Where is GRC Peakhurst Campus?
GRC Peakhurst Campus is located in the Southern Suburbs of Sydney, just north of the Georges River.
The History of the Local Area
1843 - Major Thomas Mitchell starts constructing Mitchell's Line of Road to the south.
1850 - Michael Gannon acquires John Townson's grant for £732 and the area becomes known as Gannon's Forest.
1856 - The first Wesleyan Church in Peakhurst - used as a school until 1877.
1877 - The first Peakhurst Public School built on Forest Road.
A stone from the original school building now found on the eastern end of 'E' Block
Building commenced in 1876 and opened in 1877
1882 - The appointment of the first policeman to the district.
1885 - The first Post Office established in Peakhurst.
1929 - The second Peakhurst Public School built in Bonds Road.
1947 - Olds Park, on Forest Road, Penshurst dedicated.
1965 - H V Evatt Park, Lugarno opens.
1988 - Proclamation of Hurstville as a city 25 November.
For more details on the History of the local area then click here to visit Hurstville Library
Who was Michael Gannon, that they named Gannon's Park across the road from the school, after him?
Where is the Forest that Forest Road is named after?
How did Peakhurst get its name?
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