December 1 - 31, 2025: Issue 649

 

History Insights for the Year: 2025

Little boy fishing on Narrabeen Bridge (beach end one) from Album 'Narrabeen camp war workers holiday', picture taken 26 January 1944 / photographed by Alec Iverson, Item: SLNSW_FL9550120 courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd. Taken for, but not used in, Article:  WAR WORKERS ON HOLIDAY, Pix Volume 13, No.6, February 5 1944  Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-479760111

January

From earliest settler times fishing as a means for people to eat, to save them from starvation, was something learnt from, in terms of where to fish and even getting fish from, the original custodians of this land. The earliest colonists certainly knew how to fish, they came from a land of great fishing people, and applying that here must have seemed a natural step.

Since those earliest times, and in early newspapers the coasters that traded from Pittwater to town carrying shells, timber …and fish. 

One of these original fishing families were the Sly brothers from Fairy Bower, who, in 1903, received funding from Manly Council to build a modified whaleboat to patrol Manly and nearby beaches. This shallower version was replaced by a brand new open whaler, the second boat that was launched in 1907.

This Issue, as we all enjoy Summer in Pittwater and all the local surf lifesaving carnivals happening, a delve into some of the first local fishermen and first surf boat.
Once a three storey sandstone home, now a four-storey beachside mansion, the block of land for this building was purchased by Laurence Gallagher when Palm Beach was being sold as the ‘Palm Beach’ of Australia. 

To attract buyers, the Barrenjoey Land Company likened this Pittwater beach to the Palm Beach in Florida, USA. Naming the house, 'Florida House’, on Florida road, was in keeping with the intentions of those selling land at 'Palm Beach' and made it easy to locate for those not familiar with the area. 

Stated by some sources to have been built early in 1916, when Lawrence was actually serving with the AIF overseas, Mr. Gallagher may have already been working for one of the main builders of premises in this hilly area after the initial 1912 land sales, Albert Verrills.

Laurie, sometimes spelt ‘Lawrie’, was employed building roads and structures around Palm Beach and would later win the contract to build a section of Ocean road Palm Beach. 

Family records of the Verrills state it was Albert Verrills who helped in the construction of Florida House, one of the first of many homes he built in the area, and Laurie Gallagher, who completed the stone works.

Later on he bought the Lot beside Florida House where 'Kookaburra' stands today. 

The Certificate of Titles recorded show the Florida House Lot was transferred to him in December 1915, just months after he had enlisted to serve in WWI. He is listed on the Certificate of Title as being 'of Barrenjoey' as this end of the peninsula was then known, so must have been living and working in the area already.

As the Barrenjoey Land Company was offering generous terms for these first 1912 land sales, with a small deposit and no requirement to settle your mortgage with someone or other for a few years, Laurie must have been among the initial buyers of lots in 1912 when the first and second subdivisions took place and possibly working at Barrenjoey Lighthouse under David Gow, then head light keeper, and older brother of Carl Gow.

A mortgage taken out in August 1922 with a relative 'John Gallagher' lists John as being a 'Carter of Barrenjoey'.

Laurie Gallagher was born in Linlithgow Scotland, 1891. He enlisted in the AIF in August 1915, aged 24 years and two months and left Australia on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915. His occupation is listed as 'stonemason'.

The Summer cottage or holiday house was one of main reasons the paddocks and pristine bush covered hills running down to the estuary and beaches began to have the small lighter dots of constructions appearing on them – and this happened way before many of the local subdivisions took place. Some were little more than sheds, others could even have this and camped on their block of land, but they were all about getting away from the humid built-up areas further inland around Sydney for a breath of fresh cool salty air and having some relaxation.

These weekend year round visitors and their guests introduced the commerce of construction for local residents and supplemented what was then a fishing and farming existence, generating the need for new skills and knowledge, and bringing, during Summer, thousands more people to Pittwater with the subsequent need for feeding them providing income for local Butchers, Bakers and Water Carriers and entertaining them growing other industries – Caretakers, Gardeners.

