Trees can add $50,000 value to a Sydney house, so you might want to put down that chainsaw Allowing residents to remove trees within three metres of buildings or ‘ancillary structures’ could dramatically alter the green infrastructure of dense inner Sydney suburbs like Rozelle. Tom Casey/Shutterstock Sara Wilkinson, University of Technology Sydney; Agnieszka Zalejska-Jonsson, KTH […]
The mansion ‘Bickley’ once stood on the corner of Albyn and Kingsland Road (20 Albyn Road). It was designed by architect George Sydney Jones and built for his aunt Helen Jones, widow of Edward Lloyd Jones, Chairman of David Jones & Co. ‘Bickley’ was one of the many homes built by members of the Jones, […]
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 […]
By Cathy Jones I received an email from John McClean about Toy Fisheries, a shop at Homebush. I have a photo (see above) dated 1962 but don’t know much about Toy Fisheries. So if anyone has some information, please add in comments: John says: I thought I would contact you about the now forgotten, but […]
The Strathfield-Homebush District Historical Society, with the support of Strathfield Council, have bid for community grants to build public art in Homebush to commemorate the former Homebush Racecourse. Sydney’s racecourse operated at Homebush until its move to Randwick. Today, there is no visual evidence of the racecourse. The Society have proposed developing a public art […]
