This photo shows flooding from Cooks River in Pemberton Street during November 1959.
The Queen’s Cup
Strathfield girl, Judith Wilkinson suggested that the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths present Queen Elizabeth II with a ceremonial chalice to mark her coronation in 1953.
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.
A New Life in Strathfield
In 1953 Thora Donovan and her five children, from Derbyshire, England, were sponsored to emigrate to Australia by Strathfield couple, Mr and Mrs Dawson. Their story was featured in the Good Neighbour magazine.