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      • Strathfield Town Centre – Our Place Our Future
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      • Mayor Edward Austin, Homebush Council
      • Wynola Estate, 1925
      • Coo-ee March through Homebush, 1915
      • Mayor Thomas Dalton, Homebush Council
      • Strathfield War Memorial’s Centenary
      • Mintaro Estate, 1912
      • Happy 50th Birthday, Sydney Markets!
      • Mooredean/Ercildoune, 57-59 Burlington Road Homebush
      • 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Pacific
      • Alderman William Herrick
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      • Thumper of Ravenna Street
      • The Mandemar Estate, Homebush West
      • Celebrating Strathfield: 140 Years
      • Sherleigh 13 (formerly 7) Abbotsford Road, Homebush
      • Scout Camp, Birnam Wood, 1912
      • Henry Talbot (Bunny) Hammond (1895-1982)
      • Warden Selby Prentice (1886-1969)
      • Margaret (Peggy) Dircks (1917-1992)
      • Major Clara Jane Shumack (1899-1974)
      • Isador (Moses Isidore) Goodman (1909-1982)
      • Mountain View Estate
      • Daphne Akhurst and the Australian Open
      • Greysteins and Edgecumbe, Churchill Avenue
      • Arnott's Christmas Cakes and Puddings
      • Centenary of St Martha's Church and School
      • Jacaranda Time
      • The Battles of Leyte Gulf (1944) and Lingayen Gulf (1945)
      • The Briars and Meriden School
      • Premier George Reid's Kangaroo
      • Enfield Council Staff, 1937
      • Marking Time
      • 81 Water Street, Strathfield South
      • First Mayor of Homebush, Harry Neville Kite
      • A Silver Trowel
      • Lion Tile Co. Subdivision, 1990
      • Strathfield First Day Cover 1984
      • William Beard, Hardware Merchant and Author
      • Harmsworth 86 Homebush Road, Strathfield
      • Message in a Bottle
      • Smallpox in Druitt Town, 1881
      • Connect with our Oral Histories
      • Happy 20th Birthday, Strathfield Library!
      • Composer and Lyricist, Dorothy Dodd (1921-2006)
      • Avon 145 Coronation Parade, Strathfield South
      • Flemington (Homebush West) Public School, 1942
      • Moore’s Bridge
      • Train and Cart Collision, Homebush Station 1883
      • Christmas in Strathfield Square, 1959
      • Flooding in Pemberton Street, 1959
      • Returned Services Balls in Strathfield Town Hall
      • Wartime Blackout, 1941
      • Strathfield Town Hall’s Early Charity Balls
      • Musician, Marcus Burkitt (1903-1974)
      • Ten Mile Hill
      • House Stuck on Bridge!
      • Corrard/Haeremai, 78-80 Broughton Road, Homebush
      • Roadworks on Redmyre and Homebush Roads, 1959
      • Parramatta Road Car Yard, 1964
      • Oldsmobile v Roller
      • Hector of Homebush
      • Cricketer, Bill O’Reilly and the Lion Tile Co.
      • Strathfield’s Model Railway
      • The Homebush Galop
      • Coronation Arch Unveiling, 5 June 1937
      • Enfield Council Chambers and War Memorial, 1934
      • The Strathfield and Burwood Spitfire Fund
      • Aileen Alpen, Foreign Correspondent
      • Matron Lucy Applewhaite Hicks
      • Up, Up and Away!
      • War Service Homes
      • A Tennis Party Poisoning
      • A Homebush Plane Crash, 1949
      • Christmas Cheer, 1932
      • Artist, Edward Bevan
      • Homebush Council Chambers
      • The Canberra Air Disaster, 1940
      • Ancestry Library Edition Workshop
      • A Bee in the Bonnet
      • George Kerslake’s Gardens
      • The Queen’s Cup
      • Parramatta Road, Concord, 1940
      • Homebush Postman, Mordey (Banjo) Pattinson
      • Langham/St Neot
      • The Homebush Saleyards
      • Arnott’s Biscuits and Columbia Gramophone Factory
      • W. Hermon Slade/Polymer – Industrial Chemists
      • Stirling Henry Ltd. – Textile Manufacturers
      • Minding Our Business in Homebush West
      • A Home of Their Own in Homebush West, 1950
      • The Maudholme Estate
      • Pemberton Street, Strathfield, 1947
      • WWII War Correspondent, Alan Hulls
      • Strathfield South c.1940
      • Soprano, Rosina Pinhey
      • Rachel Prentice
      • The Weatherly Sisters
      • The Curious Case of Constance Kent
      • Aerodome
      • Parramatta Road, Homebush, 1929
      • Ashby-Z and the Reverend Soo Hoo Ten
      • Santa and the Drover
      • Strathfield South Shops, 1937
      • Parramatta Road, Homebush, 1928
      • Major Marr and the 1st Anzac Wireless Signal Squadron
      • The Hotel Homebush
      • Strathfield Station c.1915
      • Thomas Henry Roberts
      • Who Do You Think You Are?  Jeff Fatt, the Purple Wiggle
      • The Popular Dancers’ Competition of 1928
      • The Enfield Tarpaulin Factory
      • The Colonel, the Poet and the Motor Car
      • The Barefoot Bushwalker: Dorothy Butler
      • Suffragette, Katharine Gatty
      • Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Windeyer Ralston
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      • A New Life in Strathfield
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      • Scenes from Gadigal and surrounds: Tahlia Henderson
      • Strathfield Spring Festival 2024
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      • Back to Black: The David Jones Family in Strathfield
      • FREE Drama Workshops
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      • FREE Recirculate Exhibition & Art Classes for Seniors & Kids
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      • World Wetlands Day Guided Walk
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      • Art Therapy Program for Boys (12-15yrs)
      • Conversation Club (English Conversation Group)
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      • Hudson Park Dog Park Opening
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      • Wurridjal Festival 2025
      • Jane’s Walk of Homebush
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      • Reading Buddies
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      • National Tree Day at Bressington Park - SOLD OUT
      • Celebrate NAIDOC Week at Strathfield Library
      • Friends of the Mason Park Wetlands Photography Competition 2025
      • Free Online Workshop: Supervising a Learner Driver
      • Workforce Preparation Workshop 2026
    • Ironbark Gallery
      • AI – Artist’s Impressions: Oscar Garcia
      • Verdure - luminous beings: Liam Benson
      • Symphonic Trees: Fan Dongwang
      • Celebrating Strathfield: 140 years
      • Chasing Light: a photographic journey
      • Back to Black: The David Jones family in Strathfield
      • Scenes from Gadigal and surrounds: Tahlia Henderson
      • Safe from the rising tide?: Andrew Tomkins
      • Beaches, Boats & Bays: Jillian Corcoran
      • Cooks River: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
      • History of Strathfield Town Hall
      • Somewhere in Between: Marina Mavritsky
      • NAIDOC Week with Walangari Karntawarra
      • Net calls Net, Weave calls Wave: Marta Romani and Karl Logge
      • Painting on Mondays: Catriona Grant & Megan Winch
      • Light Interactions: Bernadette Smith
      • Visions with Variety: Celebrating Seniors
      • ROAR revisited
      • Minding Our Business: Strathfield’s Industrial Heritage
      • NAIDOC Week with Boomalli
      • Making Memories: Shine Art Academy
      • Elementals: Stefanie Ferguson
      • Historic Houses of Strathfield
      • ROAR
      • Strathfield Answers the Call 1914-1918
      • Beyond Sight: Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger
      • Gilded Perceptions: Erika Cholich
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      • Anzac Day 2025
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