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As Windsor approaches the bicentennial celebration (2010) of its naming by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in a little over a year, we will focus in this web issue upon Windsor’s history. We’ll highlight a few of the early colonial buildings located throughout Windsor and share with you a few humorous tales about each. Below you’ll find a list of our source materials. In the print “Historic Windsor Guide, we’ve included a short walk through the neighbourhoods on the north side of George Street, and through Court, Arndell and North Streets, neighbourhoods where unusual and charming early cottages sit behind picket or iron fences and are surrounded by flowering vegetation and mature trees. Copies of the print guide are available throughout greater Sydney, but you can always pick up a copy in Windsor at shops and cafés. “Suburban life” creeps closer and closer – growth and its inevitable change move in on Windsor, yet at this moment in 2009, Windsor retains the charm and individuality of a small historic town. Leafy public parks with picnic tables border the river. A leafy pedestrian mall with specialty shops, cafes and restaurants, bustling retail centres, a regional gallery and library complex and a regional historical museum are situated amidst heritage buildings from Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s day. Consequently, contemporary Windsor is a fusion – of the present, the recent past and long long ago, with the ancient river below. Meander through the many speciality shops on historic George Street, take in the wonderful collection of nineteenth-century relics at the museum, photograph the country’s oldest courthouse, or simply fish along the riverbank. Suddenly you find the time for cafés and contemplation, picnics and pubs, or walks with the lingering ghosts of hanged convicts. Windsor is an irreplaceable connection to our past.
Directions, Maps and Orientation Please note that the maps on this website are for illustrative purposes only. For detailed maps, visit the Hawkesbury Visitor Information Centre in Clarendon. Parking and public toilet facilities are indicated on the town map of Historic Windsor. Parking caution: along the river (The Terrace) parking hours are unlimited, but on many side streets, parking is limited to one hour. Otherwise, refer to the map for car parks that allow two- and four-hour parking. Caution: a diligent council ranger executes her job well. Hawkesbury Visitor Information Centre |
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