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Strathfield District Historical Society Newsletters

Since 1979, Strathfield District Historical Society has published a monthly newsletter dedicated to the research and documentation of Strathfield's history.  The newsletter is included in the annual membership fee and distributed to members either by post or email. If you wish receive the newsletters on a regular basis you must be a member of the Strathfield District Historical Society - go to membership.  Newsletters are available from the Society at cost of $1 per issue. Past copies of newsletters can be ordered and sent by email also.

2008 Newsletters

Year Month Subject Author
2008 Jan/Feb History of Airey Park Homebush Cathy Jones

2007 Newsletters

Year Month Subject Author
2007 January Santa Maria Del Monte 'Brunyarra' Cathy Jones
2007 February Santa Maria Del Monte 'Lauriston' Cathy Jones
2007 March/April 1894 Rail Accident at Redfern Cathy Jones
2007 May/June Albyn Road Strathfield Cathy Jones
2007 July    
2007 August    
2007 September Eric Brown's Recollections Jan Jenkins
2007 Nov/Dec Residential Dwellings in Strathfield - styles and forms Cathy Jones

2000-2006 Newsletters

Date Month Subject Author
2006 January/Feb Somerset The Boulevarde Strathfield/Beresford Rd History Cathy Jones/Antonio Cocilovo
2006 March Tennis greats of Strathfield - Daphne Akhurst Cathy Jones
2006 April Industrial Heritage of Strathfield Cathy Jones
2006 May Village of Homebush Shopping Centre Cathy Jones
2006 June Centenary of Local Government in NSW Cathy Jones
2006 July Annual Report Jan Jenkins
2006 August 'Broughlea' 82 Abbotsford Road Homebush Cathy Jones
2006 September Shifting suburb boundaries and the Dictionary of Sydney Project Cathy Jones
2006 October Homebush Abattoirs Jan Jenkins
2006 Nov/Dec Tennis greats of Strathfield - Louie Bickerton, Sylvia Lance and Harry Hopkins Cathy Jones
2005 January A short history of Strathfield Cathy Jones
2005 February More early history of Strathfield Cathy Jones
2005 March Inveresk Park Strathfield Cathy Jones
2005 April Cinemas of Strathfield Cathy Jones
2005 May St Martha's Catholic Church Strathfield Cathy Jones
2005 June Noor Al Houda Islamic College, 416-420 Liverpool Road Enfield Cathy Jones
2005 July President's Report/Annual General Meeting Jan Jenkins
2005 August Strathfield Council 120th Anniversary Cathy Jones
2005 September George Todman - a short biography Cathy Jones
2005 October Cave Road Precinct Strathfield Cathy Jones
2005 Nov/Dec Strathfield War Memorial Cathy Jones
2004 January 'Woodstock' & architect Harry Chambers Kent Cathy Jones
2004 February 'Woodstock' redevelopment Cathy Jones
2004 March 'Ellesmere' 59 Mackenzie St Strathfield Cathy Jones
2004 April Enfield: Early land grants and development [part 1] Cathy Jones
2004 May Enfield: Early Land grants and development [part 2] Cathy Jones
2004 June 'Koorianda 5 Broughton Rd Homebush Cathy Jones
2004 July James Wilshire and his descendents Cathy Jones
2004 August Presidents Report/Annual General Meeting Doreen Rich
2004 September George Sydney Jones Strathfield Architecture Cathy Jones
2004 October 77-79 Abbotsford Road Homebush & Harold Hastings Deering Cathy Jones
2004 Nov/Dec Shipwrecks of Homebush Bay & Rehabilitation of Mason Park Wetlands Cathy Jones
2003 January 'Montesca' 33-35 Beresford Rd Strathfield Cathy Jones
2003 February 'Ethelstone' 60-70 Broughton Rd Homebush Cathy Jones
2003 March House Names of Strathfield Cathy Jones
2003 April 'The Braes' 71 Redmyre Rd Strathfield Cathy Jones
2003 May Five Federation Houses of Homebush Rd - Part 1 Cathy Jones
2003 June Five Federation Houses of Homebush Rd - Part 2 Cathy Jones
2003 July Five Federation Houses of Homebush Rd - Part 3 [final] Cathy Jones
2003 August President's Report Doreen Rich
2003 September The Arnott Family of Strathfield Cathy Jones
2003 October 25th Anniversary of the Strathfield District Historical Society Cathy Jones
2003 Nov/Dec Strathfield Municipality: a sense of place Cathy Jones
2002 January 1853:  Telegraphy 'Down Under' Lucy Stone
2002 February   Lucy Stone
2002 March Aboriginal Industry before BHP Newcastle Lucy Stone
2002 April The Carrington at Katoomba Lucy Stone
2002 May Sydney Harbour Bridge Lucy Stone
2002 June Strathfield Gems Lucy Stone
2002 July Strathfield Gems [mini biographies of Mayors Firth, Rimes, Kell, Elvy] Lucy Stone
2002 August Presidents Report Doreen Rich
2002 September Matthew Flinders Lucy Stone
2002 October 'Steephurst' Albyn Rd Strathfield [part 1] Cathy Jones
2002 Nov/Dec 'Steephurst' Albyn Rd Strathfield [part 2] Cathy Jones
2001 January From Colony to Commonwealth Lucy Stone
2001 February Early Strathfield Families [Waller] Lucy Stone
2001 March Liberty Plains 1793 Part 1 Lucy Stone
2001 April Liberty Plains 1793 Part 2 Lucy Stone
2001 May Liberty Plains 1793 Part 3 Lucy Stone
2001 June Liberty Plains 1793 Part 4 Lucy Stone
2001 July Reminiscing War Time Strathfield Lucy Stone
2001 August President's Report Doreen Rich
2001 September The Romance of the North Lucy Stone
2001 October The Royal Mint [Sydney Branch] Lucy Stone
2001 Nov/Dec Meals on Wheels Lucy Stone
2000 January Recollections of an Older Person Lucy Stone
2000 February Strathfield Citizen of the Year [Lucy Stone & Prashanth Shanmugan] Lucy Stone
2000 March Remembrances of Carrington Avenue [Washington Soul family] Lucy Stone
2000 April Our Mudgee/Gulgong Tour 2000 Lucy Stone
2000 May Early notes on the District from about 1890 [part 1] Lucy Stone
2000 June Early notes on the District from about 1890 [part 2] Lucy Stone
2000 July Dr William Balmain's Memorial Tablet Lucy Stone
2000 August President's Report Doreen Rich
2000 September The Carrington Hotel Katoomba Lucy Stone
2000 Oct/Nov/Dec The Time Capsule Envelope Lucy Stone

