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25.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday 8 Jan 1950 Lucas family playing on the seesaws at Croydon Park, located on the corner of Albert Road and Croydon Avenue, Croydon Park. Left to ...right: Ian Lucas (age 3); Mrs Muriel Lucas (the children's mother) holding Colin Lucas (age 2 years); Janet Lucas (age 5 years ). Courtesy of Trevor Lucas and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more
23.01.2022 Open Day at Beulah Vista Cancelled Due to expected extremely high temperaturesOpen Day at Beulah Vista Cancelled Due to expected extremely high temperatures
23.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Campsie Women's Bowling Club, Christmas Party, 1993 The sport has an enormous following, primarily in Commonwealth countries, and Australia acc...ounts for some 43 per cent of the world's bowling population. Photo courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photographic Collection. Courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection
23.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Residents of Belfield on a picnic, [group portrait], Lansvale, 1927 Group of friends and neighbours from Bazentin and Boronia Street, Belfield ...area, who got together for picnics and other social events. This photograph could have been taken at the Hollywood Picnic Grounds on the Georges River at Lansvale. Featured in the publication: Belfield history and memories by Rae Fortier, Lesley Muir and Canterbury & District Historical Society. [ Canterbury, NSW]: Canterbury & District Historical Society, 2002, p. 12. Courtesy Mrs F Jeffree and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection.
22.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Last for 2019 Thank you to all our local history followers who have supported our posts this year! We have enjoyed bringing photos of the past ...and the people who made our cities what they are today! Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. Students from the Dolly Brooks Dancing School practising on the banks of the Cooks River in the Summer of 1923/1924. Back row: left to right: unknown, Dolly BROOKS, Zita Marjorie ANDREWS, Doreen GRACE (now HINCHEY). Picture taken behind a house in Berna Street, Canterbury. Frances Scully taught Dolly Brooks. Photo courtesy of Doreen Hinchey and Canterbury-Bankstown History Photograph Collection.
22.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Homer Street, Earlwood, ca 1900 Horse and cart being driven up the steep incline of Homer Street close to Undercliffe Bridge, Cooks River. Ther...e are cows grazing near the cottage on the right. This area of Earlwood is also known as Undercliffe. Photo courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more
22.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Earlwood Public School, Mothers Club Concert, 1959 Members of the Earlwood Public School Mothers Club performing the "Charleston" at an Earlwoo...d Public School Mothers Club Concert. Left to right: Gwen Phillips; Emily Hopkins; Joyce Green; Shirley Newman; Meg Thompson. Courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photographic Collection. See more
22.01.2022 The Societys meeting and Open Days at Beulah Vista are cancelled until June We will review the situation at the end of May All our members and friends stay home and keep healthy and safeThe Societys meeting and Open Days at Beulah Vista are cancelled until June We will review the situation at the end of May All our members and friends stay home and keep healthy and safe
22.01.2022 FLASHBACK! Pictured is the streetscape of Hurlstone Park some time ago - although it's unknown when the photo was taken. How do you think it compares to modern-day Hurlstone Park?
21.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY to Mayfair Theatre in post-WWII Earlwood, painted by John Sullivan in the 1990s. The artist spent many months researching historic documents and interviewing local residents to create this painting.
21.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Remember when phones looked a little something like this? First telephone in Campsie, ca 1940 This telephone was installed about 1918 and was ...apparently the first telephone in Campsie. It was in the first shop in Beamish Street, Campsie. It was transferred to 38 Campsie Street in about 1920 and remained in use until late 1960's. Courtesy Mr E.J Allen and City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more
21.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Tram, Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park, 1954 OP class tram number 1383 at the shops near on New Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park near the Hurlstone Park Hotel. Courtesy of Norm Reed and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection.
21.01.2022 Flashback Friday: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1980 Grand Final when the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs defeated Eastern Suburbs 18-4 at the SCG in front of a crowd of 52,881.
