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2013 to present
Month | Year | Heading |
February | 2013 | Our anniversaries in 2013 |
February | 2013 | An Outstanding Football Team |
February | 2013 | Update on our religious buildings, Part 19 |
February | 2013 | Chatswood in the Federation Era |
April | 2013 | Willoughby Museum puts on a show |
April | 2013 | Heritage Listing 6-10 Beaconsfield Road, Chatswood |
April | 2013 | From home to museum: celerating 100 years |
April | 2013 | Recent tours |
April | 2013 | Joseph Knight Smith and the Willoughby Hotel |
December | 2013 | The Suspension Bridge: Cammeray to Northbridge |
December | 2013 | Members’ Corner |
December | 2013 | Shopping in the 1950s |
February | 2014 | The WDHS is 40! |
February | 2014 | Jessie Rosina (Peggy) Canfield ;OAM 1921-2013 |
February | 2014 | WDHS and The Quadrangle Shopping Centre : Castlecrag |
June | 2014 | Journey through Time and Space : walking tour |
June | 2014 | Willoughby elects a new Mayor |
June | 2014 | Members’ April Meeting : Rembering our Trams |
June | 2014 | Postcard from Egypt, 1917 Alfred Day, 1893-1981 |
June | 2014 | Ted Larkin: Willoughby’s Anzac Hero |
June | 2014 | Willoughby’s First Public Baths at Castlecrag |
August | 2014 | Members’ News |
August | 2014 | Hugh Cogan, Coachbuilder |
August | 2014 | Traditional Trade Tools |
August | 2014 | Wayne’s Story Gets Told |
October | 2014 | Willoughby City Today in Pictures |
October | 2014 | The Eliza Davies Story |
October | 2014 | Tradional Trade Tools |
October | 2014 | Wayne’s Story Part 2 |
December | 2014 | Ian Hoskin’s’Presentation |
December | 2014 | Hammond Family History |
February | 2015 | Linking with the Online World |
February | 2015 | Early Land Grants in Willoughby |
February | 2015 | Bianconi Line Coaches |
June | 2015 | New Book: Chatswood Catholic Cemetery |
June | 2015 | The 100th Anniversary of Willoughby Local Governmentg |
June | 2015 | The David’s of Willoughby Public School 1939 |
August | 2015 | Suginami City Delegation at the Museum |
August | 2015 | Contributing to our Exhibition from Afar |
August | 2015 | Real Estate Posters and Willoughby |
August | 2015 | Willoughby City Sesquicenterary |
October | 2015 | Launch of Place Marking Exhibition |
October | 2015 | Our Museum at the 2015 Willoughby Visual Arts Biennial |
October | 2015 | Tram to Balmoral Beach and Jesus |
October | 2015 | Ken Thomas and Thomas Nationwide Transport (TNT) |
October | 2015 | Chatswood from fledgling suburb to centre |
December | 2015 | Willoughby DHS : Shaping Our Future |
December | 2015 | Pictorial History : Willoughby Review |
December | 2015 | A French Connection |
December | 2015 | Wiringulla and the Paradise Estate |
February | 2016 | Reshaping our Future |
February | 2016 | Simon Henry Pearce: an early Sydney entrepreneur |
February | 2016 | Notes on Willoughby’s Chinese Market Gardens |
June | 2016 | Remembering Rural Willoughby Exhibition |
June | 2016 | New Photo Collection;: Speedo factory, Artarmon |
June | 2016 | Chatswood in 1978 – The O’Donoghue collection |
August | 2016 | The Museum at the Emerge Festival |
August | 2016 | Chatswood’s War Trophy |
August | 2016 | Our Speedo collection |
August | 2016 | The Hammond Family |
October | 2016 | Word on the Street Exhibition |
October | 2016 | Our Meccano Day 3 September |
October | 2016 | Fancy a Take-away? Part I |
December | 2016 | Vale David Thom 1931-2016 |
December | 2016 | Fancy a Take-away? Part 2 |
February | 2017 | Our Christmas Event |
February | 2017 | The Johnston Family of Willoughby |
April | 2017 | Artistic Voices of Willoughby |
April | 2017 | Museum update |
April | 2017 | New book available at WDHS Online Shop |
April | 2017 | Goods by ;Night on the North Shore Line |
June | 2017 | Artistic Voices – Exhibition Opening |
June | 2017 | Lieutenant William Dawes and Town Planning in Sydney |
June | 2017 | Mashman Brothers Pottery in the 1950’s |
August | 2017 | Our President in Northern Europe |
August | 2017 | Rita Cooper 1926-2017 |
August | 2017 | Howard Rubie : Cinematographer and community citizen |
October | 2017 | New Exhibitions at Willoughby Museum |
October | 2017 | Members’Corner |
October | 2017 | Edgar Absalom Deans (1903-1991) |
December | 2017 | The Art of Fashion |
December | 2017 | More on the City Surface Exhibition |
