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25 February 2021
Clean Up Australia Day
Are you up for a challenge? Single use disposable items such as takeaway coffee cups, food packaging, masks and sanitised wipes are polluting our environment. Register your interest to join your local community at a clean-up site on Sunday 7 March.
eNews Survey
Help us improve your experience in staying up-to-date with all that's happening in your local area. All submissions are eligible for a chance to win 1 of 3 keep cups! Survey closes 5pm on Thursday 18 March.
Seen Green Cestrum?
Green Cestrum is a poisonous environmental weed and is currently flowering. If present in your garden, avoid touching with bare skin and look into control options. Contact Council's Biosecurity Officer at 9748 9999 for identification and control advice.
Covid Vaccines
The Federal Government's roll out of Covid-19 vaccines started this week. For more information about the vaccination, including when and how you can get it, please visit the Department of Health.
Greening Our City
Industrial areas and the people who work in them have everything to gain from more plants and trees. We'll be turning grey into green with a 'Living Laboratory' thanks to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and their Greening Our City grant!
eMagazines are Moving!
From Wednesday 3 March, Strathfield Library's electronic magazines will be moving to the OverDrive collection and will be available for discovery and use via the Libby App. Download your Libby App today!
Community News
ACU Collaborate Plus - Building Economic Resilience
The NSW Government is partnering with ACU to deliver grants of up to $250,000 for eligible businesses to commercialise their product or service that addresses the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Take advantage of this opportunity by submitting an expression of interest by 11.59pm Tuesday 9 March.
Throwback Thursday
Rex Hazlewood's Photographs
Photographer Rex Hazlewood was the son of land agent, David Hazlewood who built Verani at 24 Homebush Road in 1888. Rex spent some of his early years there before the family established a fruit growing business at Epping. In 1909 he began training for the Baptist ministry. While living in country NSW he became enthusiastic about photography. He served during WWI and was appointed an official war photographer late in the war. Among his local photographic commissions was a series of photos of the State Brickworks at Homebush. These are now in the collection of the State Library of NSW.
State Brickworks, Homebush 1911-12
Image courtesy of the State Library of NSW