One such Summer House was ''Cooinoo'' on Bungan Beach-Mona Vale verge.

The news service always gets requests for some of these past insights into our earliest schools at this time of year to be the History Feature for the first full week of school - as you head back to school a few insights (longer version) into the school that started in a little chapel at Church Point is run for you once more - we hope you enjoy it.

February

When Patrick Thomson Taylor sold Scotland Island to Helen White (of Darling Point), widow, on May 25th, 1906 this lady brought about the subsequent 1906 first subdivision and land sales (with balance in 5 years to settle).

Among the first to buy is renowned Surgeon Bernard James Newmarch, C.B.E., CM.G. (1856-1929) who purchases lots 48 to 50.

By 1917 George Henry Hebden, grazier is the owner of this land. It is likely that the more extensive home known as ‘Bangalla’ was built during this period - one source states the sandstone part of the weekender was master built in 1921.
The King and I on the Hawkesbury (a Chris Hendrikson photo and memory confirms decades of rumours)


Prince Charles on the Hawkesbury with Timbertop Housemaster Roderick West (1933–2016) in May 1966. Chris is in the dark top with white stripe down the side at the back. Photo: Chris Hendrikson


On February 2nd 2025 the Narrabeen Lakes sailing Club celebrated its 120th anniversary through a regatta held on the waters off Jamieson Park and with a barbecue and a cake – of course!

Dr. Sophie Scamps, MP for Mackellar attended the celebrations, along with Deputy Mayor Cr. Ruth Robins, an Elanora Heights resident.

The club says ''If you missed out on the celebration, come on down to Jamieson Park to see how NLSC members spend Sundays sailing on Sydney's safest waterway. Learn to Sail classes are held on Sunday mornings, followed by coaching for more experienced young sailors who can then go on and join in the afternoon races sailing in the two handed Heron boats. There's something for everyone at Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club.''

This coming March Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club will host the 2025 Sabot Southern Zone NSW Championship. 

The NLSC says; ''Bring all your Sabot sailors to the beautiful Narrabeen Lakes on 16th March for a fun and all inclusive regatta. We can’t wait to have the Sabot fleet back at Narrabeen for the Sabot Southern Zone NSW Championship.''

You can find out more about the classes of boats at Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club on their website: narrabeenlakessailingclub.com

In 2022 NLSC members asked the news service to put out a call for history recollections, photos and anecdotes to share and renew all the records lost in the fire, and wanted Pittwater Online News to run a history page of its own research for the 120th Anniversary. 

Although this, alike all lost history subject threads, will remain an ongoing project, there has been 'some stuff collected' since that first request that allows a small celebratory insight on the great Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club. Happy 120th NLSC!


With the last weekend of Summer 2024/2025 upon us, the bumper-to-bumper stream of traffic to and from Palm Beach which fills the Barrenjoey road from Governor Phillip Park south to Mona Vale ended, and the first scents and cools of Autumn in the dawn over the past few weeks, one last celebratory dive into the history of what a Summer in Pittwater was once all about.

Although Pittwater was stated from the late 1860's on as the bound to be successful location of a 'future resort', and thousands of excursionists visited year round on paddle steamers and later, ferries, it was those making A Run to Pittwater aboard their own vessels or as a fleet from a yacht club, who then stayed aboard their yachts, that began the exodus to Pittwater from Sydney during Summer. 

Once places people could stay in were built that the shift from being a food bowl for Sydney, and farmland, towards what would become a holiday area that offered the quieter waters of an estuary and lagoon, beaches and bushland, and abutting a National Park,  a Summer in Pittwater became the break to have.

From Boxing Day on Pittwater Regattas brought crowds to the estuary. The first Pittwater Regatta was run in 1888, and aimed at bringing people into the area. The Basin Regattas of the 1890’s, led by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron with events for local fishermen when Pittwater was still mainly a farming and fishing food bowl for the colony of Sydney Town, continued this aquatics fun focus, including the RSYS looking at local sites for their 'Pittwater chapter'.

