Newsletter archive

Our archived newsletters contain a wealth of useful and interesting information. See details below. If you are interested in any of this information, let us know how we can assist by emailing our Secretary on wdhs58@gmil.com

2013 to present

MonthYearHeading
February2013Our anniversaries in 2013
February2013An Outstanding Football Team
February2013Update on our religious buildings, Part 19
February2013Chatswood in the Federation Era
April2013Willoughby Museum puts on a show
April2013Heritage Listing 6-10 Beaconsfield Road, Chatswood
April2013From home to museum: celerating 100 years
April2013Recent tours
April2013Joseph Knight Smith and the Willoughby Hotel
December2013The Suspension Bridge: Cammeray to Northbridge
December2013Members’ Corner
December2013Shopping in the 1950s
February2014The WDHS is 40!
February2014Jessie Rosina (Peggy) Canfield ;OAM  1921-2013
February2014WDHS and The Quadrangle Shopping Centre : Castlecrag
June2014Journey through Time and Space : walking tour
June2014Willoughby elects a new Mayor
June2014Members’ April Meeting : Rembering our Trams
June2014Postcard from Egypt, 1917 Alfred Day, 1893-1981
June2014Ted Larkin: Willoughby’s Anzac Hero
June2014Willoughby’s First Public Baths at Castlecrag
August2014Members’ News
August2014Hugh Cogan, Coachbuilder
August2014Traditional Trade Tools
August2014Wayne’s Story Gets Told
 October2014Willoughby City Today in Pictures
 October2014The Eliza Davies Story
 October2014Tradional Trade Tools
 October2014Wayne’s Story Part 2
December2014Ian Hoskin’s’Presentation
December2014Hammond Family History
February2015Linking with the Online World
February2015Early Land Grants in Willoughby
February2015Bianconi Line Coaches
June2015New Book: Chatswood Catholic Cemetery
June2015The 100th Anniversary of Willoughby Local Governmentg
June2015The David’s of Willoughby Public School 1939
August2015Suginami City Delegation at the Museum
August2015Contributing to our Exhibition from Afar
August2015Real Estate Posters and Willoughby
August2015Willoughby City Sesquicenterary
October2015Launch of Place Marking Exhibition
October2015Our Museum at the 2015 Willoughby Visual Arts Biennial
October2015Tram to Balmoral Beach and Jesus
October2015Ken Thomas and Thomas Nationwide Transport (TNT)
October2015Chatswood from fledgling suburb to centre
December2015Willoughby DHS : Shaping Our Future
December2015Pictorial History : Willoughby Review
December2015A French Connection
December2015Wiringulla and the Paradise Estate
February2016Reshaping our Future
February2016Simon Henry Pearce: an early Sydney entrepreneur
February2016Notes on Willoughby’s Chinese Market Gardens
June2016Remembering Rural Willoughby Exhibition
June2016New Photo Collection;: Speedo factory, Artarmon
June2016Chatswood in 1978 – The O’Donoghue collection
August2016The Museum at the Emerge Festival
August2016Chatswood’s War Trophy
August2016Our Speedo collection
August2016The Hammond Family
October2016Word on the Street Exhibition
October2016Our Meccano Day 3 September
October2016Fancy a Take-away?  Part I
December2016Vale David Thom 1931-2016
December2016Fancy a Take-away?  Part 2
February2017Our Christmas Event
February2017The Johnston Family of Willoughby
April2017Artistic Voices of Willoughby
April2017Museum update
April2017New book available at WDHS Online Shop
April2017Goods by ;Night on the North Shore Line
June2017Artistic Voices – Exhibition Opening
June2017Lieutenant William Dawes and Town Planning in Sydney
June2017Mashman Brothers Pottery in the 1950’s
August2017Our President in Northern Europe
August2017Rita Cooper 1926-2017
August2017Howard Rubie : Cinematographer and community citizen
October2017New Exhibitions at Willoughby Museum
October2017Members’Corner
October2017Edgar Absalom Deans (1903-1991)
December2017The Art of Fashion
December2017More on the City Surface Exhibition
December2017The Hilder family in Castlecrag
February2018Our Forthcoming Exhibition
February2018Saint Mary MacKillop: a brief overview
April2018Celebrating Willoughby City;s Diversity, Cultures and Communities
April2018Where to for Willoughby City’s local centres?
