Arthur Trimingham of Augusta Street, Strathfield was featured in Pix magazine in 1941 with his impressive model train layout.
The Strathfield and Burwood Spitfire Fund
The Strathfield and Burwood Spitfire Fund was founded in December 1940 to raise money to build British Spitfire planes.
A Homebush Plane Crash
During October 1949 a Tiger Moth plane crashed into Powells Creek, narrowly missing the Arnott’s biscuit factory.
The Canberra Air Disaster
Pilot Officer Richard Frederick Wiesener of Strathfield was killed in a 1940 Canberra plane crash, along with three wartime Cabinet Ministers and the Chief of the General Staff.
Parramatta Road, Concord, 1940
This photo shows Parramatta Road, Concord in 1940 with the approach to the Arnott’s Railway Bridge.
A Home of Their Own in Homebush West, 1950
In May 1950 the building of two Housing Commission blocks of flats in Homebush West began.
Pemberton Street, Strathfield, 1947
This photo shows the construction of Pemberton Street Strathfield in 1947.