December | 2017 | The Hilder family in Castlecrag |
February | 2018 | Our Forthcoming Exhibition |
February | 2018 | Saint Mary MacKillop: a brief overview |
April | 2018 | Celebrating Willoughby City;s Diversity, Cultures and Communities |
April | 2018 | Where to for Willoughby City’s local centres? |
June | 2018 | The Centenary of the first wireless message from Wales to Wahroonga |
June | 2018 | Celebrating Willoughby City’s Heritage, Culture and Communities |
June | 2018 | Frank Coffee, 1852 to 1929 |
August | 2018 | Fabulous Fifties”A Cavalcade of History and Fashion |
August | 2018 | Our New Exhibition |
August | 2018 | Remembering Willoughby’s Industries |
October | 2018 | Chatswood town centre photos 1978 |
October | 2018 | Cavalcade of History and Fashion: the art of fashion:the fabulous fifties |
October | 2018 | Willoughby Museum’s railway collection |
October | 2018 | The Rise and Fall of Zimbabwe: reflections on African politics |
December | 2018 | Chatswood Town Centre photos 1978-2018 |
December | 2018 | The Windsor Gardens Open Day Event |
December | 2018 | Cavalcade of Fashion: the Fabulous Fifties |
February | 2019 | New South Wales Railway Heritage |
April | 2019 | Castle Cove Golf Course |
June | 2019 | Repairs to Boronia |
June | 2019 | The WDHS Cavalcade of history and Fashion 2019 |
June | 2019 | The WDHS trip from Central Station to Kiama |
October | 2019 | Extra Ordinary Meeting of the WDHS |
October | 2019 | The History of the North Shore Railway Exhibition |
April | 2020 | Dancing maiden at 2 Victor St |
April | 2020 | North Shore Times ends print run |
April | 2020 | Willoughby East Bungalow Gable Vents |
July | 2020 | Museum Tax Deductible Donations |
July | 2020 | Arcitectural Gem Neridah St |
July | 2020 | Beauchamp Park |
July | 2020 | Telford Lane |
July | 2020 | Olde Metal Front gates |
September | 2020 | World Study invites WDHS |
September | 2020 | Beutron Button Factory – East Chatswood |
September | 2020 | Aviary in Chatswood |
September | 2020 | History of Artarmon Bungalow |
September | 2020 | Mayor at the Museum |
December | 2020 | Mashman Doulton Caroma Factory Heritage Room |
December | 2020 | Mashman Doulton Caroma Factory In Pictures |
December | 2020 | You Are Being Watched |
December | 2020 | Chatswood Rifle Range |
December | 2020 | Sgt Leonard Wentworth Lean |
February | 2021 | Itata: A Barque Burnt |
February | 2021 | Dick Smith, Entrepreneur |
February | 2021 | Channel 9 TV tower to be demolished |
February | 2021 | New Exhibition |
April | 2021 | Museum Exhibition Opening |
April | 2021 | Mowbray House School |
April | 2021 | National Acoustic Laboratory |
April | 2021 | Historic Railway moves after 130 years |
June | 2021 | Castlecrag’s Centenary |
June | 2021 | Moran and Cato Grocers |
August | 2021 | Hiawatha |
August | 2021 | A Gate in the Parapet |
August | 2021 | Chatswood Army Cadet Corps |
October | 2021 | Reflections on Living in Artarmon 1975 – 2021 |
October | 2021 | Vale Ernest “Brian” Day |
October | 2021 | Vanderfield Building Entryway RNSH |
December | 2021 | AJ Benjamin Dept Store |
December | 2021 | An Artarmon Childhood |
December | 2021 | St Leonards Church Naremburn |
February | 2022 | The Johnston Family of Willoughby |
February | 2022 | Prisoner to First Postmaster |
April | 2022 | Wallumedegal |
April | 2022 | Valley View Bowling Club |
April | 2022 | Chatswood Skating Rink |
2010 -2012
Topic | Edition | ||
2009 Annual General Meeting Report | 37:1, 1 | ||
2009 Museum Report | 37:1, 2 | ||
2009 WDHS President’s Report | 42768.54236 | ||
2010 Annual General Meeting Report | 38:2, 1 | ||
2010 Management Committee | 37:1, 3 | ||
2011 Annual General Meeting (Notice) | 38:11, 4 | ||
2011 membership fees | 38:11, 1 | ||
2012 WDHS President’s Report | 39:2, 2 | ||
Art of the Luthier: presentation by Raymond Howse | 42797.54444 | ||
Artarmon Railway Station, interpreting | 37:8, 1 | ||
Australia’s first subsidised airmail services | 37:6, 1 | ||
‘Blackmailing the Governor: Australia’s first strike’, (Geoff Sherington) | 38:6, 2 | ||
Carment, David, Presentation on Community History | 38:10, 3 | ||
Carisbrook House tour, Lane Cove | 38:3, 3 | ||
Cascade Cordials Story, Graeme Costin | 39:1, 2 | ||
Chaffer Family Story, The | 39:4, 5; 39:6, 5 | ||
City of Canada Bay Museum | 37:2, 2 | ||
Cockatoo Island tour | 37:7, 4; 37:9, 1 | ||
