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Joseph Davis, From Lidham Hill to Lydham Hall; Presenter: Janette Pelosi, 20 April 2024 Joseph Davis was a significant figure in the early history of the St George District. He is known today as the original owner of the historic villa Lydham Hall located in the Bayside Council area.

Daceyville: Ideals and Lived Realities in a Garden Suburb; Presenter: Ian Hoskins, 19 October 2024 The housing crisis of the 2020s is not Australia’s first. Daceyville was the showcase project of the early 20th century; the government-funded ‘garden suburb’ planned and built by the NSW Housing Board on Sydney’s south eastern fringe over a decade from 1911 to serve as a model of sound urban development. The history of that remarkable project provides insights into the thinking that made such an enterprise possible, and perhaps the attitudes that have led to the current housing impasse.