June2018The Centenary of the first wireless message from Wales to Wahroonga
June2018Celebrating Willoughby City’s Heritage, Culture and Communities
June2018Frank Coffee, 1852 to 1929
August2018Fabulous Fifties”A Cavalcade of History and Fashion
August2018Our New Exhibition
August2018Remembering Willoughby’s Industries
October2018Chatswood town centre photos 1978
October2018Cavalcade of History and Fashion: the art of fashion:the fabulous fifties
October2018Willoughby Museum’s railway collection
October2018The Rise and Fall of Zimbabwe: reflections on African politics
December2018Chatswood Town Centre photos 1978-2018
December2018The Windsor Gardens Open Day Event
December2018Cavalcade of Fashion: the Fabulous Fifties
February 2019New South Wales Railway Heritage
April2019Castle Cove Golf Course
June2019Repairs to Boronia
June2019The WDHS Cavalcade of history and Fashion 2019
June2019The WDHS trip from Central Station to Kiama
October2019Extra Ordinary Meeting of the WDHS
October2019The History of the North Shore Railway Exhibition
April2020Dancing maiden at 2 Victor St
April2020North Shore Times ends print run
April2020Willoughby East Bungalow Gable Vents
July2020Museum Tax Deductible Donations
July2020Arcitectural Gem Neridah St
July2020Beauchamp Park
July2020Telford Lane
July2020Olde Metal Front gates
September2020World Study invites WDHS
September2020Beutron Button Factory – East Chatswood
September2020Aviary in Chatswood
September2020History of Artarmon Bungalow
September2020Mayor at the Museum
December2020Mashman Doulton Caroma Factory Heritage Room
December2020Mashman Doulton Caroma Factory In Pictures
December2020You Are Being Watched
December2020Chatswood Rifle Range
December2020Sgt Leonard Wentworth Lean
February2021Itata: A Barque Burnt
February2021Dick Smith, Entrepreneur
February2021Channel 9 TV tower to be demolished
February2021New Exhibition
April2021Museum Exhibition Opening
April2021Mowbray House School
April2021National Acoustic Laboratory
April2021Historic Railway moves after 130 years
June2021Castlecrag’s Centenary
June2021Moran and Cato Grocers
August2021Hiawatha
August2021A Gate in the Parapet
August2021Chatswood Army Cadet Corps
October2021Reflections on Living in Artarmon 1975 – 2021
October2021Vale Ernest “Brian” Day
October2021Vanderfield Building Entryway RNSH
December2021AJ Benjamin Dept Store
December2021An Artarmon Childhood
December2021St Leonards Church Naremburn
February2022The Johnston Family of Willoughby
February2022Prisoner to First Postmaster
April2022Wallumedegal
April2022Valley View Bowling Club
April2022Chatswood Skating Rink

2010 -2012

TopicEdition 
2009 Annual General Meeting Report37:1, 1 
2009 Museum Report37:1, 2 
2009 WDHS President’s Report42768.54236 
2010 Annual General Meeting Report38:2, 1 
2010 Management Committee37:1, 3 
2011 Annual General Meeting (Notice)38:11, 4 
2011 membership fees38:11, 1 
2012 WDHS President’s Report39:2, 2 
Art of the Luthier: presentation by Raymond Howse42797.54444 
Artarmon Railway Station, interpreting37:8, 1 
Australia’s first subsidised airmail services37:6, 1 
‘Blackmailing the Governor: Australia’s first strike’, (Geoff Sherington)38:6, 2 
Carment, David, Presentation on Community History38:10, 3 
Carisbrook House tour, Lane Cove38:3, 3 
Cascade Cordials Story, Graeme Costin39:1, 2 
Chaffer Family Story, The39:4, 5; 39:6, 5 
City of Canada Bay Museum37:2, 2 
Cockatoo Island tour37:7, 4; 37:9, 1 
Collectables at the Museum event, 11 September 201037:6, 1; 37:6, 4; 
37:7, 4; 37:8, 3 
Cooper, Rita, WDHS Life Membership presentation39:1, 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 Award39:1, 3 
Doulton Australia pottery (Judy Peters)37:7, 2 
Dunn, Judith, ‘Unknown Pioneers’ presentation38:8, 3 
Easton’s Pottery Story (Judy Peters)38:2, 1; 38:8, 1 