Collectables at the Museum event, 11 September 2010 | 37:6, 1; 37:6, 4; | ||
37:7, 4; 37:8, 3 | |||
Cooper, Rita, WDHS Life Membership presentation | 39:1, 3 | ||
Costin, Beryl May, 1919-2011 (Graeme Costin) | 38:7, 3 | ||
Day, Ken, A significant Australian potter (Judy Peters) | 39:5, 4 | ||
Doggett, Betty, Willoughby Council Cultural & Community Award | 39:1, 3 | ||
Doulton Australia pottery (Judy Peters) | 37:7, 2 | ||
Dunn, Judith, ‘Unknown Pioneers’ presentation | 38:8, 3 | ||
Easton’s Pottery Story (Judy Peters) | 38:2, 1; 38:8, 1 | ||
Eaton, Lurleen, 100th birthday celebration | 38:6, 3 | ||
Egan, Vincent Michael, OAM, and Mary Georgina | 38:2, 3 | ||
Elephant Stew (Joan Antarakis) | 37:5, 3 | ||
Evelyn Whiting and Valetta | 38:10, 1 | ||
From Our Collection: | |||
AWA Fisk Radiola 180 radio | 38:5, 1 | ||
Buzza Products collection | 38:5, 1 | ||
David Warner photo collection | |||
Doulton Australia flower pot | 37:2, 2 | ||
Evelyn Whiting personal effects | 38:7, 3; 38:10, 1 | ||
German telephone doll | 37:2, 2 | ||
Mashman pottery | 37:9, 2 | ||
Photo Archives | 42797.54514 | ||
Ronson Mashman pottery collection | 38:5, 1 | ||
Willoughby Falls, John Skinner Prout 1842 etching | 37:6, 2 | ||
From the President (Paul Storm) | 38:9, 2-3; 38:11, 1; 39:1, 1; 39:5, 1; 39:6, 1 | ||
Griffin Conservation Area Castlecrag tours | 38:1, 4; 38:5, 3; 39:5, 1 | ||
Growing up in Willoughby (Ruth Old) | 37:5, 2; 37:7, 3 | ||
Harry Saunders: Fireman of Willoughby (Ruth Old) | 37:4, 2 | ||
Hints for husbands (Joan Antarakis) | 37:4, 3 | ||
Hugh Cogan coachbuilder | 38:11, 3 | ||
IMAGinE Awards, 2010 Highly Commended for Collection Policy | 37:9, 2 | ||
IMAGINE Awards 2011, WDHS wins Best Exhibition award | 39:1, 6 | ||
IMAGINE Awards 2012 | 39:6, 1 | ||
Information wanted: | |||
Chatswood street with grass cutting by Council 1930s | 38:9, 4 | ||
Edginton family, Woolwich and Chatswood | 38:8, 3 | ||
Jewish Museum tour | 37:6, 4 | ||
Jo Harris family research presentation WDHS meeting | 39:5, 1; 39:6, 3 | ||
Knitlock & Mistresses: the Griffin Conservation Walk (Gail Giles-Gidley) | 38:5, 3 | ||
Landmarks at the NMA (National Museum of Australia) | 38:6, 1 | ||
McLean, John | 37:5, 3 | ||
Marriage: hints for wives (Joan Antarakis) | 37:6, 3 | ||
Mashman Brothers pottery factory, Chatswood | 37:9, 2 | ||
Mashman, Peggy | 39:4, 3 | ||
Members’ Corner | 39:1, 3; 39:2, 3; 39:3, 3; 39:5, 2; 39:6, 3 | ||
MOSAiC collection management training, Chatswood | 38:5, 3; 38:6, 3; | ||
38:7, 1; 39:4, 3 | |||
Museum Update/Matters | 37:2, 2; 37:6, 2; | ||
38:1 1; 38:5, 1; | |||
38:6, 3; 39:1, 3; 39:2, 1, 39:3, 2; 39:4, 2; 39:5, 3; 39:6, 2 | |||
Museums Australia, Space, Place & Identity symposium report | 38:4, 1 | ||
Museums & Galleries/nsw and the WDHS | 39:2, 3 | ||
Newsletter Upgraded | 37:1, 3 | ||
North Shore Historical Society 2013 History Prize (Don Napper) | 38:10, 2 | ||
North Shore Railway: Shaping Willoughby | 39:3, 5 | ||
North Shore Railway Estate | 42797.54375 | ||
Northbridge, presentation on history of (Geoff Sherington) | 38:4, 3 | ||
Notables who made Willoughby displays | 37:1, 4; 37:3, 1 | ||
Paradise and Pecadilloes (book review) | 42768.58403 | ||
Promoting the Society | 37:2, 3; 37:3, 2 | ||
Radio Station 2FC transmitter towers, Castlecrag | 39:1, 5 | ||
RAHS State Conference reports | 39:6, 2 | ||
Ray Martin’s Favourites (WDHS event) | 38:10, 1; 38:11, 1 | ||
Religious Buildings Updates (Mollie Shelley) | |||
Armenian Apostolic Church, Chatswood | 38:7, 1 | ||
Armenian Evangelical Church, Willoughby | 38:7, 1 | ||
Artarmon Mosque, Hampden Road | 37:8, 2 | ||
Baptist Church, Chatswood | 38:11, 2 | ||
Baptist Church, Northbridge | 37:1, 2 | ||
Church of Christ, Chatswood | 38:10, 2 | ||
Church of St Philip Neri, (Catholic), Northbridge | 38:1, 2 | ||
Holy Trinity Church, West Chatswood | 39:4, 4 | ||
Naremburn Anglican Church | 37:10, 2 | ||
North Shore Chapel Emanuel, Chatswood | 39:02.4 | ||
Our Lady of Delores Roman Catholic Church, Chatswood | 39:1, 4 | ||
Presbyterian Church, Willoughby | 38:3, 2 | ||
St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Chatswood | 39:3, 4 | ||
St Andrews Uniting Church, Artarmon | 37:7, 2 | ||
St Barnabas Anglican Church, Chatswood | 38:6, 2 | ||
St Basils Anglican Church, Artarmon | 37:8, 2 | ||
St James Anglican Church, Castlecrag | 37:8, 2 | ||
