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  • Buildings
    • Demolished Houses of Strathfield
      • ‘Ardross’ and ‘Ovalau’
      • ‘Bickley’ Albyn Road
      • ‘Dalmeny’ 18 Wakeford Road Strathfield
      • ‘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
      • ‘Lauriston’ The Boulevarde
    • 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
    • Strathfield South Public Housing Project
    • Victorian Housing in Strathfield
      • ‘Fairholm’, Cotswold Road Strathfield
      • Seven Oaks Farm
  • Historic Maps
    • 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
  • 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
      • Women on Strathfield Council
  • Parks and Reserves
    • Airey Park Homebush
    • Bark Huts Reserve, Belfield
    • Begnell Field Belfield
    • Cooke Park Belfield
    • Coronation Arch and Reserve
    • Edwards Park
    • Ford Park, Strathfield South
    • Freshwater Park Strathfield
    • Homebush Racecourse
    • Hudson Park
    • Mason Park Wetlands
    • Melville Reserve, Homebush West
    • Names of Strathfield Parks and Reserves
    • Strathfield Park
    • Wallis Reserve Strathfield
  • 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 (Cozens)
      • 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
    • Rookwood Cemetery
      • Rookwood Cemetery Searches
    • Schools
      • ‘Mount Royal’ Australian Catholic University
      • Former Leigh College
      • Santa Sabina College – Holyrood
    • Strathfield
      • Judge Josephson’s Land
      • Origin of the name ‘Strathfield’
      • Stories and Myths about Strathfield
      • The Echo 1890
    • Strathfield Land Grants
    • Strathfield Massacre
    • Aboriginal history of Strathfield district
  • Streets
    • Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Allawah’ 45 Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Badgelly’ 53 Abbotsford Rd Homebush
      • ‘Broughlea’ 82 Abbotsford Rd Homebush
      • ‘Glen Marvis’ 59-61 Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Goongirwarrie’ 55-57 Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Hawthorne’ 78-80 Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Inglemere’ Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Strathayne’ 60 Abbotsford Road Homebush
      • ‘Wyreema’ 41 Abbotsford Rd Homebush
      • Abbotsford Rd Homebush- part 1
      • ‘Gowan Brae’62 Abbotsford Rd Homebush
      • ‘Mycumbene’ 51 Abbotsford Rd Homebush
      • “Stockman Manor” 91-93 Abbotsford Rd
    • Albert Road Strathfield
      • ‘Agincourt’ Albert Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Tuxedo’ 87-89 Albert Road Strathfield
    • Albyn Road Strathfield
      • ‘Bickley’ and former 20 Albyn Road Strathfield
      • ‘Darenth’ Albyn Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Halsbury’ 12-14 Albyn Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Steephurst’ 22-24 Albyn Rd Strathfield
      • ‘Yalemba’ 7 Albyn Road Strathfield
    • Allenby Crescent, Strathfield
    • Birnam Grove Strathfield
    • Burlington Road Homebush
      • ‘Camden Lodge’ 102 Burlington Rd Homebush
      • ‘Finchley’ 61 Burlington Road Homebush
    • Carrington Avenue Strathfield
    • Churchill Avenue Strathfield
    • Coventry Road Strathfield
    • Elwin Street Strathfield
    • Greenacre
    • Hammersmith Road Homebush West
    • Homebush Road Strathfield
      • ‘Swanswick’ 160 Homebush Road Strathfield
    • Homebush West Streetnames
    • Meredith Street Homebush
    • Merley Road Strathfield
    • Newton Road Strathfield
      • 23 Newton Road Strathfield
      • “Sutherwold” 25 Newton Road Strathfield
    • Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Belcutha’ 61 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Brantwood’ 77-79 Redmyre Rd
      • ‘Cheyne’ 21 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Eurona’ 27 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Greystanes’ 101-103 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Inglethorpe’ 95 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Marroa’ 23 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Napoli Villa’ 86 Redmyre Road
      • ‘Springfort’ 108 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘The Braes’ 71 Redmyre Road Strathfield
      • ‘Virginia’ Redmyre Rd
      • ‘Woodstock’ 88-94 Redmyre Rd Strathfield
    • Renamed and Discontinued streetnames
    • The Boulevarde, Strathfield
      • ‘Brunyarra’ The Boulevarde Strathfield
      • ‘Somerset’ The Boulevarde Stratfield
    • Tiptree Avenue Strathfield
    • Torrington Rd Strathfield
  • Town Centres, shops and recreation
    • Arnott’s Bakehouse Quarter
    • Cave Road Strathfield 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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Strathfield Sth Bowling Club 2003. Photo Cathy Jones 2003

Strathfield South Bowling Club

28/11/2019 Cathy Jones

By Cathy Jones The South Strathfield Bowling Club was located in Thew Reserve, 44 Augusta Street Strathfield.  Since the closure of the Bowling Club in

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Kessell Square Strathfield

02/07/2019 Cathy Jones

Kessell Square is a public recreation area dedicated as part of the ‘Crown of Strathfield’ subdivision in 1923, which involved the subdivision of building sites

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Strathfield Park – Cottage

07/01/2019 Cathy Jones

Whatever happened to the cottage in Strathfield Park?

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Strathfield Park

03/01/2019 Cathy Jones

By Cathy Jones Some photographs of Strathfield Park from 1974. The photo showing the road would appear to be Homebush Road. In the bottom photograph,

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Coronation Playground, Homebush

11/09/2018 Cathy Jones

by Cathy Jones Coronation Playground was located on Underwood Road at Homebush. The Park site was acquired for the development of the F4 (now M4/Westconnex)

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Austin Playground c.1970

Austin Park Homebush West

09/07/2017 Cathy Jones

Austin Park, Marlborough Road Homebush West was built in 1919 and designed to be a playground for children.  In 1928, Homebush Council resolved to call

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Submission re: Relocation of Homebush War Memorial

Submission re: Relocation of Homebush War Memorial

Strathfield Council recently requested the Strathfield-Homebush District Historical Society provide comments on a proposal to relocate the Homebush War Memorial from its current location.  The Society does not support this proposal.  The submission to Council was sent on 3 September 2019. Submission re relocation of Homebush War Memorial

Doreen Rich

Doreen Rich

Doreen Rich, a long term resident of Strathfield and former President of the Strathfield District Historical Society passed away on July 31, 2019.  She more recently was living near Taree NSW.  Doreen invested significant time and effort into recording and conserving Strathfield’s history and served for many years as the Society’s President.  Condolences are extended […]

Objection to demolition of 7 Albyn Road

Objection to demolition of 7 Albyn Road

The Society lodged a submission objecting to DA2019/ at 7 Albyn Road Strathfield concerning the demolition of a house in a heritage conservation area, which contributes to the heritage area and should not be demolished. Submission Objection to demolish 7 Albyn Road  

Submission – Objection to DA 2019/026 – 55-57 Abbotsford Road Homebush

Submission – Objection to DA 2019/026 – 55-57 Abbotsford Road Homebush

Objection to a development proposal for 29 room boarding house addition to a heritage item in the Abbotsford Rd Heritage Conservation Area Homebush

Oral history projects

The  Society has been awarded a grant from Strathfield Council to conduct oral histories of persons relevant to the development of the history of the Strathfield And Homebush area. This project is ongoing and will be completed in 2020

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