leading journalists, best known for her role as the Editor of the Australian Women's Weekly.
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