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      • Sands Burwood Directory 1869
      • Sands Burwood Directory 1870
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      • Sands Strathfield & Homebush 1879
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      • Sands Strathfield & Homebush directory 1882
      • Sands Strathfield Directory 1886
      • Strathfield Sands Directory 1887
  • Housing
    • Demolished Houses of Strathfield
      • ‘Ardross’ and ‘Ovalau’
      • ‘Bickley’ Albyn Road
      • ‘Dalmeny’ 18 Wakeford Road
      • ‘Glen Ayr’ The Boulevarde Strathfield
      • ‘Milroy’, ‘Elwood House’ and ‘Chepstowe’, Albert Rd
        • “Milroy” Strathfield – photo gallery
      • ‘Oroya’ Private Hospital Strathfield
      • ‘Silwood’ formerly The Boulevarde
      • ‘Swanton’ Victoria St
      • ‘Wynola’ (the White House) Chalmers Road
      • Strathfield House
    • Federation Housing in Strathfield
      • “Winkurra” Florence St
      • ‘Bellevue’ 8-10 Victoria Street
      • ‘Brantwood’ 77-79 Redmyre Rd
      • ‘Camden Lodge’ 102 Burlington Rd Homebush
      • ‘Darenth’ Albyn Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Halsbury’ 12-14 Albyn Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Inglemere’ Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Inglethorpe’ 95 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Lauriston’ The Boulevarde
      • ‘Virginia’ Redmyre Rd
      • “Stockman Manor” 91-93 Abbotsford Rd
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      • ‘Somerset’ The Boulevarde Stratfield
    • Strathfield South Public Housing Project
    • Victorian Housing in Strathfield
      • ‘Agincourt’ Albert Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Broughlea’ 82 Abbotsford Rd Homebush
      • ‘Brunyarra’ The Boulevarde Strathfield
      • ‘Fairholm’, Cotswold Road Strathfield
      • ‘Greystanes’ 101-103 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Hawthorne’ Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Steephurst’ 22-24 Albyn Rd Strathfield
      • ‘The Braes’ 71 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Tuxedo’ 87-89 Albert Road Strathfield
      • ‘Woodstock’ 88-94 Redmyre Rd Strathfield
      • Seven Oaks Farm
  • Industry and Commerce
    • Arnott’s Biscuits Homebush
    • Columbia Grammophone/EMI Records Homebush
    • Former Ford Factory, Homebush
    • Jackett’s Flour Mills
    • Kell and Rigby Builders
    • Shipwrecks of Homebush Bay
  • Local Government
    • Former Enfield Council
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        • Ebenzer Ford
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        • George Bressington
        • Thomas Dalton
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      • Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Strathfield Council
        • Albert Allen
        • Arthur Lowndes
        • Benjamin Gelling
        • Beresford Calverley
        • Bill Boyce
        • Charles Capper
        • Clarrie Edwards
        • Colin Hudson
        • Ernest Laurence
        • Eve Dutton
        • Frank Zions
        • Frederick Parsons
        • Frederick Wallis
        • George Davey
        • George Hardie
        • Harvey Ford
        • James Smith
        • John Curnow
        • John Hinchcliff
        • John Price
        • Laurel O’Toole
        • Leo O’Donnell
        • Mayoral trivia
        • Percy Shortland
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        • Thomas Dickson
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        • William Dunlop
      • Strathfield Council – history of council amalgamations
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        • Strathfield Chambers and Town Hall slideshow
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  • Parks and Reserves
    • Airey Park
    • Coronation Arch and Reserve
    • Edwards Park
    • Ford Park
    • Freshwater Park
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    • Mason Park Wetlands
    • Melville Reserve, Homebush West
    • Names of Strathfield Parks and Reserves
    • Strathfield Park
    • Wallis Reserve
  • People
    • Biographies
      • Alexander (AWS) Gregg
      • Arnott Family
      • Charles Carey Lance
      • Charles Moore Kellick
      • Charles Slatyer
      • Daphne Akhurst
      • David Jones family in Strathfield
      • Dr George Sly
      • Frederick Peters
      • George Sydney Jones
      • George Todman
      • Harry Hopman
      • Harry Kent
      • Henry Gorman
      • James Wilshire
      • John Pomeroy
      • John Spencer Brunton
      • Josephine Marks
      • Louie Bickerton
      • Randolph Nott
      • Samuel Hordern
      • Sylvia Lance
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      • Strathfield Population Data
    • Memories & Oral History
      • Early Days in Homebush – Mrs E Mansfield
      • Elizabeth Ward Recollections
      • Eva Short Recollections
      • Jean Farncomb Recollections
      • Keary’s Corner – Memories of Strathfield
      • Memories of Bob Slater
      • Mrs Irene McEgan 1890
      • Recollections of C A Henderson Sydney to Homebush 1855
      • Reminiscing War Time Strathfield
  • Places
    • Belfield
      • Belfield – land grants
    • Churches
      • Carrington Ave Uniting Church
      • Former St Columbia’s Church Homebush West
      • St Ann’s Catholic Church Strathfield South
      • St Anne’s Anglican Church Strathfield
      • St Martha’s Church and School Strathfield
      • St Thomas Anglican Church Enfield
      • The Parish of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church
      • Trinity Uniting Church
    • Cooks River Strathfield – timeline
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    • Druitt Town
    • Early descriptions of Strathfield
    • Homebush West and Flemington
    • Liberty Plains
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      • Strathfield
        • Judge Josephson’s Land
        • Origin of the name ‘Strathfield’
        • Stories and Myths about Strathfield
        • The Echo 1890
      • Streetnames
        • Abbotsford Road Homebush
        • Albert Road Strathfield
        • Allenby Crescent, Strathfield
        • Carrington Avenue Strathfield
        • Greenacre
        • Homebush Road Strathfield
        • Know your street – Homebush West Streetnames
        • Know your street – Merley Road Strathfield
        • Redmyre Road Strathfield
        • Renamed and Discontinued streetnames
        • Tiptree Avenue Strathfield
    • Rookwood Cemetery
      • Rookwood Cemetery Searches
    • Schools
      • ‘Mount Royal’ Australian Catholic University
      • Former Leigh College
      • Santa Sabina College – Holyrood
    • Strathfield Land Grants
    • Strathfield Massacre
    • Aboriginal history of Strathfield district
  • Town Centres, shops and recreation
    • Arnott’s Bakehouse Quarter
    • Cave Road Precinct
    • Cinemas of Strathfield
      • Strathfield Melba Theatre
    • Enfield Savoy Cinema
    • Homebush Cinema
    • Homebush North Shops
    • Homebush Town Centre
    • Horse & Jockey Hotel Homebush
    • Keary’s Corner Strathfield
    • Strathfield Town Centre
      • Strathfield Town Centre Photo Gallery
    • Vic’s Cabaret
  • Transport
    • Enfield to Mortlake and Cabarita Tramway
    • Redfern Rail Accident 1894
    • Service Stations in Strathfield
    • Strathfield and Homebush Rail History
    • Roads
  • War Memorials
    • Enfield War Memorial
    • Homebush War Memorial
    • Homebush West War Memorials
    • Strathfield War Memorial
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‘Shackleton’s Corner’ Henley Road Homebush West