In 1906 two boys from Bayview, John Roche and P T Taylor's eldest son, William Donald Mawney Taylor, 'Don' Taylor, had a little race up the estuary and around Lion Island against a pair of Queenslanders, the Crouch brothers, and the love of sailing or rowing, and doing so competitively, shifted further down the estuary and attracted thousands by the time the post-WWI 1920's and Pittwater Regattas of the 1930's were taking place - the contrast between those struggling during this decade financially and those able on host visitors on yachts and motor launches featured in all Sydney newspapers - also came with pictures that show the still open fields in the background and the holiday homes now dotting the hills among the farm sheds. 

Visitors went from camping at The Basin to ‘taking a cottage’ for a week, even during cooler months, or taking up the option of a boarding house, such as The Rock Lily, Collin’s Retreat, later Scotts’ ‘Bay View House’, on Crystal Bay and within a few years, the Newport Hotel, and then the Narrabeen Hotel, or the Mona Vale beachfront resort community envisioned in George Brock's 'The Oaks', although he did not benefit from all his hard work.

March

Lucy Edith Gullett (Dr.) IWD2025 Celebrations Lucy Edith Gullett (Dr.) 28 September 1876 - 12 November 1949

Pittwater MP Jacqui Scruby will announce the Pittwater Woman of the Year at the Zonta International Women's Day Breakfast to be held at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club this coming Thursday, March 6.

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. The 2025 theme is 'Accelerate Action'. 

At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158, which is roughly five generations from now, to reach full gender parity, according to data from the World Economic Forum. Focusing on the need to Accelerate Action emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.

IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organisation specific.

In the lead into the announcement of the 2025 Pittwater Woman of the Year, and next Saturday's IWD celebrations, one of our former Pittwater inspirational ladies who would certainly have warranted being a Pittwater woman of the Year, Dr.  Lucy Gullett, who spent most of her life calling for gender equality.

While investigating Lucy a picture emerged of a Socialite who was also a socially conscious woman. Dr Gullett gave numerous Talks on various subjects, was a keen golfer and loved the outdoors, a bridge player, a frequenter of Race Days (horses), was very literate, a doctor of Medicine with a Major in Chemistry, an advocate for indigenous peoples health rights, but mostly a champion of women’s and children’s issues.

Lucy was a member of Sydney’s Feminist Club when ‘feminism’ was defined as ‘the Women’s Movement is no sex-limited thing, but a great human movement in which women are free to serve their day and generation in what ever direction their talents give them the opportunity, not apart from their men folk, but in conjunction with them'. 


Maxwell Spencer Dupain took thousands of photographs during his life, ranging from landscapes, to portraits, natural and informal scenes of people, and still life to nudes and architecture, along with a vast body of works taken for commercial use – the State Library of NSW holds almost 54 thousand of his images; a testament not only to his appetite for work but also the longevity of his career. 

However, the subject he took many photos of was Newport Beach where the Dupain family had a holiday home, and here all of the genres that featured in his work can be seen, along with Newport ‘happenings’ – such as the launch Aklavic that was driven ashore in October 1954 by 20 year old Robert Michael Brown, ‘fugitive’ – who was eventually caught on Bushrangers Hill - or the storm of May 1974 that demolished the 'ablutions' block on Newport beach.

Happy 100th Birthday Avalon Beach SLSC! 


Avalon - first Meeting of Avalon Beach SLSC founders at A J Small's weekender of same name in Bellevue Avenue, Avalon Beach. photo taken by David 'Rex' Hazlewood (who had to walk around the corner, a whole 100 yards, to take this photo),  Item: SLNSW_FL3809946 courtesy State Library of NSW. 

The Zonta Club of the Northern Beaches: Celebrating 50 years of Action in 2025 - The Zonta Northern Beaches Annual Women's Day Breakfast photos by Michael Mannington OAM, Zonta Club of Northern Beaches and others!