Eaton, Lurleen, 100th birthday celebration38:6, 3 
Egan, Vincent Michael, OAM, and Mary Georgina38:2, 3 
Elephant Stew (Joan Antarakis)37:5, 3 
Evelyn Whiting and Valetta38:10, 1 
From Our Collection:  
AWA Fisk Radiola 180 radio38:5, 1 
Buzza Products collection38:5, 1
David Warner photo collection 
Doulton Australia flower pot37:2, 2
Evelyn Whiting personal effects38:7, 3; 38:10, 1
German telephone doll37:2, 2
Mashman pottery37:9, 2
Photo Archives42797.54514
Ronson Mashman pottery collection38:5, 1
Willoughby Falls, John Skinner Prout 1842 etching37:6, 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 tours38:1, 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 coachbuilder38:11, 3
IMAGinE Awards, 2010 Highly Commended for Collection Policy37:9, 2
IMAGINE Awards 2011, WDHS wins Best Exhibition award39:1, 6
IMAGINE Awards 201239:6, 1
Information wanted: 
Chatswood street with grass cutting by Council 1930s38:9, 4
Edginton family, Woolwich and Chatswood38:8, 3
Jewish Museum tour37:6, 4
Jo Harris family research presentation WDHS meeting39:5, 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, John37:5, 3
Marriage: hints for wives (Joan Antarakis)37:6, 3
Mashman Brothers pottery factory, Chatswood37:9, 2
Mashman, Peggy39:4, 3
Members’ Corner39:1, 3; 39:2, 3; 39:3, 3; 39:5, 2; 39:6, 3
MOSAiC collection management training, Chatswood38:5, 3; 38:6, 3;
38:7, 1; 39:4, 3
Museum Update/Matters37:2, 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 report38:4, 1
Museums & Galleries/nsw and the WDHS39:2, 3
Newsletter Upgraded37:1, 3
North Shore Historical Society 2013 History Prize (Don Napper)38:10, 2
North Shore Railway: Shaping Willoughby39:3, 5
North Shore Railway Estate42797.54375
Northbridge, presentation on history of (Geoff Sherington)38:4, 3
Notables who made Willoughby displays37:1, 4; 37:3, 1
Paradise and Pecadilloes (book review)42768.58403
Promoting the Society37:2, 3; 37:3, 2
Radio Station 2FC transmitter towers, Castlecrag39:1, 5
RAHS State Conference reports39:6, 2
Ray Martin’s Favourites (WDHS event)38:10, 1; 38:11, 1
Religious Buildings Updates (Mollie Shelley) 
Armenian Apostolic Church, Chatswood38:7, 1
Armenian Evangelical Church, Willoughby38:7, 1
Artarmon Mosque, Hampden Road37:8, 2
Baptist Church, Chatswood38:11, 2
Baptist Church, Northbridge37:1, 2
Church of Christ, Chatswood38:10, 2
Church of St Philip Neri, (Catholic), Northbridge38:1, 2
Holy Trinity Church, West Chatswood39:4, 4
Naremburn Anglican Church37:10, 2
North Shore Chapel Emanuel, Chatswood39:02.4
Our Lady of Delores Roman Catholic Church, Chatswood39:1, 4
Presbyterian Church, Willoughby38:3, 2
St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Chatswood39:3, 4
St Andrews Uniting Church, Artarmon37:7, 2
St Barnabas Anglican Church, Chatswood38:6, 2
St Basils Anglican Church, Artarmon37:8, 2
St James Anglican Church, Castlecrag37:8, 2
St Leonards Catholic Church, Naremburn37:10, 2
St Marks Anglican Church, Northbridge38:1, 2
St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Castle Cove37:8, 2
St Pauls CofE Church, West Chatswood39:06:04
St Stephens Anglican Church, Sydney St/ Mowbray Road37:4, 2
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Willoughby38:5, 2
Salvation Army Hall, Chatswood38:9, 2
Second Church of Science Scientists, Chatswood39:5, 4
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Chatswood38:8, 2
Uniting Church, Northbridge38:1,3
Uniting Church, Willoughby38:2, 2
Research: Catholic Cemetery, North Willoughby37:1, 4
Sharp, Dr Stuart, speaker September 2010 meeting37:8, 1
Sherington, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey38:1, 3; 39:4, 2
Shillcock, Robert (1916-2012)39:4, 2
Society News37:4, 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, The37:8, 3, 39:4, 1