1995-1999 Newsletters

Date Month Subject Author
1999 January A remarkable lady with an Enfield connnection Lucy Stone
1999 February From the First Fleet to a Homebush Family [Rope Family] Lucy Stone
1999 March From the First Fleet to a Homebush Family [Rope Family] Lucy Stone
1999 April The Doutty Family History Part 2 Lucy Stone
1999 May Bringing Them Home Lucy Stone
1999 June Interior Splendour [Lyon Cottier & Co] Lucy Stone
1999 July Notification of meeting dates Lucy Stone
1999 August President's Report Doreen Rich
1999 September The Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine 1845-48 Lucy Stone
1999 October Look Hard at your pocket or purse Lucy Stone
1999 Nov/Dec Christmas Time Review Lucy Stone
1998 January Australia Day Lucy Stone
1998 February The creation of Pittwater Lucy Stone
1998 March The first forty years of Meriden School Strathfield Lucy Stone
1998 April The restoration of Rose Cottage Wilberforce Lucy Stone
1998 May Strathfield's First Mayor - George Hardie Lucy Stone
1998 June An old custom in the early settlement days Lucy Stone
1998 July Rouse Hill House Lucy Stone
1998 August President's Report Doreen Rich
1998 September Striking Gold - in research Lucy Stone
1998 October Sydney's First Church Lucy Stone
1998 Nov/Dec Canowindra - The Conundrum Lucy Stone
1997 January A 20th Century Bush Cook Lucy Stone
1997 February I call Australia Home Anne Sheppard
1997 March Seven Oaks Farm Lucy Stone
1997 April Memories of Brisbane during WWII Lucy Stone
1997 May History of Admirality House Lucy Stone
1997 June Pittwater - The Basin - Broken Bay Lucy Stone
1997 July History House Lucy Stone
1997 August President's Report/Annual General Meeting Lucy Stone
1997 September The Great North Road Lucy Stone
1997 October Reminisces Lucy Stone
1997 Nov/Dec Our Trip to Tilba Tilba Lucy Stone
1996 January 67-69 The Boulevarde Strathfield Lucy Stone
1996 February Story of Telecommunications Lucy Stone
1996 March The life and times of George Adams Lucy Stone
1996 April The War Years Doreen Rich
1996 May Signature History Lucy Stone
1996 June A profile - History of Western Suburbs Hospital Lucy Stone
1996 July History of the Western Suburbs Hospital [cont.] Lucy Stone
1996 August President's Report/AGM Doreen Rich
1996 September The Western Suburbs Hospital Lucy Stone
1996 October Jackett's Flour Mill Strathfield Lucy Stone
1996 Nov/Dec Lest we forget Lucy Stone
1995 January A review of 'A History and A Celebration' [Arnott's Biscuits] Lucy Stone
1995 February A review of 'A History and A Celebration' [Arnott's Biscuits] cont Lucy Stone
1995 March Looking to the Future Lucy Stone
1995 April Reflections on Life from the 1930's Lucy Stone
1995 May The Passing of a Pioneer Lucy Stone
1995 June Not available Lucy Stone
1995 July The first fifty years of the Strathfield Recreation Club Lucy Stone
1995 August President's Report 1994-95 Doreen Rich
1995 September Discovering the Antarctic [CS Malcolm Lecture] Lucy Stone
1995 October Concord Lucy Stone
1995 Nov/Dec History and Leadership in 20th Century Australia Lucy Stone
    

1990-1994 Newsletters

     