St Leonards Catholic Church, Naremburn | 37:10, 2 | ||
St Marks Anglican Church, Northbridge | 38:1, 2 | ||
St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Castle Cove | 37:8, 2 | ||
St Pauls CofE Church, West Chatswood | 39:06:04 | ||
St Stephens Anglican Church, Sydney St/ Mowbray Road | 37:4, 2 | ||
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Willoughby | 38:5, 2 | ||
Salvation Army Hall, Chatswood | 38:9, 2 | ||
Second Church of Science Scientists, Chatswood | 39:5, 4 | ||
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Chatswood | 38:8, 2 | ||
Uniting Church, Northbridge | 38:1,3 | ||
Uniting Church, Willoughby | 38:2, 2 | ||
Research: Catholic Cemetery, North Willoughby | 37:1, 4 | ||
Sharp, Dr Stuart, speaker September 2010 meeting | 37:8, 1 | ||
Sherington, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey | 38:1, 3; 39:4, 2 | ||
Shillcock, Robert (1916-2012) | 39:4, 2 | ||
Society News | 37:4, 3; 37:6, 3; | ||
37:7, 3; 37:8, 3; | |||
37:9, 3; 37:10, 3; | |||
38:1, 3; 38:2, 3; | |||
38:3, 3; 38:4, 3; | |||
38:5, 3; 38:6, 3; | |||
38:7, 3; 38:8, 3; 38:9, 3; 38:10, 3 | |||
Speedo Story, The | 37:8, 3, 39:4, 1 | ||
Sydney Town Hall tour, 10 August | 37:5, 4 | ||
Tales of Flat Rock Creek exhibition | 37:10, 1; 38:2, 3; | ||
38:3, 1; 38:4, 3 | |||
That’s Entertainment exhibition launch | 39:3, 1 | ||
The Concourse – report on presentation by Eilis O’Beirne | 37:2, 3 | ||
Tierney, Helen, museum consultant | 38:2, 3; 38:3, 3; | ||
38:4, 3; 38:9, 3 | |||
Thom, Mary, A conversation with (Geoff Sherington) | 38:5, 2 | ||
University of Sydney tour | 38:7, 4; 37:8, 4; | ||
38:9, 3 | |||
Vaughan, Alfred Leslie (‘Les’), 1915-2012 (John Vaughan) | 39:5, 2 | ||
Vaughan, Eileen Bessie (1914-2010) | 37:7, 1 | ||
WDHS 2012 schedule of activities | 39:1, 1 | ||
WDHS Christmas Functions | 37:9, 4; 37:10, 4; | ||
38:1, 3; 38:11, 4 | |||
WDHS Strategic Planning 2010 | 37:2, 1; 37:4, 1; | ||
37:5, 1 | |||
WDHS ‘Trash & Treasure’ stall, Chatswood Mall | 38:10, 3, 39:5, 1 | ||
WDHS website | 38:6, 3; 38:11, 2; 39:5, 2; 39:6, 6 | ||
Willoughby Museum wins 2011 IMAGinE Award | 38:9, 1 | ||
Wolf, Ed, aviation historian, July 2010 guest speaker | 37:6, 1 | ||
Willoughby Library, grant for significance assessment | 37:10, 3 | ||
New Chatswood Library opened | 38:9, 3 | ||
Northbridge branch library | 38:1, 3 | ||
Venue for WDHS meetings | 38:11, 1 | ||
Willoughby’s Pioneer Families (Book Review) | 42768.58403 | ||
Willoughby’s Response to the Depression (Geoff Sherington) | 38:3, 3 | ||
Working Spaces 4 Museum Volunteers, 2010 | 37:9, 3 | ||
IMAGES (Photos And Art Works) | |||
Arcadia Theatre, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood | 39:2, 6 | ||
Armenian Apostolic Church, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg /Catherine Williams) | 38:7, 1; 38:8, 4 | ||
Artarmon railway station early 1900s and early 2000s (p/card / Stuart Sharp) | 37:6, 4; 37:8, 1 | ||
Artarmon station, train approaching 1907 (Isobel Hammond colln.) | 39:6, 6 | ||
Artarmon Speedo factory, machining section | 37:8, 3 | ||
Baptist Church, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg) | 38:11, 2 | ||
Buz Builder windmill model (Kraus family) | 38:5, 1 | ||
Cammeray Bridge, official reopening 9 September 1939 | 37:5, 3; 37:9, 4 | ||
Canfield, Peggy, OAM and WDHS President | 37:1, 1 | ||
Cant, Ron and Margaret, presentation for volunteer work at museum | 38:2, 4 | ||
Cant, Ron, at Garden Island Heritage Centre (RF McKillop) | 39:5, 6 | ||
Carisbrook House tour, Lane Cove | 38:3, 2 | ||
Cascade Cordials factory & staff, Willoughby Road | 39:1, 2 | ||
Castlecove Golf Course 80th anniversary Heritage Exhibition | 39:5, 3 | ||
Castlecove Golf Course, club kiosk Walter Burley Griffin plan | 37:10, 3 | ||
Castlecrag community display, NMA Landmarks exhibition | 38:6, 1 | ||
Central Railway Station tour (Judith Baird) | 37:5, 4 | ||
Chaffer, Walter, with tannery employees, 1904 | 39:4, 5 | ||
Chaffers’ Chatswood tannery 1983 | 39:6, 5 | ||
Chatswood, first tram at station 1908 | 37:7, 3 | ||
Chatswood Oval, employment relief works, 4 June 1934 | 38:11, 4 | ||
Chatswood Park and Boer War memorial, circa 1910 | 37:5, 3 | ||
Chatswood railway station c1910 showing goods shed (W’by Library) | 39:03:05 | ||
Church of Christ, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood | 38:10, 2 | ||