Sydney Town Hall tour, 10 August37:5, 4
Tales of Flat Rock Creek exhibition37:10, 1; 38:2, 3;
38:3, 1; 38:4, 3
That’s Entertainment exhibition launch39:3, 1
The Concourse – report on presentation by Eilis O’Beirne37:2, 3
Tierney, Helen, museum consultant38:2, 3; 38:3, 3;
38:4, 3; 38:9, 3
Thom, Mary, A conversation with (Geoff Sherington)38:5, 2
University of Sydney tour38:7, 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 activities39:1, 1
WDHS Christmas Functions37:9, 4; 37:10, 4;
38:1, 3; 38:11, 4
WDHS Strategic Planning 201037:2, 1; 37:4, 1;
37:5, 1
WDHS ‘Trash & Treasure’ stall, Chatswood Mall38:10, 3, 39:5, 1
WDHS website38:6, 3; 38:11, 2; 39:5, 2; 39:6, 6
Willoughby Museum wins 2011 IMAGinE Award38:9, 1
Wolf, Ed, aviation historian, July 2010 guest speaker37:6, 1
Willoughby Library, grant for significance assessment37:10, 3
New Chatswood Library opened38:9, 3
Northbridge branch library38:1, 3
Venue for WDHS meetings38:11, 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, 201037:9, 3
IMAGES (Photos And Art Works)
Arcadia Theatre, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood39:2, 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 section37:8, 3
Baptist Church, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg)38:11, 2
Buz Builder windmill model (Kraus family)38:5, 1
Cammeray Bridge, official reopening 9 September 193937:5, 3; 37:9, 4
Canfield, Peggy, OAM and WDHS President37:1, 1
Cant, Ron and Margaret, presentation for volunteer work at museum38:2, 4
Cant, Ron, at Garden Island Heritage Centre (RF McKillop)39:5, 6
Carisbrook House tour, Lane Cove38:3, 2
Cascade Cordials factory & staff, Willoughby Road39:1, 2
Castlecove Golf Course 80th anniversary Heritage Exhibition39:5, 3
Castlecove Golf Course, club kiosk Walter Burley Griffin plan37:10, 3
Castlecrag community display, NMA Landmarks exhibition38:6, 1
Central Railway Station tour (Judith Baird)37:5, 4
Chaffer, Walter, with tannery employees, 190439:4, 5
Chaffers’ Chatswood tannery 198339:6, 5
Chatswood, first tram at station 190837:7, 3
Chatswood Oval, employment relief works, 4 June 193438:11, 4
Chatswood Park and Boer War memorial, circa 191037:5, 3
Chatswood railway station c1910 showing goods shed (W’by Library)39:03:05
Church of Christ, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood38:10, 2
City of Canada Bay Museum37:2, 2
Cockatoo Island tour Sutherland Dock37:7, 4
Cockatoo island Brian Day, introducing WDHS tour group37:9, 1
Commemorative souvenir 1927 Parliament House opening, WDHS Whiting collection39:5, 3
Cooper, Rita, Life Membership presentation, 10 December 201239:1, 1
Costin, Beryl May (Graeme Costin)38:7, 3
Crick Street, Chatswood, putting down bitumen seal, February 193637:6,2
David Warner Collection, unidentified quarry scene37:10, 2
Digital images workshop, Working Spaces 4 Museum Volunteers37:9, 3
Doggett, Betty, Willoughby Council Cultural & Community Award39:1, 3
Doulton Australia flower pot (Paul Storm)37:2, 2
Doulton Australia, large pot37:9, 2
Doulton Australia Grecian Key stoneware pottery37:7, 2; 39:5, 5
Easton Pottery vase38:2, 1; 38:8, 1
Eaton, Lurleen, 100th birthday cake (Judy Peters)38:6, 3
Edison phonogram at museum with Wayne Dempsey39:3, 1
Egan, Vice, OAM38:2, 3
Flat Rock Rubbish Tip in 196438:4, 4
Gallery hanging system at museum39:2, 1
Garden Island WDHS members’ tour group39:3, 3
German telephone doll (Paul Storm)37:2, 2
Goodchap, Charles, railway commissioner37:3, 3
Gore Hill Oval employment relief works, 15 July 193438:3, 3; 38:5, 4
Governor Professor Marie Bashir at the Willoughby Museum37:1, 2
Great Northern (Artarmon) Hotel, c1915 (WDHS c’sy John RE Brown)39:4, 6
Guarneri violin37:4, 3
Harold Reid Reserve road cutting, RF McKillop39:2, 5
Harry Fox and Ron Cant at WDHS ‘Trash & Treasure’ stall38:10, 3