Informal portrait of Second Officer Margaret Collett Vaile of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), Press Censorship Liaison Officer, checking naval publicity at Naval Base Headquarters. This former Whale Beach jounralist was the founder of the Zonta Club for our area. Photo courtesy Australian War Museum.

It's a 'Bit Sharky' out there: 5 Tagged Bull Sharks Pinged at North Narrabeen on Same Day - Bull Shark spotted at Bayview - Historical Insights


Above: Woodley brothers, Carl Gow (2nd from left- his older brother and father were stationed at Barrenjoey Lighthouse during WWI) Gonsalves family members and Laurie Gallagher - PBSLSC and Florida House - the wharf in the background is that was at Broken Bay Customs Station (Barrenjoey).
Avalon Beach Historical Society March 2025 Meeting: Sunrise Cottage, Palm Beach + Geoff Searl OAM Great Adventure on HM Bark Endeavour Replica - report by Roger Sayers OAM

With the council inviting feedback on its new draft Tree Management Policy until Sunday March 30, a policy which aims 'to strengthen tree assessment and protection requirements and expand the local green links between natural areas’, two insights into the history of Pittwater's trees are coming your way.

This week an oldie in a few insights into Annie Forsyth Wyatt OBE, conservationist with more than a few local links. Celebrated as the driving force behind the establishment of the National Trust movement in Australia, establishing the organisation in 1945 to protect Sydney's historic natural and built sites - some know her more for the work that led to this as part of the Tree Lovers League.

Next week a delve into what we were doing to trees even further back - for instance, did you know that by 1803 colonisers along the Hawkesbury had cut down so many trees that they had created the flooding Sydney is still trying to deal with along the Haweksbury-Nepean and Pittwater channels. 

Despite then Governor of New South Wales Captain Philip Gidley King ordering settlers to stop and start replanting, the wholesale tree massacre continued. 

They had landed on these shores just a scant 15 year prior to this. They would steal millions of tonnes of the virgin bush by the 1850's. Some would argue this is still going on today.

But first, a few songs about our girl Annie.
Light at the end of Sydney’s secret train tunnels: St James Historical Walking Tour to commence later this year


Crowds leaving a shelter in Hyde Park after the 'all clear' has been given c1942. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria [H99.201/3739](Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs)


With the council inviting feedback on its Draft Tree Management Policy until the end of today, March 30, a delve into the past  changes to our landscape's trees may provide inspiration on a better way forward.

In April 1788 Australia's first Governor, Captain Arthur Phillip, led a reconnaissance party from Manly Cove seeking fertile land for growing crops. On this journey, he noted the tall trees which were to provide timber for the growing colony.

By December 8 1795 there was a prohibition on timber cutting on the banks of the Hawkesbury River, an Order that was issued by Captain John Hunter, RN, who took office as the second Governor of New South Wales on September 11, 1795.

By October 1803 the third Governor, Captain Philip Gidley King, RN, ordered settlers to desist and commence re-planting.

April


Placed where Pittwater road merges with Mc Carr’s Creek road at 1 McCarrs Creek Road, on the high side, and overlooking Pittwater, was one of our earliest landmarks was a wooden chapel constructed to serve the people of Bayview and Church Point. Measuring 25 feet by 18 feet and built in 1872 a congregation moved from services under loquat trees to hymns within this structure. 

The structure is reported to have given its name to the land as ‘Chapel Point’. However, soon the site was known as Church Point. The Aboriginal name is recorded as ‘Whurra Whurra’ although this is listed elsewhere as meaning ‘go away’ and ‘go home’ and may have been misinterpreted. 

The land, as 'God's acre' was gifted to the community from a land grant to William Oliver. 

The original joint tenants, as per the Certificate of Title, dated November 8, 1871, were George McIntosh, William Oliver, James Jones, Thomas Oliver, John Alderton, William Baker, all following the occupation of farmers, and residing at Pittwater, and William Henry McKeown, of Lane Cove, also a farmer.