20.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Fletchers Dairy truck, Kingsgrove, ca 1950s Fletchers Dairy truck parked on Sharp Street, Kingsgrove ( now known as Kingsgrove Road, Clemton Pa...rk ) just up the road from the car factory. There were 156 cattle, eleven ( 11 ) milk cows ( extra milk was purchased from the Co-op ), eleven carts ( 11 ) carts and twelve ( 12 ) to forteen ( 14 ) horses. The diary farm was located on the corner of Kingsgrove Road and Chisholm Avenue, Clemtom Park. The land was leased from about 1938 and by 1942 the family operated three ( 3 ) milk runs. Motorised trucks were purchased in the late 1950s. Courtesy Merle Dibden and City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more
20.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday "Melton" 52 Seventh Avenue, Campsie, 1969. Built in 1903, this 2 bedroom weatherboard house was purchased by John Lewis Lucas and Muriel Joan L...ucas in 1946 for 500 pounds LSD. The family later nicknamed their home 'sinken' due to the sinking foundations. There was a Silent Night fridge until 1964. When the home was sold it was advertised as " four bedda, gas stove (early cooka)". The building on the right was number 50. Both houses were eventually demolished and units were constructed on the combined site. Mr and Mrs Coglan (unsure of spelling) lived in number 50. Courtesy of Trevor Lucas and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection. See more
18.01.2022 Some things never change, and our love of sports is one of them! What are your favourite memories of sports in Canterbury-Bankstown?
17.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Campsie Public School assembly 1920. Courtesy of Percy Wood and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection
16.01.2022 FLASHBACK to 100 years ago when the Hurlstone Park Choral Society began with 19 members. The small group grew to become the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, and this... year they celebrate their centenary! Here they are performing 'Messiah' in Sydney Town Hall in 1957. Read the history of the choir in The Sydney Morning Herald: bit.ly/2uOTiG7
14.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Jeldi Manufacturing produced many of the Chenile items that were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Located in Punchbowl, the factory or pro...duction centre, was one of a number of locations in Sydney. This feature was one of many from the Australian Women's Weekly dated May 8th 1957 is available online in Trove, National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au/aww See more
13.01.2022 thank you peter corby 1967 Rugby Union Team
13.01.2022 FLASHBACK to the 1952 ANZAC Day March along Beamish Street, Campsie. Scroll through the photos to read about the event. We can't march tomorrow morning, but we call on you to Stand With Bert to honour our ANZACs. Visit cb.city/standwithbert
12.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday 1st Ashbury Scouts, [group portrait], ca 1920s City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection
11.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Nurse Clerk on the occasion of either her 90th or 100th birthday taken around 1910. The birthday cake is displayed in the middle of the photograph. Nurse Clerk was Campsie's first nurse. Courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection.
11.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Archibald Forsyth and family of Belmore NSW - La Perouse, 1907 Robert James Forsyth purchased ' The Towers ' 31 Forsyth Street, Belmore from t...he builder, David Jones. A prominent rope making company, Archibald Forsyth & Co., was named after Archibald Forsyth. Robert James Forsyth and his family lived in ' The Towers ' until Robert James' death in 1920, when most of the thirteen hectares of land adjoining The Towers was purchased by the War Service Homes Commission. When the War Service Homes Commission subdivided the area, four streets (Robert, Archibald, Roy, Forsyth) were named after Robert James' son, Robert Archibald (known as Roy) Forsyth. The Commission built houses on this land for soldiers returning from World War I and their families. Councillor Kayee Griffin unveiled a series of nameplates commemorating these street names on 11th November, 2000. Robert James Forsyth was an Alderman on Canterbury City Council from 1899-1902. Information source: Barbara Forsyth, Lesley Muir, Brian J Madden, Canterbury & District Historical Society Photo courtesy of Barbara Forsyth and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection See more
11.01.2022 Check out this amazing watercolour artwork by Frederick Garling (circa 1842) of the Canterbury Sugar Works! Here's a throwback to an article we wrote in 2015 on its history: https://bit.ly/3ftSUPh Do you have memories of the historical site?
10.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Levingston family home, Riverwood, 1943 Original farm-house over 100 years old on property that was taken over by U.S. for hospital during WW2. Courtesy of Gladys Waugh, Mr Levingston and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection.