Holy Trinity Church, West Chatswood39:4, 4
Hugh Cogan coach-building tools at Willoughby Museum38:11, 3
Forsayth, James, tanner, portrait37:2, 4
Fullers Road Bridge, 18 July 193837:6, 3
Hambledon Cottage Museum, Parramatta37:4, 1
Jack Millen grooming his horse, 1920s37:5, 2
Jack Millen’s new motor lorry c192537:5, 3
M&G/nsw reviewers at Snowy Scheme Museum39:2, 3
MasLaurin Hall, University of Sydney (Paul Storm)38:9, 4
Mashman & Sanderson 1886 storage jar37:9, 2
Meccano Day at the Museum September 200937:1, 3
Mitchell’s Quality Bread van, c193838:6, 4
MOSAiC collection management training, Chatswood38:7, 1
Museums Australia tour group to Willoughby Museum 2 May 201239:3, 3
Naremburn Falls and Flat Rock Bridge, 3 August 193437:10, 1
Nicholls, Eric, gate at 10 The Parapet, Castlecrag (Judy Peters)38:5, 3
Nicolo Amarti violin37:4, 2
North Shore Chapel Emanuel interior following 2011 renovations39:2, 4
North Shore Railway Estate (NLA)37:3, 2
Northbridge branch library38:1, 3
Northbridge Golf Course, official opening event, 13 April 193538:10, 3
Northbridge Suspension Bridge. Rebuilding, 1937-38 (Douglas Hemshaw)38:7, 4
Northbridge Suspension Bridge, official reopening 9 September 193937:5, 3; 37:9, 4
Northbridge Theatre site, building service station (Oscar Shaft colln)39:3, 6
Notables who made Willoughby displays37:3, 1
Our Lady of Delores RC Church, Chatswood39:1, 4
Parramatta DHS storage boxes37:4, 4
Peter, Judy, at museum with hamper prize38:8, 4
Paul Storm at GSDA No 1 House, Castlecrag 16 Sep 201239:5, 1
Presbyterian Church, Willoughby (Mollie Shelley)38:3, 2
Radio Station 2FC transmitter towers 1923, Willoughby Museum colln39:1, 5
Ray Martin signing books at WDHS event, 14 November 2011 (Mary Thom)38:11, 4
Rob Foster painting breakfast room, Willoughby Museum39:4, 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, Chatswood38:6, 2
St James Church, Castlecrag37:8, 2
St Leonards Catholic Church, Naremburn (Sue Allen)37:10, 4
St Pauls CoE Church, West Chatswood39:6, 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 201239:2, 6
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Chatswood (Robyn McKegg)38:8, 2
Sherington, Geoffrey, and Bob McKillop at launch MoW, 201239:4, 3
Storm, Paul, ‘Australiana’ presentation at Heritage Festival37:3, 4
Speedo factory cutting floor, Artarmon, 195739:4, 1
Sutherland, John, Minister for Public Works37:3, 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 library37:2, 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 home39:5, 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 201239:3, 6
WDHS and IMAGinE Awards37:9, 1; 39:1, 6; 39:6, 1
WDHS strategic planning issues37:5, 1; 39:5, 1
WDHS table, MOSAIC ‘Games Around the World’ event37:8, 3
WDHS table, RAHS 2012 Annual Conference (RF McKillop)39:6, 3
WDHS Trash & Treasure stall, The Mall38: 10, 3
WDHS website goes live39:3, 2
Wedding photos for identification38:1, 4
Whitton, John, railway engineer37:3, 3
Willoughby City Council, 2011 achievements39:1, 2
Willoughby City Library, Local Studies desk38:9, 3
Willoughby Council depot & road machinery, 11 Aug 193439:1, 6
Willoughby Council Depot, workers mixing bitumen seal, 1 June 193437:6, 2
Willoughby Falls 190737:5, 2
Willoughby Falls, John Skinner Prout 1842 etching37:6, 2
Willoughby Incinerator 
Workers constructing stone walls, 3 May 193437:6, 3
Stonemasons working on retaining walls, 15 May 193438:3, 4
Willoughby Museum display, Jean Miller Room37:8, 2
Winkworth, Kylie, at 2010 IMAGinE Awards37:9, 2

Pre 2012

ARTICLES

2009 Annual General Meeting Report37:1, 1
2009 Museum Report37:1, 2
2009 WDHS President’s Report37:1, 1-2
2010 Annual General Meeting Report38:2, 1
2010 Management Committee37:1, 3
2011 Annual General Meeting (Notice)38:11, 4
