Protected: Orphanages and welfare housing

‘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

Strathfield-Homebush District Historical Society

Historical Society for the Strathfield and Homebush Districts

Protected: Orphanages and welfare housing