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 …
St. George in 1894
It comes as a shock to discover that there was once a time when otherwise knowledgeable citizens of Sydney had only a hazy notion where Rockdale, Kogarah and Hurstville were. Moreover, Banksia was not then in existence. The following press report, discovered by Mr. Phillip Geeves, describes our home suburbs in the St George District …
President’s Report for 2023-2024
Greetings fellow St. George Historical Society Inc members, Without doubt, this past year has proven to be the most logistically challenging yet reinvigorating year in the life of the St. George Historical Society Inc. for many, many years. The historical ‘jewel in Bayside City Council’s crown’ and the home of our society, Lydham Hall has …