2011 membership fees38:11, 1
2012 WDHS President’s Report39:2, 2
Art of the Luthier: presentation by Raymond Howse37:4, 2-3
Artarmon Railway Station, interpreting37:8, 1
Australia’s first subsidised airmail services37:6, 1
‘Blackmailing the Governor: Australia’s first strike’, (Geoff Sherington)38:6, 2
Carment, David, Presentation on Community History38:10, 3
Carisbrook House tour, Lane Cove38:3, 3
Cascade Cordials Story, Graeme Costin39:1, 2
Chaffer Family Story, The39:4, 5; 39:6, 5
City of Canada Bay Museum37:2, 2
Cockatoo Island tour37:7, 4; 37:9, 1
Collectables at the Museum event, 11 September 201037:6, 1; 37:6, 4;
37:7, 4; 37:8, 3
Cooper, Rita, WDHS Life Membership presentation39:1, 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 Award39:1, 3
Doulton Australia pottery (Judy Peters)37:7, 2
Dunn, Judith, ‘Unknown Pioneers’ presentation38:8, 3
Easton’s Pottery Story (Judy Peters)38:2, 1; 38:8, 1
Eaton, Lurleen, 100th birthday celebration38:6, 3
Egan, Vincent Michael, OAM, and Mary Georgina38:2, 3
Elephant Stew (Joan Antarakis)37:5, 3
Evelyn Whiting and Valetta38:10, 1
From Our Collection: 
AWA Fisk Radiola 180 radio38:5, 1
Buzza Products collection38:5, 1
David Warner photo collection
Doulton Australia flower pot37:2, 2
Evelyn Whiting personal effects38:7, 3; 38:10, 1
German telephone doll37:2, 2
Mashman pottery37:9, 2
Photo Archives37:5, 2-3
Ronson Mashman pottery collection38:5, 1
Willoughby Falls, John Skinner Prout 1842 etching37:6, 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 tours38:1, 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 coachbuilder38:11, 3
IMAGinE Awards, 2010 Highly Commended for Collection Policy37:9, 2
IMAGINE Awards 2011, WDHS wins Best Exhibition award39:1, 6
IMAGINE Awards 201239:6, 1
Information wanted: 
Chatswood street with grass cutting by Council 1930s38:9, 4
Edginton family, Woolwich and Chatswood38:8, 3
Jewish Museum tour37:6, 4
Jo Harris family research presentation WDHS meeting39:5, 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, John37:5, 3
Marriage: hints for wives (Joan Antarakis)37:6, 3
Mashman Brothers pottery factory, Chatswood37:9, 2
Mashman, Peggy39:4, 3
Members’ Corner39:1, 3; 39:2, 3; 39:3, 3; 39:5, 2; 39:6, 3
MOSAiC collection management training, Chatswood38:5, 3; 38:6, 3;
38:7, 1; 39:4, 3
Museum Update/Matters37:2, 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 report38:4, 1
Museums & Galleries/nsw and the WDHS39:2, 3
Newsletter Upgraded37:1, 3
North Shore Historical Society 2013 History Prize (Don Napper)38:10, 2
North Shore Railway: Shaping Willoughby39:3, 5
North Shore Railway Estate37:3, 2-3
Northbridge, presentation on history of (Geoff Sherington)38:4, 3
Notables who made Willoughby displays37:1, 4; 37:3, 1
Paradise and Pecadilloes (book review)38:1, 1-2
Promoting the Society37:2, 3; 37:3, 2
Radio Station 2FC transmitter towers, Castlecrag39:1, 5
RAHS State Conference reports39:6, 2
Ray Martin’s Favourites (WDHS event)38:10, 1; 38:11, 1
Religious Buildings Updates (Mollie Shelley)
Armenian Apostolic Church, Chatswood38:7, 1
Armenian Evangelical Church, Willoughby38:7, 1
Artarmon Mosque, Hampden Road37:8, 2
Baptist Church, Chatswood38:11, 2
Baptist Church, Northbridge37:1, 2
Church of Christ, Chatswood38:10, 2
Church of St Philip Neri, (Catholic), Northbridge38:1, 2
Holy Trinity Church, West Chatswood39:4, 4
Naremburn Anglican Church37:10, 2
North Shore Chapel Emanuel, Chatswood39:2. 4
Our Lady of Delores Roman Catholic Church, Chatswood39:1, 4
Presbyterian Church, Willoughby38:3, 2
St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Chatswood39:3, 4
St Andrews Uniting Church, Artarmon37:7, 2
St Barnabas Anglican Church, Chatswood38:6, 2
St Basils Anglican Church, Artarmon37:8, 2
St James Anglican Church, Castlecrag37:8, 2