Date Month Subject Author
1994 January The Liberty Plains Lucy Stone
1994 February A little Police History Lucy Stone
1994 March How Time Flies Lucy Stone
1994 April The Nightingale Nurses in Colonial New South Wales Lucy Stone
1994 May The Nightingale Nurses in Colonial New South Wales Lucy Stone
1994 June Show and Tell Lucy Stone
1994 July St Thomas' Anglican Church Enfield Lucy Stone
1994 August President's Report 1993-94 Doreen Rich
1994 September Santa Sabina College Lucy Stone
1994 October Reflections of Historical Interest Lucy Stone
1994 Nov/Dec Exploration 1994 [Trip to Scone] Lucy Stone
1993 January The 'Bellona' Muster Lucy Stone
1993 February 'Fairholm' Strathfield's Oldest Surviving Residence Lucy Stone
1993 March Historic St Anne's Strathfield South Lucy Stone
1993 April Historic St Anne's Strathfield South Lucy Stone
1993 May Australia's First Bank Lucy Stone
1993 June Australia's First Bank [cont] Lucy Stone
1993 July Carrington Avenue Methodist Church Lucy Stone
1993 August Carrington Avenue Methodist Church [cont] Doreen Rich
1993 September Presidents Report 1992-93 Lucy Stone
1993 October Mastertouch Piano Roll Co. Lucy Stone
1993 Nov/Dec The Goulburn Tour Lucy Stone
1992 January The Journal of Edward H Fearnside [cont] Lucy Stone
1992 February The Journal of Edward H Fearnside [cont] Anne Sheppard
1992 March The Conclusion of the Journal of Edwin H Fearnside R E Lucy Stone
1992 April Cobb & Co's Oldest Driver - Richard Palmer Lucy Stone
1992 May Cobb & Co's Oldest Driver - Richard Palmer Lucy Stone
1992 June Cobb & Co's Oldest Driver - Richard Palmer Lucy Stone
1992 July Cobb & Co's Oldest Driver - Richard Palmer Lucy Stone
1992 August Canberra - Our National Capital Lucy Stone
1992 September Cobb & Co's Oldest Driver - Richard Palmer Lucy Stone
1992 October The Management of the Rookwood Necropolis Lucy Stone
1992 Nov/Dec A brief history of Kell & Rigby [Builders] Pty Ltd Alan Kell
1991 January Further along Albert Road Reg Kennedy
1991 February Further along Albert Road Reg Kennedy
1991 March Towards the end of Albert Road 'West End' Reg Kennedy
1991 April Albert Road 'West End' - Mount St Mary's College Reg Kennedy
1991 May HMS Sirius Day Portsmouth 13 May 1991 Reg Kennedy
1991 June Vale Reginald John Thomas Kennedy Lucy Stone
1991 July The Journal of Edward H Fearnside - Royal Engineers Lucy Stone
1991 August President's Report 1990-91 Doreen Rich
1991 September The Journal of Edward H Fearnside [cont] Lucy Stone
1991 October Josephine Marks - A famous resident of Strathfield Lucy Stone
1991 Nov/Dec The Journal of Edward H Fearnside [cont] Lucy Stone
1990 January A place prepared [Strathfield Community Centre] Reg Kennedy
1990 February What did they hear? Reg Kennedy
1990 March Not available  
1990 April Jack and Jill Reg Kennedy
1990 May The Lonely Isle Reg Kennedy
1990 June How old is old? Reg Kennedy
1990 July Splendour of an epoch Reg Kennedy
1990 August President's Report Doreen Rich
1990 September The Town-house and the Villas Reg Kennedy
1990 October Silwood Reg Kennedy
1990 Nov/Dec Along Albert Road Reg Kennedy
     

