Welcome to the Patonga Project website.
Patonga has a incredible history that needs to be preserved. The Patonga Project allows residents and visitors to upload stories and photographs to be displayed at various exhibitions throughout the year.
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Patonga’s very own repository for historical images, stories and recollections.
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Myles Joseph DUNPHY (1891–1996),
Regarded as the father of conservation in NSW In looking through land titles for Patonga we came across the name Myles Joseph DUNPHY who had purchased in May 1934, Lot 5 in Bay Street. The title described Mr DUNPHY as being an architect from Mortdale. Some further digging identified that Mr Dunphy had been an influential …
The Musical Policeman –
In 1973 Mendelssohn Bartholdy MILLER, and his wife Marion purchased Lot 52 in Nalya Avenue. With such an interesting name it begged further investigation. The unusual name came about as a result of his father described by Miller as being a Professor of Music at the age of 20. His sibling received the Christian names of “Amadeus Beethoven …
From Darwin Botanical Gardens to Patonga?
How did this happen? How did an Englishman working as the curator of the Darwin Botanical Gardens get to purchase land in Patonga? Charles Ernest Frank ALLEN was born on the 2nd of July 1876 in Wimbledon in the county of Oxford, England. Before his arrival in Australia, C. E. F Allen spent some time working …
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Patonga Project
c/o Patonga Progress Hall
6 Brisk Street, Patonga NSW 2256
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