09.01.2022 Celebrating international womens day
09.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday The class photo, nearly 100 years ago. Can you see your great-grandmother? Canterbury Public School, Class 8 and 9, [group portrait], 1921 Courtesy City of Canterbury Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection
08.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Sisters of St Joseph Convent, 9 Fore Street, Canterbury. The Order purchased this house which the sisters used as a convent from 1901 to 1915. ...Mary MacKillop was one of the owners on the land title. The church/school was moved to Campsie (now St Mel's) in 1915. The building is constructed from stone. Mary MacKillop was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 January 1995, and the former Simpson Reserve was re-named Mary MacKillop Reserve by Canterbury City Council in May 1995. Courtesy Congregation Archives, Sisters of St Joseph and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection. See more
06.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday The original St Johns College Lakemba building erected in 1953. The foundation stone was blessed by Cardinal Gilroy on 24th May 1953. View from... Croydon Street, Lakemba. It then joined with MacKillop School Lakemba to become what is now Holy Spirit Catholic College in Lakemba from 1999. Courtesy of St Johns College and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection. See more
05.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Molloy and Doritty Families of Campsie, Picnic, ca 1930s Picnic outing. Emma Irene Molloy is one of the ladies seated with her back to the cab ...of the truck. William Robert Doritty is standing near the front of the vehicle. The truck was owned by Sterling Henry, 2 Parramatta Road, Summer Hill. William Robert Doritty lived at 4 Lindsay Street, Campsie. At the time this photograph was taken this area of Belfield was known as Campsie. Courtesy Bill Molloy and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection. See more
05.01.2022 FLASHBACK: Here's a snapshot of Haldon St in Lakemba back in 1910. A double decker horse-drawn carriage can be seen on the street, with shops to the right including a newsagency, chemist and ironmongery business.
05.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Officials standing near the Gough Whitlam Park sign on the day of it was unveiled. Left to right: 1. Alderman Kevin Moss (Mayor, Canterbury Mu...nicipal Council); 2. Gough Whitlam. Gough Whitlam Park is located off Bayview Avenue, Earlwood. In 1906 the State Government declared the land between the junction of the Cooks River and Wolli Creek waterways to be "unhealthy" under the Public Health Act of 1902. Building was forbidden on this low-lying land which "gave off gases and vapours, which were "prejudicial and dangerous to health"". This land remained in the possession of the Department of Public Works for the storage of materials used in the maintenance of the river banks and for the disposal of dredgings. It was donated to Canterbury Council in 1978 and Council transformed the area into parkland. Council named the area Gough Whitlam Park in December 1982 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the election of the Whitlam government. Mr Whitlam unveiled a plaque which acknowledged his Federal Government's assistance to Canterbury Council during its term in office. Courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection.
05.01.2022 FLASHBACK: This undated photo shows what Canterbury Hospital, which celebrated its 90th anniversary last year, looked like in the past. Times may have changed but it's still servicing the community!
05.01.2022 This weekend's set to be a scorcher and it's the perfect weather for a trip to the pool! Take a look back at some of our swim centres over the years Who's up for a swim? Check our Leisure and Aquatic Centre opening hours at cb.city/christmashours
02.01.2022 FLASHBACK to the entrance to Canterbury Aquatics in the 1990s Many wonderful summer memories were created in this spot. What is your favourite memory of Canterbury Aquatics?
01.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Bridge over Lakemba Railway Station, 23 Jan, 1926. Front of a postcard sent with birthday greetings on the back. The image was probably taken o...n the day the overhead bridge officially opened. Courtesy of Mavis Mecham and Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photograph Collection. See more
01.01.2022 #flashbackfriday Riverwood Library and Washington Park are here now, but it used to be a US Army 118 General Hospital, Riverwood, ca 1944 Courtesy Lois Townsend and City of Canterbury Local History Photograph Collection https://pictorialcanterbury.imagegallery.me/site/welcome.me
01.01.2022 #flashbackfriday 2020 has been named "International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife." Here are some from 100 years ago. Campsie Red Cross Influenza Workers, [...group portrait], 1919 Left to right: Standing: 2. Mrs Ingram; 3. Mrs Burdette. Seated: 1. Mrs Attenborough; 4. Mrs Harding; 5. Mrs Gutridge. Front: Mrs Bradney. Courtesy of Canterbury-Bankstown Local History Photographic Collection. See more