Wallis Reserve December 1960
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Wallis Reserve Strathfield

'Wawona' 96 Albyn Road Strathfield Photo 1916
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‘Wawona’ Albyn Road Strathfield

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‘Quisiana’ 81 Homebush Road Strathfield

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‘Milroy’ Albert Road Strathfield

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High Street Butcher and Grocery

The Boulevarde 1888 illustration from Australian Town & Country Journal
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The Boulevarde Strathfield

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New Franklins Shop Strathfield 1981

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‘Bellevue’ 8-10 Victoria St Strathfield

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Redmyre Rd Service Station

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Rebuilding of Strathfield Station 1927

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Homebush War Memorial

Coronation Arch Strathfield South 1936. Photo appeared in the Enfield Municipal Council Annual Report 1936.
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Coronation Arch, Strathfield South

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Strathfield Rail Station

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‘Tuxedo’ 87-89 Albert Road Strathfield

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Flashback – Strathfield Square 1992

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“Lynton” The Boulevarde Strathfield

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Seven Miles from Sydney

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Kessell Square 1947

"Oroya" Private Hospital, Strathfield
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Need a doctor or dentist? Move to Strathfield!

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Seven Oaks Farm

Photo: https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/daphne-akhurst/
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Daphne Akhurst – Australian Women’s Tennis Open

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Strathfield House

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The White House Strathfield

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‘Agincourt’ Albert Rd Strathfield

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Whelan’s Strathfield Hotel

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Christmas in Strathfield

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Arnott’s Rail Bridge Homebush

Strathfield Post Office 1910
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Strathfield Post Office

ES&A Bank, The Boulevarde, Strathfield, 1916
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ES&A Bank (ANZ Bank) Strathfield

Crossways Hotel, 2017. Photograph: Cathy Jones
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Crossways Hotel, Liverpool Road, Strathfield South

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Albert Road Strathfield

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Strathfield Shops 1962

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Redmyre Road – 1959 road construction

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Stirling Henry Limited Flemington

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‘Oroya’ Private Hospital Strathfield

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Redmyre Road Intersection

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Birnam Wood

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Parramatta Road, Homebush shops

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Enfield to Goulburn Bicycle race

Austin Playground c.1970
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Austin Park Homebush West

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Enfield Savoy Revisited

Union Recreation Club - Town and Country Journal Strathfield - 1888
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Union Recreation Club of Strathfield

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‘The Broadway’ Liverpool Road

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Game Hunters of Strathfield

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Call for donations of photos or maps of Strathfield and Homebush

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Know your street – Churchill Avenue Strathfield

Little Boy from Manly - illustrated by Norman Lindsay. Copyright - pubic domain
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From “Little Boy from Manly” to Mayor of Strathfield

Ford Assembly Plant, Parramatta Road, Homebush 1937. RAHS / Adastra Aerial Photography Collection. No Known copyright restrictions.
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Ford Factory Homebush

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‘Verani’ 24 Homebush Road Strathfield

08/06/2018 Cathy Jones

Request for info

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Strathfield Council – 133 year anniversary

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