A Home of Their Own in Homebush West, 1950
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In May 1950 the building of two Housing Commission blacks of flats in Homebush West began.
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Strathfield Local Studies
Research, articles and photos from the Strathfield Local Studies Collection
The Maudholme Estate
The 20 lots of the Maudholme Estate were offered at auction in April 1908. Most of the federation-style cottages still…
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Pemberton Street, Strathfield, 1947
This photo shows the construction of Pemberton Street Strathfield in 1947.
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WWII War Correspondent, Alan Hulls
WWII war correspondent Alan Hulls lived at Broughlea, 82 Abbotsford Road Homebush.
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Strathfield South c.1940
This photo from c.1940 shows Liverpool Road Enfield, now Strathfield South.
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Soprano, Rosina Pinhey
Soprano, Rosina Pinhey of Strathfield studied with Madame Marchesi in Paris and went on to have a career on the…
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Rachel Prentice
When 97 year-old Rachel Prentice died at Bark Huts in 1913 she was thought to have been one of the…
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The Weatherly Sisters
Gaga and Toots Weatherly travelled the world as vaudeville and circus performers with their family, finally settling in Strathfield.
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The Curious Case of Constance Kent
When Ruth Emilie Kaye died, aged 100, at the Loreto Convalescent Home in Strathfield in 1944, nobody knew the secrets…
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