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By the early 1850s, news of a gold rush in Australia had reached southern China, sparking an influx in Chinese migration to Australia.It is thought...

In 1968 a young New Zealand couple, Bruce and Jan Rosemergy, on a grand tour of Europe – complete with an Austin Minivan – arrived at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, where they found something very special.

Kenneth McKenzie was 79 years old when war was declared in August 1914, so he was never a candidate for active service. Yet less than six months into the war he found a way to be useful when the NSW Red Cross Society launched an appeal for walking sticks for wounded soldiers.

Rouse Hill House contains a number of objects that reveal the close relationships between the families associated with the house and the Pearce family, particularly Norman Pearce and his fiancée, Kathleen Rouse.