Cliftoria is over 150 years old!!
Last weekend I attended a talk at the local library about the “Local Studies Photo Collection”, which is part of the Family History Month events. I discovered that while there […]
Last weekend I attended a talk at the local library about the “Local Studies Photo Collection”, which is part of the Family History Month events. I discovered that while there […]
I have discovered a picture of Cliftoria in an early magazine. The magazine was called The Home and was published quarterly. This picture was in the edition of 01st May […]
Original part of Goulburn Hospital “Erected A.D. 1887.” I have just discovered that the centenary of Cliftoria becoming a private hospital was only four years ago. Cliftoria was a hospital […]
Recently a document was discovered and scanned for the mighty Trove project at the National Library of Australian. It was “An architectural survey of Goulburn and District, New South Wales, […]
A little while ago some friends found a book at the Lifeline Book Fair about the history of Goulburn. It had a mention of Cliftoria in it. So they bought […]
On Australia Day (26 January 2016) I visited the St Clair Villa Museum (https://www.communityheritage.net.au/st-clair-villa), which is located down town. They were offering special tours of their kitchens. The local historical […]
The local Goulburn paper knew a good thing when they saw it and took the article written by Mary Gilmore that I posted earlier and rewrote it. It is […]
I discovered an article written in August 1937 about Cliftoria’s builder. It is really quite interesting. There is a bit about Daniel Kennedy, the plasterer/builder of Cliftoria, wife’s relatives. I […]
Taken c. 1928 I had sent a request to the local historical society over a month ago to see if they might have had a picture of Cliftoria. They […]
According to Grand Goulburn by Stephen J. Tazewell the builder (Daniel Kennedy) had named the house Cliftoria. All the advertisements and notices in the Goulburn Evening Penny Post also list […]