City of Canada Bay Museum | 37:2, 2 | ||
Cockatoo Island tour Sutherland Dock | 37:7, 4 | ||
Cockatoo island Brian Day, introducing WDHS tour group | 37:9, 1 | ||
Commemorative souvenir 1927 Parliament House opening, WDHS Whiting collection | 39:5, 3 | ||
Cooper, Rita, Life Membership presentation, 10 December 2012 | 39:1, 1 | ||
Costin, Beryl May (Graeme Costin) | 38:7, 3 | ||
Crick Street, Chatswood, putting down bitumen seal, February 1936 | 37:6,2 | ||
David Warner Collection, unidentified quarry scene | 37:10, 2 | ||
Digital images workshop, Working Spaces 4 Museum Volunteers | 37:9, 3 | ||
Doggett, Betty, Willoughby Council Cultural & Community Award | 39:1, 3 | ||
Doulton Australia flower pot (Paul Storm) | 37:2, 2 | ||
Doulton Australia, large pot | 37:9, 2 | ||
Doulton Australia Grecian Key stoneware pottery | 37:7, 2; 39:5, 5 | ||
Easton Pottery vase | 38:2, 1; 38:8, 1 | ||
Eaton, Lurleen, 100th birthday cake (Judy Peters) | 38:6, 3 | ||
Edison phonogram at museum with Wayne Dempsey | 39:3, 1 | ||
Egan, Vice, OAM | 38:2, 3 | ||
Flat Rock Rubbish Tip in 1964 | 38:4, 4 | ||
Gallery hanging system at museum | 39:2, 1 | ||
Garden Island WDHS members’ tour group | 39:3, 3 | ||
German telephone doll (Paul Storm) | 37:2, 2 | ||
Goodchap, Charles, railway commissioner | 37:3, 3 | ||
Gore Hill Oval employment relief works, 15 July 1934 | 38:3, 3; 38:5, 4 | ||
Governor Professor Marie Bashir at the Willoughby Museum | 37:1, 2 | ||
Great Northern (Artarmon) Hotel, c1915 (WDHS c’sy John RE Brown) | 39:4, 6 | ||
Guarneri violin | 37:4, 3 | ||
Harold Reid Reserve road cutting, RF McKillop | 39:2, 5 | ||
Harry Fox and Ron Cant at WDHS ‘Trash & Treasure’ stall | 38:10, 3 | ||
Holy Trinity Church, West Chatswood | 39:4, 4 | ||
Hugh Cogan coach-building tools at Willoughby Museum | 38:11, 3 | ||
Forsayth, James, tanner, portrait | 37:2, 4 | ||
Fullers Road Bridge, 18 July 1938 | 37:6, 3 | ||
Hambledon Cottage Museum, Parramatta | 37:4, 1 | ||
Jack Millen grooming his horse, 1920s | 37:5, 2 | ||
Jack Millen’s new motor lorry c1925 | 37:5, 3 | ||
M&G/nsw reviewers at Snowy Scheme Museum | 39:2, 3 | ||
MasLaurin Hall, University of Sydney (Paul Storm) | 38:9, 4 | ||
Mashman & Sanderson 1886 storage jar | 37:9, 2 | ||
Meccano Day at the Museum September 2009 | 37:1, 3 | ||
Mitchell’s Quality Bread van, c1938 | 38:6, 4 | ||
MOSAiC collection management training, Chatswood | 38:7, 1 | ||
Museums Australia tour group to Willoughby Museum 2 May 2012 | 39:3, 3 | ||
Naremburn Falls and Flat Rock Bridge, 3 August 1934 | 37:10, 1 | ||
Nicholls, Eric, gate at 10 The Parapet, Castlecrag (Judy Peters) | 38:5, 3 | ||
Nicolo Amarti violin | 37:4, 2 | ||
North Shore Chapel Emanuel interior following 2011 renovations | 39:2, 4 | ||
North Shore Railway Estate (NLA) | 37:3, 2 | ||
Northbridge branch library | 38:1, 3 | ||
Northbridge Golf Course, official opening event, 13 April 1935 | 38:10, 3 | ||
Northbridge Suspension Bridge. Rebuilding, 1937-38 (Douglas Hemshaw) | 38:7, 4 | ||
Northbridge Suspension Bridge, official reopening 9 September 1939 | 37:5, 3; 37:9, 4 | ||
Northbridge Theatre site, building service station (Oscar Shaft colln) | 39:3, 6 | ||
Notables who made Willoughby displays | 37:3, 1 | ||
Our Lady of Delores RC Church, Chatswood | 39:1, 4 | ||
Parramatta DHS storage boxes | 37:4, 4 | ||
Peter, Judy, at museum with hamper prize | 38:8, 4 | ||
Paul Storm at GSDA No 1 House, Castlecrag 16 Sep 2012 | 39:5, 1 | ||
Presbyterian Church, Willoughby (Mollie Shelley) | 38:3, 2 | ||
Radio Station 2FC transmitter towers 1923, Willoughby Museum colln | 39:1, 5 | ||
Ray Martin signing books at WDHS event, 14 November 2011 (Mary Thom) | 38:11, 4 | ||
Rob Foster painting breakfast room, Willoughby Museum | 39:4, 3 & 6 | ||
St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Chatswood (Robyn M<cKegg) | 39:3, 4 | ||
St Andrews Uniting Church, Artarmon (Marianne Nestor) | 37:7, 2 | ||
St Barnabas Anglican Church, Chatswood | 38:6, 2 | ||
St James Church, Castlecrag | 37:8, 2 | ||
St Leonards Catholic Church, Naremburn (Sue Allen) | 37:10, 4 | ||
St Pauls CoE Church, West Chatswood | 39:6, 4 | ||
St Stephens Anglican Church, Willoughby (Mollie Shelley) | 38:4, 2 | ||
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Willoughby (Robyn McKegg) | 38:5, 2 | ||
Salvation Army Hall, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg) | 38:9, 2 | ||