   1985-1989 Newsletters

     
Date Month Subject Author
1989 January Historic St Ann's South Strathfield Reg Kennedy
1989 February Another Strathfield Walk Reg Kennedy
1989 March Our Fiery MP [David Buchannan] Reg Kennedy
1989 April Father John Joseph Therry - A brief outline of his life and work Reg Kennedy
1989 May At the Cook's River Reg Kennedy
1989 June Not available  
1989 July From Woodgreen to Cotswold Reg Kennedy
1989 August Names Reg Kennedy
1989 September Replace, renovate, restore - which? Reg Kennedy
1989 October Fairholm re-visited Reg Kennedy
1989 Nov/Dec In memorium Edward George De Sauty Reg Kennedy
1988 January Meredith St Uniting Church Reg Kennedy
1988 February The Federation House Reg Kennedy
1988 March Home Entertainment Reg Kennedy
1988 April Nota Bene to the Federation House Reg Kennedy
1988 May Judge Josephson's Land Reg Kennedy
1988 June 'Fairholm' Reg Kennedy
1988 July Homebush Hall Reg Kennedy
1988 August Impediment to Progress Reg Kennedy
1988 September More about Impediment to Progress Reg Kennedy
1988 October Strathfield by Gaslight Reg Kennedy
1988 Nov/Dec A Strathfield Walk Reg Kennedy
1987 January Not available  
1987 February Not available  
1987 March Not available  
1987 April Strathfield Station by night [not so long ago] Reg Kennedy
1987 May A different sort of bus [not so long ago] Reg Kennedy
1987 June A different kind of bus [not so long ago] Reg Kennedy
1987 July A local tramway [not so long ago] Reg Kennedy
1987 August Homebush Reg Kennedy
1987 September 'Llandilo' Reg Kennedy
1987 October Ferries Along our Shores Reg Kennedy
1987 Nov/Dec The Pepper Trees of Strathfield Reg Kennedy
1986 January Glen Luna Reg Kennedy
1986 February Marjorie Barnard Reg Kennedy
1986 March Not available  
1986 April Not available  
1986 May Not available  
1986 June Memories of St Theresa's College after thirty years Brother Keenan
1986 July Royal Australian Naval College HMAS Creswell, Jervis Bay Reg Kennedy
1986 August Annual General Meeting Mary Farr
1986 September Not available  
1986 October Not available  
1986 Nov/Dec Bark Huts Reg Kennedy
1985 February The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 10] Reg Kennedy
1985 March The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 11] Reg Kennedy
1985 April School Days, School Days Arthur Hall
1985 May Oral History of Strathfield: an interview with Mrs J Farncomb Jean Farncomb
1985 June Frederick Meredith/School Days, School Days [part 2] Reg Kennedy/Arthur Hall
1985 July New Arrivals in New South Wales 1841 Gwynneth Scholes
1985 August President's Report 1984-85 Not available
1985 September New Arrivals in New South Wales 1841 Part 2 Mary Farr
1985 October Thomas Rose 1749-1832 Reg Kennedy
1985 Nov/Dec James Wilshire 1771-1840 Reg Kennedy
     

