Your history

Find historic reports, photos, files, publications, documents, newspapers and other historic items Auburn Library, Merrylands Library and online.

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A historical timeline for the Cumberland area pre-1788 to 2020.

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Discover your own family history with a wide range of local resources and links to third party databases.

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Revisit the past with our collection of old photos and documents and the Cumberland Times Local Studies blog.

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A brief history of past council's in the local area.

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Find out about the Cumberland area history – including when and how suburbs were established.

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There are a number of historic buildings in the area, the earliest of which date back to the 1840s.

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Dig deeper into our regional history. Speak to or join one of the historical groups or societies in the area.

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