Second Church of Science Scientists, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg) | 39:5, 4 | ||
Seniors ‘Old Fashioned Afternoon Tea’ at the museum 18 Mar 2012 | 39:2, 6 | ||
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg) | 38:8, 2 | ||
Sherington, Geoffrey, and Bob McKillop at launch MoW, 2012 | 39:4, 3 | ||
Storm, Paul, ‘Australiana’ presentation at Heritage Festival | 37:3, 4 | ||
Speedo factory cutting floor, Artarmon, 1957 | 39:4, 1 | ||
Sutherland, John, Minister for Public Works | 37:3, 3 | ||
Tales of Flat Rock Creek exhibition opening (Judy Peters) | 38:3, 1 | ||
Tempe House following restoration, October 2012 (RF McKillop) | 39:6, 2 | ||
The Concourse – artists’ impression of the library | 37:2, 3 | ||
Uniting Church, Clan William Street, Willoughby (Mollie Shelley) | 38:2, 2 | ||
Valetta, Gore Hill, c1900 (Willoughby City Library) | 38:10, 1 | ||
Vaughan, Alfred Leslie (‘Les’) at his Castlecrag home | 39:5, 2 | ||
Vaughan, Eileen Bessie, WDHS Tours Officer (Betty La Machia) | 37:7, 1 | ||
Vaughan, John at launch of That’s Entertainment exhib’n 20 May 2012 | 39:3, 6 | ||
WDHS and IMAGinE Awards | 37:9, 1; 39:1, 6; 39:6, 1 | ||
WDHS strategic planning issues | 37:5, 1; 39:5, 1 | ||
WDHS table, MOSAIC ‘Games Around the World’ event | 37:8, 3 | ||
WDHS table, RAHS 2012 Annual Conference (RF McKillop) | 39:6, 3 | ||
WDHS Trash & Treasure stall, The Mall | 38: 10, 3 | ||
WDHS website goes live | 39:3, 2 | ||
Wedding photos for identification | 38:1, 4 | ||
Whitton, John, railway engineer | 37:3, 3 | ||
Willoughby City Council, 2011 achievements | 39:1, 2 | ||
Willoughby City Library, Local Studies desk | 38:9, 3 | ||
Willoughby Council depot & road machinery, 11 Aug 1934 | 39:1, 6 | ||
Willoughby Council Depot, workers mixing bitumen seal, 1 June 1934 | 37:6, 2 | ||
Willoughby Falls 1907 | 37:5, 2 | ||
Willoughby Falls, John Skinner Prout 1842 etching | 37:6, 2 | ||
Willoughby Incinerator | |||
Workers constructing stone walls, 3 May 1934 | 37:6, 3 | ||
Stonemasons working on retaining walls, 15 May 1934 | 38:3, 4 | ||
Willoughby Museum display, Jean Miller Room | 37:8, 2 | ||
Winkworth, Kylie, at 2010 IMAGinE Awards | 37:9, 2 |
Pre 2012
ARTICLES
1979 – 1990
Article | Section |
Some homes of old Artarmon | Artarmon House (c1816-c1869) |
Some homes of old Artarmon | Valetta (c1869-1939) |
Some homes of old Artarmon | Carlotta (c1868-?) |
Some homes of old Artarmon | Gladstone House (c1880-1900) |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The first post office |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The gaslighter |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The first Willoughby Scout Hall |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The first newspaper |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The produce store |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The first school |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The bootmaker |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The blacksmith |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | The first fire station |
No trams or buses across the Harbour Bridge | |
Butcher’s advertisement | |
Innisfallen – Castlecove | |
School of Arts in Willoughby 1870-1970 | |
283 Mowbray Road, Chatswood | |
Do you know… | The first council |
Do you know… | Turrumburra |
Do you know… | Pacific Highway |
Do you know… | The first street lamp |
Do you know… | The first bank |
Do you know… | The first council chambers |
Do you know… | The first public hall |
Do you know… | The first sod for the railway line |
Do you know… | The first tramline |
Do you know… | The first church |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Local history – what’s the Library doing? |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Council records |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Gore Hill Cemetery |
Willoughby Municipal Library | North Shore Times and other papers |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Books and pamphlets |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Walter Burley Griffin |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Photographs |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Maps |
Willoughby Municipal Library | Archives |
Willoughby Municipal Library | The future |