This Issue a look into how this little chapel became the first 'Pittwater school' on the estuary and how the community saved its cemetery from being sold during the 1970's to 1981.

Despite being one of the earliest and smallest jetties on McCarrs creek, and later becoming the same site for the Brown's Bay Public Wharf, the official gazetting of the access way to the waterfront of this tucked away corner of Pittwater came much later than the jetty itself. 

While the terms "wharf" and "jetty" are sometimes used interchangeably, a wharf is typically a long, flat, elevated structure parallel to the shoreline used for commercial docking and loading, while a jetty is a structure extending into the water, often serving as a breakwater or for a walkway, or both. Givcen the size of Brown's Bay Public Wharf most would term it a jetty.

George Brown was granted 41 acres on McCarrs creek with the Certificate of Title registered on 14th of November 1879 and on what is the current site of Browns Bay. 

The George Brown property here was called ‘Waterside’.  

George Brown's 30 acres can be seen in the Certificate of Title Vol- Fol 499-41 - and was then on 'McGaa's Creek.
This Issue a few insights into a little beauty of a public wharf.

This year's ANZAC Day Commemoration Services marked the 110th year of Australians landing at Gallipoli and provided residents with an opportunity to reflect on the legacy of courage and sacrifice that shaped our nation.

One resident who returned here to serve others in any capacity he could for all of his days and even after he passed away on October 29th, 1970, was Carl Gow of the Gow-Gonsalves boatshed at Palm Beach.

Carl was a founding member of the Palm Beach RSL Club, which held services at Whale Beach (dawn) and at the Palm Beach RSL cenotaph (11am) again this year.

Carl served at Gallipoli and in France during WWI, returning an honorary Captain to Palm Beach to set up a store with fellow veteran Reginald Augustus Howlett, as well as work as a fisherman, boat hire shed and would set out to rescue others from the Gow's - Gonsalves boatshed, still in existence just north of the Palm Beach ferry wharf. In fact, the first 'Palm Beach RSL' commenced in the Gow-Gonsalves shed itself.

Born Carl W J Beeston Gow at Newcastle in March 1889, the youngest son of Robert and Mary, his father was of the Pilot station at Newcastle. Carl was from a family whose contributions to saving lives in Australia, either as engineers on vessels, as Pilot Station attendees, as Lightkeepers at NSW Lighthouses, and as men who went out in their vessels to save others, could fill volumes.

Palm Beach is still littered with traces of Carl; the first Palm Beach Lands Company jetty became Gow’s wharf and the boatshed, now of the Gonsalves family, remains a thriving business, Gow’s, his elder brother David Robert William and his father Robert, worked as a relieving and second  lighthouse keeper at Barrenjoey Lighthouse from 1912 to 1919. While the ship’s wheel from the Helen B Stirling, once in the foyer of Club Palm Beach (Palm Beach RSL), was a gift from Carl Gow.

Mr. Gow was also among the Palm Beach residents who worked to establish the Palm Beach War Memorial Kindergarten.

This Issue a few insights into a true Palm Beach gentleman.

May


Pittwater's Scotland Island has significant Aboriginal remains, particularly middens containing shells and fish remains. These middens, found on the northern and western parts of the island, offer evidence of the Guringai people's occupation and dietary habits for thousands of years on this second island of the estuary. 

These middens would become the subject of a money-making venture for early settlers and those transported as convicts to Australia, and would form a vital part of making the cement to construct some of Sydney's earliest buildings.

However, this was not the only early venture as here a salt-making venture was carried out, directly opposite Salt Pan Cove at Newport, and here too, ship building took place, again on the north facing end of the island, the last known one to be built and launched from here being the Geordy and from the current site of the Tennis Wharf.

See: The First Boat Builders of Pittwater: the Short Life and Long Voyages of Scotland Island Schooner the Geordy

Pittwater Council heritage records state some remnants of an early stone wharf at this location form part of the current Tennis Court Wharf.