St Leonards Catholic Church, Naremburn37:10, 2
St Marks Anglican Church, Northbridge38:1, 2
St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Castle Cove37:8, 2
St Pauls CofE Church, West Chatswood39:6: 4
St Stephens Anglican Church, Sydney St/ Mowbray Road37:4, 2
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Willoughby38:5, 2
Salvation Army Hall, Chatswood38:9, 2
Second Church of Science Scientists, Chatswood39:5, 4
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Chatswood38:8, 2
Uniting Church, Northbridge38:1,3
Uniting Church, Willoughby38:2, 2
Research: Catholic Cemetery, North Willoughby37:1, 4
Sharp, Dr Stuart, speaker September 2010 meeting37:8, 1
Sherington, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey38:1, 3; 39:4, 2
Shillcock, Robert (1916-2012)39:4, 2
Society News37:4, 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, The37:8, 3, 39:4, 1
Sydney Town Hall tour, 10 August37:5, 4
Tales of Flat Rock Creek exhibition37:10, 1; 38:2, 3;
38:3, 1; 38:4, 3
That’s Entertainment exhibition launch39:3, 1
The Concourse – report on presentation by Eilis O’Beirne37:2, 3
Tierney, Helen, museum consultant38:2, 3; 38:3, 3;
38:4, 3; 38:9, 3
Thom, Mary, A conversation with (Geoff Sherington)38:5, 2
University of Sydney tour38:7, 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 activities39:1, 1
WDHS Christmas Functions37:9, 4; 37:10, 4;
38:1, 3; 38:11, 4
WDHS Strategic Planning 201037:2, 1; 37:4, 1;
37:5, 1
WDHS ‘Trash & Treasure’ stall, Chatswood Mall38:10, 3, 39:5, 1
WDHS website38:6, 3; 38:11, 2; 39:5, 2; 39:6, 6
Willoughby Museum wins 2011 IMAGinE Award38:9, 1
Wolf, Ed, aviation historian, July 2010 guest speaker37:6, 1
Willoughby Library, grant for significance assessment37:10, 3
New Chatswood Library opened38:9, 3
Northbridge branch library38:1, 3
Venue for WDHS meetings38:11, 1
Willoughby’s Pioneer Families (Book Review)38:1, 1-2
Willoughby’s Response to the Depression (Geoff Sherington)38:3, 3
Working Spaces 4 Museum Volunteers, 201037:9, 3

1979 – 1990

ArticleSection
Some homes of old ArtarmonArtarmon House (c1816-c1869)
Some homes of old ArtarmonValetta (c1869-1939)
Some homes of old ArtarmonCarlotta (c1868-?)
Some homes of old ArtarmonGladstone House (c1880-1900)
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe first post office
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe gaslighter
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe first Willoughby Scout Hall
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe first newspaper
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe produce store
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe first school
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe bootmaker
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe blacksmith
A peep into the past of WilloughbyThe 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 LibraryLocal history – what’s the Library doing?
Willoughby Municipal LibraryCouncil records
Willoughby Municipal LibraryGore Hill Cemetery
Willoughby Municipal LibraryNorth Shore Times and other papers
Willoughby Municipal LibraryBooks and pamphlets
Willoughby Municipal LibraryWalter Burley Griffin
Willoughby Municipal LibraryPhotographs
Willoughby Municipal LibraryMaps
Willoughby Municipal LibraryArchives
Willoughby Municipal LibraryThe future
Early times of Willoughby CouncilThe first council meetings
Early times of Willoughby CouncilThe first by-laws
Early times of Willoughby CouncilThe first regular means of transport
Penshust
Pommy Lodge
Cleland Park, Artarmon
Chatswood Bowling Club
Chatswood Bowling ClubChatswood Ladies Bowling Club
Hard Times in the 1890’s
Sydney Street, Willoughby
EditorialThe Willoughby tramline
In London with Eric WilkschWilloughby Street, London
Cascade Cordials Ltd.
