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Open Days at Woodford Academy

nsw 21 Oct 2023 - 10 Dec 2023
Built originally as a Roadside Inn in the 1830s, the property has had a multi-layered history, operating over the years as a gentleman’s residence, guest house, boarding house and from 1907 to 1936, a private classics college run by John McManamey. It is now a museum that offers not only
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Woodford Academy Book Festival

nsw 19 Aug 2023
The Woodford Academy collection contains around 1000 unique books dating from the 1860s to the 1970s. These include Latin text books, Belle Monde fashion books, early 20th Century Agricultural Gazettes, classic fiction, and political and religious pamphlets – an amazing diversity of subjects.  There will be talk on how many
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Woodford Academy’s Garden Celebration

nsw 16 Sep 2023
Woodford House was renowned for its orchards and pleasure gardens. The Academy is celebrating this long history with displays of garden memorabilia from the collection in conjunction with local garden groups. Notes from our archives show that the McManamey family grew Christmas Bells  ‘prolific around the Academy’, as well as
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