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The Life Of St. George, The Patron Soldier-Saint of England
Observations made by Mr. Charles C. Brown, Pymble (formerly Councillor and Hon. Treasurer of the Sydney Branch now in Suspense having operating in Sydney from 1912 to 1962) at the gathering held at Wunderlich Ltd. (Modelling Dept.) Redfern on 8th December 1965, arranged by James, Douglas and Associates, Sydney, as to whether he was real …
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Rising Damp
An extract from Rising Damp: Sydney 1870-90 by Shirley Fitzgerald To the south of the city, the Illawarra line, opened in 1884, generated a second set of new suburbs. Marrickville, south of Petersham did not lie on the railway line, but benefited from its position between the two lines. Its population, which rose from 3500 …
Pioneers of West Botany
by Margaret Dunsmore John AndrewsWilliam BerghoferJohn IliffeWilliam Anthony de Jean IliffeThe Rosevale Nurseries – Rocky Point Road, Cook’s RiverThomas & Mary Morse John Andrews, born in London in 1828, came to Sydney as a young man of 21 years of age and to live at the place later to be called Rockdale. For fifty five …
Shady Nook, Brighton Le Sands
by Gifford and Eileen Eardley Prior to the advent of surf-bathing it was customary for the citizens of Sydney and the metropolis generally to spend their weekends at one of the many watering places, as they were termed, located around the foreshores of Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay. At Botany, adjacent to the Cooks River …