Early times of Willoughby Council | The first council meetings |
Early times of Willoughby Council | The first by-laws |
Early times of Willoughby Council | The first regular means of transport |
Penshust | |
Pommy Lodge | |
Cleland Park, Artarmon | |
Chatswood Bowling Club | |
Chatswood Bowling Club | Chatswood Ladies Bowling Club |
Hard Times in the 1890’s | |
Sydney Street, Willoughby | |
Editorial | The Willoughby tramline |
In London with Eric Wilksch | Willoughby Street, London |
Cascade Cordials Ltd. | |
Champion sportsmen of old Willoughby | Dick Green |
Champion sportsmen of old Willoughby | Ned Trickett |
The sad Mr. Johnson | |
An early facet of Chatswood | Mrs. Humphrey’s milkbar |
Origin of the parish and suburb names of Willoughby and Gordon | |
Willoughby’s forgotten waterway | Long Bay, Middle Harbour |
Willoughby’s forgotten waterway | Flat Rock Creek |
Willoughby’s forgotten waterway | Barcroft Boake |
First industry | A tannery |
Some tourist information | Hotels |
Some tourist information | Transportation – motorcar, steamer, ferry, tram and train |
Cascade Cordials Ltd. | |
It was some opening | Mr. Hammond’s butcher shop |
A peep into the past of Willoughby | Council’s rate books |
Chatswood began as an early grant | |
A soldier’s diary | |
Norman Lindsay in Willoughby | |
Church emblem of faith in future | St. Cuthbert’s Church of England, Naremburn |
It happened in the month of October | |
Do you remember? | Mrs. Guest’s dining room for school children |
Do you remember? | The Rudd’s greengrocery shop |
Do you remember? | Coal fires and fuel stoves |
Cape Willoughby | |
Go-ahead Chatswood – Rapid progress of North Shore suburb | |
Manly railway remains a dream | |
Extract from Gazeteer of the Australian Colonies | Willoughby |
Hardcourt tennis on the North Shore | Northern Suburbs Tennis Association |
Early horse transport | |
Taxi fares around 1915 | |
Site for Royal North Shore Hospital | |
The other Willoughby | |
The first post office at North Willoughby | |
A brief history of the building of the first Anglican Church at Naremburn | |
It’s pleasant to recollect | Waterfall at Flatrock |
It’s pleasant to recollect | Foster’s Dairy |
A notable early home-owner/resident of Willoughby | Tresillian North Mothercraft Home |
A notable early home-owner/resident of Willoughby | Professor Pitt Cobbett MA DCC(OXON) |
In the beginning | Municipal life |
Artarmon in the 20th century | |
Artarmon in the 20th century | The inter-war period |
Artarmon in the 20th century | Since 1945 |
Artarmon in the 20th century | Gore Hill Cemetery |
Empire Day celebrations | |
Artarmon | |
A part of Chatswood in the early 1920’s | |
Growing up between wars | Roseville Public School |
Sweets of yesterday | |
Early history of the Gore Hill site of the North Sydney Technical College | |
St. Stephen’s Mission Church | |
Church shows concern for public health | |
Australia’s flags | |
Tresillian Mothercraft Homes – origin of the name | |
Pavilions in Chatswood Oval | |
Laurel Bank | |
St. Stephen’s Church of England (Mission Church), North Willoughby | 1882-1884 |
Damper for breakfast | |
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake | |
The Willoughby District part 1 | |
The first cricket club | |
Street names | |
James Reid | |
The Fletchers | |
The Willoughby District part 2 | |
The brick industry | |
Roses of Picardy | |
One hundred years ago | Laurelbank |
One hundred years ago | The Great Northern Hotel |
The North Shore railway | |
Henry Russell | |
The history of our street names | Whart St., Naremburn |
The history of our street names | Market St., Naremburn |
The history of our street names | Flat Rock Rd., Naremburn |
A short story of a short street – Brown Street | |
Chatswood began as an early grant | |
Willoughby in the 1880’s | The suburb of North Willoughby |
Willoughby in the 1880’s | Singing frogs |
Willoughby in the 1880’s | Snakes in the bush |
Some local shops between 1920-1940 | |
Childhood reminiscences | |
Correction of data of grant to Isaac Nichols | |
A little bit of Ashley Street | Wononah |
How it used to be – Middle Harbour | |
A history of Chatswood Hall | |
S. Whiddon & Sons Pty. Ltd. | |
Early childhood memories of 1920-1923 | Forsyth Country, Willoughby |
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth Country | Forsyth Street |
