Stories from the neighbourhood

Stories from the neighbourhood

Images from a display illustrating anecdotes of early local resident James Arthur Dowling and others as part of the 2011 Heritage Festival.

  • Postcard of Rushcutters Bay with boatsheds in the foreground and the ‘ladies and gents baths’ in the distance, early 20th century.
  • Postcard of boatsheds along New Beach Road at Rushcutters Bay, early 20th century.
  • The New South Wales Naval Brigade at Rushcutters Bay, prior to departure to the Boxer Rebellion, 1900.
  • Tram on New South Head Road approaching Mona Road, Edgecliff, c1918.
  • ‘Ivisons’s Garage’ and shops along New South Heath Road at the corner of Darling Point Road, Edgecliff, 1929 (photo: Herbert Shaw).
  • Greenoaks Avenue, Double Bay, looking towards ‘Ecclesbourne’ from below ‘Bishopscourt’, 1929.
  • Tennis match in the grounds of ‘Brooksby’, 45 Ocean Avenue, Double Bay, 1930s.
  • ‘Yatalunga’, 87-89 Yarranabbe Road, Darling Point, the home of Henry Barre Phipps in the late 1920s.
  • Relaxing by the pool on the shores of Darling Point at ‘Yatalunga’, late 1920s.
  • Double Bay foreshores looking towards houses at Darling Point, early 20th century.
  • Postcard of Rushcutters Bay showing the shoreline before reclamation was completed in the 1880s.
  • Postcard of Darling Point and the house ‘Lansdowne’, today the site of McKell Park, late 19th century.
  • Postcard of the beach in front of Steyne Park, Double Bay, late 19th century.
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  • Postcard of Rushcutters Bay with boatsheds in the foreground and the ‘ladies and gents baths’ in the distance, early 20th century.
  • Postcard of boatsheds along New Beach Road at Rushcutters Bay, early 20th century.
  • The New South Wales Naval Brigade at Rushcutters Bay, prior to departure to the Boxer Rebellion, 1900.
  • Tram on New South Head Road approaching Mona Road, Edgecliff, c1918.