Lion Tile Co. Subdivision 1990Tuesday 16 July 2024No CommentsThe former Lion Tile Co. site on Liverpool Road at Strathfield South was subdivided and offered at auction in 1990.Read MoreIndustry, Lion Tile Co., Strathfield South, Subdivisions
Strathfield First Day Cover 1984Friday 7 June 2024No CommentsThis First Day Cover dated 21 September 1984 features Strathfield Plaza and the Strathfield-Burwood Philatelic Society.Read More1980s, Burwood & District Stamp Club, Stamp collecting, Strathfield Plaza, Strathfield-Burwood Philatelic Society
William Beard, Hardware Merchant and AuthorFriday 7 June 2024No CommentsWilliam Beard Pty Ltd, hardware merchants, operated from the 1920s on the site now occupied by Dan Murphy’s at Enfield.Read MoreBeard family, Businesses, Enfield, shops, William Beard Pty Ltd
Harmsworth 86 Homebush Road, StrathfieldTuesday 4 June 20241 CommentThe Victorian weatherboard cottage, Harmsworth at 86 Homebush Road, Strathfield was built during the early to mid 1890s.Read More86 Homebush Road, Francis Sheriff Isaacs, Harmsworth, Harmsworth Estate, Housing, Robert Bliss Wilkinson, Strathfield
Message in a BottleTuesday 21 May 20241 CommentOn 3 July 1939 a bottle washed up on the shores of Flour Cask Bay, Kangaroo Island containing a letter…Read MoreArnold family, Badgery Avenue, Gowan Brae Estate, Orion
Smallpox in Druitt Town, 1881Wednesday 8 May 2024No CommentsOne case of smallpox was discovered at Druitt Town in 1881 and seven more market gardeners were sent to quarantine…Read MoreDruitt Town, Market gardens, Public health, Smallpox, Strathfield South
Connect with our Oral HistoriesTuesday 9 April 2024No CommentsWould you like to help us transcribe our oral histories with former councillors, mayors and senior staff of Strathfield Council?Read MoreAmplify, Clarrie Edwards, Eileen Stirk, Eve Dutton, Laurel O'Toole, Oral histories, Paul Wilson, Robert Jordan, Viv Hudson
Happy 20th Birthday, Strathfield Library!Tuesday 26 March 2024No CommentsStrathfield Library opened to the community on 29 March 2004. It was refurbished in 2020, reopening as Covid restrictions permitted.Read MoreLibraries, Strathfield Library
Composer and Lyricist, Dorothy Dodd (1921-2006)Wednesday 13 March 2024No CommentsComposer Dorothy Dodd of Strathfield wrote the English lyrics for the famous song, Granada.Read MoreDorothy Dodd, Glenarvon Street, Musicians