History: Arthur Blacket's connection with the Hawkesbury

By Cathy McHardy, Hawkesbury Historical Society
March 1 2021 - 12:00pm
An image of Arthur Blacket which appeared alongside his obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald, August 9, 1929.
An image of Arthur Blacket which appeared alongside his obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald, August 9, 1929.

Born in Oxford Street, Sydney in 1848, Arthur Blacket was the third child and eldest son of notable government architect Edmund Blacket and his wife Sarah Mease.