These industries can be directly attributed to the man who was granted the island by the colonising UK Government, and who had been transported here as a convict himself - Andrew Thompson.

With today's Scotland Islanders continuing the modern tradition of a creative industry based in the people and the place itself, which stretches back decades in all forms of the Arts; Literature, Painting, Music, Theatre, and the newest offering, 'Wedding Island', debuting next weekend May 9-10, and two last shows of May 16 and 17, a resharing of an old history insight from the first round of Pittwater Patriarchs, led out by Bungaree and followed by Andrew Thompson, of Scotland Island. 

Baptised on 7 February 1773 at Kirk Yetholm, a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 13 km south east of Kelso and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the border, and 4 kilometres from Thompsons Walls, Andrew Thompson was the youngest and sixth child of John Thompson, a weaver, manufacturer and dyer, and his wife Agnes, née Hilson. 


Independent MP's Jacqui Scruby (Pittwater), Michael Regan (Wakehurst) and Alex Greenwich (Sydney) visited the proposed site of the Great Koala National Park in the last week of April. Jacqui Scruby stated this past week:

''Pittwater once had koalas in our trees and we are heartbroken to see koala signs on our roads, knowing the local population is now extinct.''

''I’m calling on the NSW Government to urgently follow through on their election commitment to establish this park to protect not only our endangered koalas, but to also allow other threatened species like greater gliders and spotted-tailed quolls to thrive. The time is now, let's make it happen!''

Koalas lived throughout Pittwater for thousands of years until the early 1980's, from Palm Beach to Narrabeen and across the estuary, on the western shores.

In fact, over the last 100 years, habitat removal, dog attacks, roads and fences cutting through their ancient and traditional migratory paths, whether moving from one species of trees to another during the season to eat or to find a mate during breeding season, along with cars running them over, has killed every single former koala of Pittwater.

We have borne witness to this occurring, just as we have borne witness to the extinction of others.

This Issue run some of the records that have been made by John Illingsworth, or collected over the years, so that those who were not born when we were losing Pittwater's koalas, among other local extinctions, can see in the timeline what is lost when you do not stop - and then stop taking the wrong route to seek another way.

We hope a perusal of what went wrong may help us all get it right.


Bernard "Midget" Farrelly AM (13 September 1944 – 6 August 2016) was the first world surfing champion. Mr. Farrelly, was the first Australian to win a major surfing title, the 1963 Makaha International Surfing Championships, the unofficial world surfing championship of the day. In 1964 he won the inaugural World Surfing Championship at Manly Beach in Sydney.

He was also the first president, in 1961, of one of Australia's oldest continuous surfboard riders club, the Dee Why Surfing Fraternity. He presented a ten-part television series about surfing in Australia, The Midget Farrelly Surf Show, for the ABC. Midget was posthumously inducted as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Palm Beach Whale Beach Association Secretary Robert Mackinnon's interview with Beverlie at the 2024-2025 AGM of the Association.

Seen through the eyes of Beverlie Farrelly, discover how different the Avalon Beach of the 1950s and 60s was from the one of today: life was simpler and moved at a slower pace as a community was formed in the wake of WWII.

As wife of the late Midget Farrelly, Beverlie shared insights into the remarkable life of this multi-faceted man who became Australia’s first international surfing champion. 

 Prosper de Mestre's Pittwater Connection: Future of Sydney’s transport unearths a window to its past: colonial-era merchant  



Roy de Maistre, Woman with parasol at Palm Beach, 1927 held by and courtesy of the Art Gallery of NSW

As any researcher of history will tell you, it’s always a ‘work in progress’, as there can be more to find and find out. And so states William Goddard (Bill) too, although he is happy for people to now know about the website wherein he is sharing history insights into different aspects of Pittwater, many of which have a connection to his own family.

The website is available at: goddardfamilytree.au

Bill has already shared some of his research, often working alongside Geoff Searl OAM, President of the Avalon Beach Historical Society, which will hold its next meeting on Tuesday June 10.

