Strathfield-Homebush District Historical Society – Historical Society for the Strathfield and Homebush Districts

Historic Houses Talk – sold out

January 9, 2023 — 0 Comments

Albert Road aerial 1922

Historic Houses Exhibit, Talk & Afternoon Tea

December 20, 2022 — 0 Comments

NSW Government auction of ‘Arnott Holme’ Albert Rd Strathfield

August 26, 2022 — 5 Comments

Strathfield Industrial Heritage Exhibition

June 2, 2022 — 0 Comments

Cancelled Historic Houses exhibition Talk 6 Feb 2022

December 23, 2021 — 0 Comments

Exhibitions, Heritage

Historic Houses of Strathfield Exhibition 2021

November 29, 2021 — 2 Comments

Request IHO – ‘Konubia’ 40 Beresford Road Strathfield

November 23, 2021 — 4 Comments

Newsletter Sept-Oct 2021 – St Ann’s Village and Church

October 7, 2021 — 0 Comments

Q&A session – Talk on Strathfield History

September 13, 2021 — 0 Comments

Natural Environment, Tours, Wetlands

Throwback – Historical Society 2005 Tour of Mason Park Wetlands

September 10, 2021 — 0 Comments

Submission – Proposal to rename Belfield

September 8, 2021 — 0 Comments

Newsletter July-August 2021 Belfield: Suburb History

August 11, 2021 — 0 Comments

Historic Houses of Strathfield exhibition

July 28, 2021 — 0 Comments

Newsletter May-June 2021 Railway Station Estate Strathfield

June 17, 2021 — 0 Comments

WWI Exhibition Strathfield Library

Memorials, News, Projects

WWI Exhibition Strathfield Library

June 17, 2021 — 0 Comments

Newsletter – Railway Station Estate – May-June 2021

June 8, 2021 — 0 Comments

Exhibition Strathfield Answers the Call 1914-1918

April 30, 2021 — 0 Comments

WWI Exhibition – delayed

March 18, 2020 — 0 Comments

Submission re: Relocation of Homebush War Memorial

September 4, 2019 — 0 Comments

Memorials, People

Doreen Rich

August 20, 2019 — 1 Comment

Development Application

Objection to demolition of 7 Albyn Road

August 2, 2019 — 0 Comments

Development Application

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

July 29, 2019 — 0 Comments

‘Ingleburn’ Kingsland Rd Strathfield & Alfred Newman

By Cathy Jones ‘Ingleburn’ 13-15 Kingsland Road Strathfield is a Federation Bungalow style house featuring a gabled slate roof. The house was designed by its owner architect Alfred Gambier Newman and built 1913-1914. Newman was a well known and prolific architect producing a wide array of designs, particularly for the Methodist Church and the Vickery […]

Phyllis Rogers Arnott, early aviator

Calling anyone who can help out. Steve Carter, an aviation historian, located near Ballarat in Victoria is seeking any information on Phyllis Arnott, an early Australian Aviatrix. If you can help or have contacts, Email:- mosscar1207@gmail.com Phyllis Rogers Arnott (1907-2002) was the first Australian woman to take a commercial pilot’s licence ‘B’ in 1931 (SMH 24/2/1931 […]

Strathfield-Homebush Congregational Church

By Cathy Jones (2023) A number of Strathfield’s early residents were members of the Congregational Church. The first Congregational Church in the Strathfield district was built in 1873 at Druitt Town, an area that was located in the south west of the suburb of Strathfield. The Strathfield-Homebush Congregational Church was built in 1883 on the […]

Historic Houses Talk – Sold Out

The Historic Houses of Strathfield exhibition is open until 22 January 2023 at the Ironbark Gallery, Strathfield Council Library & Innovation Hub. Entry is free and the exhibition is open during the Library opening hours. Historic Houses of Strathfield explores the rise of the mansion houses in late 19th century and their eventual fate in the 20th […]

Historic Houses Exhibit, Talk & Afternoon Tea

Historic Houses Exhibit, Talk and Afternoon Tea. Strathfield Library December 2022 to January 2023. Talk & Tea on 22 January 2023