This photo of A.C. Curlewis of Hermsley estate was recently donated to our societies image collection He was the second eldest son of George Campbell Curlewis who selected the Hermesly estate land in 1838-39. Alfred Claribeaux Curlewis was one of the first students at...

Mr William E Thompson and his wife May Anne (Goodenough) along with their children resided at Clifton Springs Rd Drysdale during the nine

teenth century

William was a storekeeper and farmer who was also involved in many community associations

Many old documents were found...

A recent generous donation of an old bottle to our museum from guest speaker Russell Butcher has led us to make some notes on the life of a Drysdale chemist

Johann (John) Kruse was an inventive analytical chemist who owned many patents, he was one of the main insti...