Bill's works and collaborative-works which have run in Pittwater Online News are:

Along with family history, his insights in the Careel Bay Dairy farms, James Booth or the Palm Beach Garage are always meticulously researched and updated when he finds some new detail. And there is a growing library of works to delve into.

The Goddards, alongside the Verrills, Gonsalves and Miltons, have been a part of the Barrenjoey peninsula for around 110 years - so it's wonderful they share family records, photos and recollections for all who want to know more about this place in its earlier days. This Issue some of his 2022 insights and family photos to whet your appetite.

June


A few weeks ago the news service was fortunate to run a few insights from Beverlie Farrelly on her husband Bernard, known as 'Midget', the first World Surfing Champion.

Beverlie shared that her first home in Pittwater was when her family lived in Avalon Camping Ground after Wold War Two.  

This prompted a few inquiries from younger readers and new arrivals to Pittwater who were not be aware that the green area behind Avalon Beach dunes was once a vey popular camping ground from the late 1920's to 1930's on, until Warringah Shire Council closed it in 1953.

Although the closure in 1953 could be attributed to flooding that occurred in May that year, with two severe rain events within two days washing campers and their possessions along the Careel Creek into Careel Bay - and may wonder about the wisdom of allowing a camping area in what was known to be a flood zone to begin with - during the few decades it existed it provided not only a place to live for those impacted by the 1930's economic depression - when many took to canvas and caves to provide a roof for loved ones, and headed beachwards where they could fish for food - and persisted in post World War Two shortages - it also brought people to our area who stayed and not only went on to build community and serve in its volunteer organisations - such as the surf club - they helped establish the 'there's no them and us, it's just us and us looking after us' mien of the Barrenjoey community that persists today.


In the lead into VP Day 2025 we share a few local connections to the World War Two conflict in the Pacific that may not be well-known, commencing with the Workers' Educational Association 'Summer School' facility, which once stood on the corner of Wallamatta and Nullaburra roads at Newport, and was the venue for Women's Australian National Service (WANS), in particular the Sydney University Wans (known as "Swans") training, and by 1945 was the place for US and UK War Brides (BPF: British Pacific Fleet servicemen) who learnt skills which may make their new lives in their husband's countries easier.

Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day in 2025 will be commemorated on Friday, August 15th in 2025, and will be mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces in 1945. This day signifies the end of World War II in the Pacific and is a time for Australians to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of all those who served in this conflict, and particularly in the Pacific.

A combined Sub-Branches VP Day Commemoration Service will be held at the Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph, commencing at 11.30am, led by Vice President Tamara Sloper-Harding, OAM, with the 2025 Guest Speaker being Commanding Officer HMAS Waterhen; Commander Lucy Frauenfelder, RAN.

In the Pacific theatre of World War II, Australia experienced significant casualties. The Australian War Memorial records at least 27,073 Australian soldiers were killed and 23,477 wounded from enemy action. Additionally, over 30,000 Australians were captured by the Japanese during the war, with a significant number dying in captivity.

On September 3rd, 1939, the day Great Britain declared war on Germany, Australia also declared war, announced by then Prime Minister Robert Menzies on national radio. 

The conflict, which would continue for 6 years, saw Australia attacked for the first time, at Darwin, and through the mini-submarine attacks within Sydney Harbour and along the eastern seaboard, with one of these being found off Bungan Beach, now an official war grave.

When the Empire of Japan captured the British stronghold of Singapore between February 8 to 15 1942, imprisoning young men like Warriewood's Walter Williams and Palm Beach SLSC's Adrian Curlewis, by then Prime Minister John Curtin recalled many of the Australians serving in North Africa and the Europeans theatres of conflict.

Pittwater's Anthony Ruskin Rowe, a spitfire pilot and one of those recalled, lost his life on June 20th 1943 defending Darwin, while Narrabeen resident Lindsay Dufty served on the ground in the top end.