Champion sportsmen of old WilloughbyDick Green
Champion sportsmen of old WilloughbyNed Trickett
The sad Mr. Johnson
An early facet of ChatswoodMrs. Humphrey’s milkbar
Origin of the parish and suburb names of Willoughby and Gordon
Willoughby’s forgotten waterwayLong Bay, Middle Harbour
Willoughby’s forgotten waterwayFlat Rock Creek
Willoughby’s forgotten waterwayBarcroft Boake
First industryA tannery
Some tourist informationHotels
Some tourist informationTransportation – motorcar, steamer, ferry, tram and train
Cascade Cordials Ltd.
It was some openingMr. Hammond’s butcher shop
A peep into the past of WilloughbyCouncil’s rate books
Chatswood began as an early grant
A soldier’s diary
Norman Lindsay in Willoughby
Church emblem of faith in futureSt. 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 ColoniesWilloughby
Hardcourt tennis on the North ShoreNorthern 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 recollectWaterfall at Flatrock
It’s pleasant to recollectFoster’s Dairy
A notable early home-owner/resident of WilloughbyTresillian North Mothercraft Home
A notable early home-owner/resident of WilloughbyProfessor Pitt Cobbett MA DCC(OXON)
In the beginningMunicipal life
Artarmon in the 20th century
Artarmon in the 20th centuryThe inter-war period
Artarmon in the 20th centurySince 1945
Artarmon in the 20th centuryGore Hill Cemetery
Empire Day celebrations
Artarmon
A part of Chatswood in the early 1920’s
Growing up between warsRoseville 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 Willoughby1882-1884
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 agoLaurelbank
One hundred years agoThe Great Northern Hotel
The North Shore railway
Henry Russell
The history of our street namesWhart St., Naremburn
The history of our street namesMarket St., Naremburn
The history of our street namesFlat Rock Rd., Naremburn
A short story of a short street – Brown Street
Chatswood began as an early grant
Willoughby in the 1880’sThe suburb of North Willoughby
Willoughby in the 1880’sSinging frogs
Willoughby in the 1880’sSnakes in the bush
Some local shops between 1920-1940
Childhood reminiscences
Correction of data of grant to Isaac Nichols
A little bit of Ashley StreetWononah
How it used to be – Middle Harbour
A history of Chatswood Hall
S. Whiddon & Sons Pty. Ltd.
Early childhood memories of 1920-1923Forsyth Country, Willoughby
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth CountryForsyth Street
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth CountryRobert Street
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth CountryRosewall Street
History and origin of some streets in Forsyth CountryStan Street
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityCentennial Avenue
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityCritchett Road
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityEddy Road
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityWhitton Road
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityFreeman Road
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityOliver Road
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalityMoriarty Road
Street name changes in Willoughby MunicipalitySutherland Road
James Reid and Harold Reid
A. J. Benjamin Ltd.
Quarantine signal mast
Armenia comes to Chatswood
Willoughby
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street namesSpring Street
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street namesBoer War
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street namesFirst World War
Origins of some Willoughby Municipality street namesAnother group of streets related to aviation
Extract from the minute book, Willoughby Municipal Council 1916
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883St. Stephen’s Church, North Willoughby
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883New Parish Church
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883Foundation stone of the New Parish Church
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883St. Stephen’s New Church, July 1882
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883The laying of the first stone
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883The Bishop’s address
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883The offertory
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883The tea and public meeting
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883A description of the new building
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883St. Stephen’s New Church, December 1882
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883Diphtheria
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883St. Stephen’s New Church, January 1883
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883Stephen’s Mission Church – a retrospect
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883Health
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883The new church
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883St. Stephen’s New Church, October 1883
Excerpts from the colonial edition of “Home Words” 1882-1883St. 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 celebrationsVillage train
The Granny Smith apple
The “Wales” in WilloughbyThe Bank of New South Wales
Early years of motoring
In memory of the late John Pert
Good old days, good old prices of 1932G. Lazenby, quality butcher, Naremburn
Pictures theatres of yesteryearNorthbridge theatre
Pictures theatres of yesteryearTheatre Royal, Willoughby
Pictures theatres of yesteryearArtarmon Regent
Pictures theatres of yesteryearHoyts Chatswood theatre
Pictures theatres of yesteryearQueen’s Theatre
Pictures theatres of yesteryearArcadia Theatre
To Let section in the Searchlight
A.J. Benjamin’s advertisement
Editorial – Story of Willoughby District Historical Society
Bicentennial history records searchWilliam James Slack
A French connectionThe 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 recorderChatswood branch
The first children’s library
Our wattle
Strikes caused slight delays to Civic Centre