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    • Directories
      • Sands Burwood Directory 1869
      • Sands Burwood Directory 1870
      • Sands Enfield Directory 1870
      • Sands Homebush Directory 1884
      • Sands Strathfield & Homebush 1879
      • Sands Strathfield & Homebush Directory 1880
      • 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
    • Find the name of your house in Strathfield
    • Flats, Apartments and Units in Strathfield
    • Historic Housing Styles in Strathfield
    • House Names in Strathfield
    • Interwar Housing in Strathfield
      • ‘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
      • Enfield Council Chambers
      • First Enfield Council meeting
      • Mayors of Enfield Municipal Council
        • Ebenzer Ford
        • Henry Pilcher
        • Thomas Hodson
    • Former Homebush Council
      • Homebush Council – Aldermen
      • Homebush Council – Dates of Elections
      • Homebush Council – Town Clerks
      • Mayors of Homebush Council
        • George Bressington
        • Thomas Dalton
    • Strathfield Council
      • 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
        • Mayor facts
        • Percy Shortland
        • Photos
        • Stanley Nelson Hedges
        • Thomas Dickson
        • Thomas McKenzie
        • Wilheim von der Heyde
        • William Dunlop
      • Strathfield Council – history of council amalgamations
      • Strathfield Council Chambers and Town Hall
        • Strathfield Chambers and Town Hall slideshow
      • Women on Strathfield Council
  • Parks and Reserves
    • Airey Park Homebush
    • Coronation Arch and Reserve
    • Edwards Park
    • Ford Park
    • Freshwater Park
    • Homebush Racecourse
    • 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
    • Demographics
      • 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
      • Cooks River – memories project
      • Cooks River photos and images
    • Druitt Town
    • Early descriptions of Strathfield
    • Homebush West and Flemington
    • Liberty Plains
    • Localities
      • 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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Chain of Ponds Reserve

  By Cathy Jones The Chain of Ponds Reserve is one of the Cooks River foreshore parks in Strathfield located

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Arnotts Biscuits Homebush

By Cathy Jones The Arnotts Biscuit Factory operated at Homebush from 1908 to 1997, when it was relocated to Huntingwood. 

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