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth Country | Robert Street |
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth Country | Rosewall Street |
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth Country | Stan Street |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Centennial Avenue |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Critchett Road |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Eddy Road |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Whitton Road |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Freeman Road |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Oliver Road |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Moriarty Road |
Street name changes in Willoughby Municipality | Sutherland Road |
James Reid and Harold Reid | |
A. J. Benjamin Ltd. | |
Quarantine signal mast | |
Armenia comes to Chatswood | |
Willoughby | |
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street names | Spring Street |
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street names | Boer War |
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street names | First World War |
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street names | Another group of streets related to aviation |
Extract from the minute book, Willoughby Municipal Council 1916 | |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | St. Stephen’s Church, North Willoughby |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | New Parish Church |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | Foundation stone of the New Parish Church |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | St. Stephen’s New Church, July 1882 |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | The laying of the first stone |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | The Bishop’s address |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | The offertory |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | The tea and public meeting |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | A description of the new building |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | St. Stephen’s New Church, December 1882 |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | Diphtheria |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | St. Stephen’s New Church, January 1883 |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | Stephen’s Mission Church – a retrospect |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | Health |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | The new church |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | St. Stephen’s New Church, October 1883 |
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883 | St. Stephen’s, North Willoughby |
Early days in Willoughby | |
Peter and Patrick Dolan, veterinary surgeons | |
Chatswood Shopping Centre in the 1930’s | |
An orphanage in Chatswood | |
An old Chatswood identity – E.M. Rothery | |
True blue colours | |
Cemeteries | |
From “A Voyage to New South Wales” | |
One part of Willoughby Municipality’s centenary celebrations | Village train |
The Granny Smith apple | |
The “Wales” in Willoughby | The Bank of New South Wales |
Early years of motoring | |
In memory of the late John Pert | |
Good old days, good old prices of 1932 | G. Lazenby, quality butcher, Naremburn |
Pictures theatres of yesteryear | Northbridge theatre |
Pictures theatres of yesteryear | Theatre Royal, Willoughby |
Pictures theatres of yesteryear | Artarmon Regent |
Pictures theatres of yesteryear | Hoyts Chatswood theatre |
Pictures theatres of yesteryear | Queen’s Theatre |
Pictures theatres of yesteryear | Arcadia Theatre |
To Let section in the Searchlight | |
A.J. Benjamin’s advertisement | |
Editorial – Story of Willoughby District Historical Society | |
Bicentennial history records search | William James Slack |
A French connection | The French family |
“Plonk” the Australian term for cheap wine | |
Chatswood West in the late 1930’s and early 1940’s | |
“Pommy Lodge” | |
Story of Eleanor Wainwright | |
Wheatleigh Pty. Ltd. | |
Willoughby’s Centenary and that vintage train in 1965 | |
McIlrath’s Pty. Ltd. | |
The New South Wales Red Cross recorder | Chatswood branch |
The first children’s library | |
Our wattle | |
Strikes caused slight delays to Civic Centre |