      1979-1984 Newsletters

     
Date Month Subject Author
1984 February Samuel Terry Reg Kennedy
1984 March Santa Sabina Reg Kennedy
1984 April The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 1] Reg Kennedy
1984 May The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 2] Reg Kennedy
1984 June The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 3] Reg Kennedy
1984 July The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 4] Reg Kennedy
1984 August The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 5] Reg Kennedy
1984 September The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 6] Reg Kennedy
1984 October The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 7] Reg Kennedy
1984 Nov/Dec The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 8] Reg Kennedy
1983 January The Road to Parramatta and Parramatta Road [part 9] Reg Kennedy
1983 February Not available  
1983 March Not available  
1983 April Not available  
1983 May Not available  
1983 June David Buchannan [1823-1890] Syd Malcolm
1983 July Not available  
1983 August President's Report Merv Perry
1983 September Queen Victoria Building: It's history and art Anne Cohn
1983 Oct/Nov Cobb & Co - the Wells Fargo of Australia Reg Kennedy
1983 Dec Simeon Lord Reg Kennedy
1982 Feb/March Old Homes of Strathfield Syd Malcolm
1982 March Old Homes of Strathfield Syd Malcolm
1982 April Old Homes of Strathfield Syd Malcolm
1982 May Not published  
1982 June Old Homes of Strathfield Syd Malcolm
1982 July Not published  
1982 August The Naming of the City Reg Kennedy
1982 September Annual General Meeting Merv Perry
1982 October Not published  
1982 Nov/Dec Old Homes of Strathfield Syd Malcolm
1981 January Old Homes of Strathfield - Verani Syd Malcolm
1981 Feb/March 'Gundaroo' 93 Homebush Road Strathfield/William Affleck Syd Malcolm
1981 April Our visit to Rookwood - contains short biographies Syd Malcolm
1981 May The Origin of a Place-Name Trudi O'Neil
1981 June Recollections of early Strathfield - William Monoghan & Nell O'Donnell Syd Malcolm
1981 July Early Maps of Strathfield Trudi O'Neil
1981 August Annual General Meeting Merv Perry
1981 Sept/Oct Longest Period of Residence/Old Strathfield-Helen Turner Helen Turner
1981 Nov/Dec Not available  
1980 Jan/Feb Eric Randall - My early recollections of Strathfield Syd Malcolm
1980 March Recollections of Early Strathfield - Eva Short Syd Malcolm
1980 April My memory of Strathfield as a child 1892-1904 [Elizabeth Ward] Elizabeth Ward
1980 May My recollections of the past in Strathfield - Victor Keary Victor Keary
1980 June Education in New South Wales Arthur Hall
1980 July Education in New South Wales [Part 2] Arthur Hall
1980 August Annual General Meeting Brian McDonald
1980 September Mount Royal Brother Keenan
1980 October Our trip to Winbourne/Early days in Homebush [Mrs E Mansfield] Syd Malcolm
1980 Nov/Dec Joseph Hyde Potts' Crown Grant - A Sidelight Syd Malcolm
1979 February Liberty Plains 1793 [1st issue] Syd Malcolm
1979 March Liberty Plains 1793 Part 2 Syd Malcolm
1979 April Liberty Plains 1793 Part 3 Syd Malcolm
1979 May Liberty Plains 1793 Part 4 Syd Malcolm
1979 June Strathfield Station Syd Malcolm
1979 July Recollections of C A Henderson - Sydney to Homebush 1855 Syd Malcolm
1979 August Annual General Meeting M Moroney
1979 September Homebush Methodist Church Syd Malcolm
1979 October Strathfield Council Chambers Syd Malcolm
1979 Nov/Dec Strathfield-Homebush Baptist Church Arthur Hall
                      

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