This wartime class photo dates from 1942 at Flemington Public School. The school first opened in 1912 and was later renamed Homebush West Public School.
Wartime Blackout, 1941
During WWII a Sydney-wide blackout drill also saw the Strathfield Town Hall ‘attacked’ and ‘demolished.’
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.
Aileen Alpen, Foreign Correspondent
Journalist, lecturer, musician and broadcaster Aileen Alpen reported on European issues from Poland during the 1930s.
Homebush Council Chambers
Built in 1912 for the council incorporated in 1906, Homebush Council Chambers hosted many meetings and celebrations over the years.
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.
Stirling Henry Ltd. – Textile Manufacturers
Textile manufacturers, Stirling Henry operated in Homebush West from 1936 until the late 1960s.
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.
WWII War Correspondent, Alan Hulls
WWII war correspondent Alan Hulls lived at Broughlea, 82 Abbotsford Road Homebush.
His Father’s Honour
In April 1943, 12 year-old Maxwell Reece of Strathfield received his father’s Distinguished Service Medal at a ceremony in Sydney. His father, Stoker Petty-Officer William Reece had earned it at the Battle for Crete on board HMAS Perth in May 1941. Nine months later the Perth was torpedoed and sunk, with Reece among the missing in action.