In Pittwater a submarine boom would be placed between Barrenjoey and the West Head headlands, anti-tank traps would rip up the countryside between Mona Vale, Bungan and Bayview, barbed wire would be placed along the beaches to thwart invasion and troops would be stationed at gun emplacements along the peninsula, while Coast Watchers, along with women who stayed would be part of the 'spotter' squads - stationing themselves along each headland - with the women taking on a roster of each staying atop the headlands twice each each week to look out for and report enemy ships, submarines and planes. Only one known fatality is recorded, at this stage, of those all-women 'spotter' squads, Palm Beach resident Ailsa Craig, by then the wife of Captain George Urquhart (Scotty) Allan. 

North Narrabeen in 1911 - Panoramas taken for West's Lakeside Estate




Snow Season 2025: Local Connections with the Sport of Skiing beginnings in Charles Kerry, Percy Hunter and Herbert Schlink


Palm Beach SLSC's Percy Hunter in 1906




The first wharf built at Church Point was the result of those living here in the 1880's calling for this facility to provide safe access for children to the school held during weekdays at the Chapel which gave Church Point its current name. 

On June 1st 1883, the Mayor of St Leonards, the District where so many births in Pittwater are recorded during the 1800’s, prevailed on the then Colonial Secretary of the colony for a wharf. The response is recorded:

DEPUTATIONS. THE NARRABEEN-ROAD.
A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of St Leonards, Dr Tibbit's, and several other gentlemen, waited upon the Hon. Alexander Stuart, Colonial Secretary, yesterday, to request that the Narrabeen-road from Manly to Pittwater be put in a proper state of repair, and that a jetty be constructed on Church Point at Bayview, Newport. The road, it was represented, is now in a very bad condition, and if it were put into proper order it would open up one of the most beautiful districts in the colony. The jetty was required for the benefit of children going to school and persons attending church. The deputation also asked for a bathing place... DEPUTATIONS. THE NARRABEEN-ROAD. (1883, June 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13536041

Dr. Tibbits of Petersham, a medical practitioner, is the landholder of 40 acres, part of Portion 25 and formerly a section of the William Oliver and grant, on the west side of the ‘church acre’ on which the chapel has been built.

Over a year later a Tender was advertised and it was subsequently announced a person being accepted for the work, Newport's William Boulton. This Issue a few insights into the 140+ years of one of Pittwater's oldest wharves.


On 28 June, 1965, 2 teachers and 25 students walked up the hill from Avalon PS and into a new school, which today is the Heart of the Hill.

On Saturday 28 June, 2025 - 60 years to the day - around 200 Students, all the Teachers and Staff members, parents and families past, present and future, retraced their steps in an Anniversary Walk.

Four original students were present from the first intake; Ross Montague, John Gray, David Watson and Di Page.

No 60 Year BPPS Celebration would be complete without a delve into the history of the Bilgola Plateau Public Schools' beginnings. 

This has been researched and written by Susan Peacock, who has an Archivist and working in Museums background and has been reading those 60 years of records, many of them still on paper - thank you Susan.

July


From the earliest records of European settlement in Pittwater reports and anecdotes of the great array of fruits once grown here have formed part of what was told. Newport peaches, bananas and paw-paws, Church Point grapes, oranges and lemons, Narrabeen Plums and Warriewood tomatoes have all been produced abundantly and their quality was second to none, winning prizes at the annual Royal Easter Show for some producers and renown for record prices fetched for those tomatoes that came out of the Warriewood valley.

The State Library of New South Wales, in its ongoing digitisation of materials and making these available for the populace, has added photographs of a 'tropical fruit orchard at Pittwater' which, according to the sources, were taken on July 11th, 1938, possibly taken for Woman magazine or Woman: Incorporating the Woman's Budget - a woman's magazine published in Sydney, by Sungravure [Sun newspapers] from 1934 to 1954 with Issues originally cost three pence each.

Among these images of paw paws, bananas, strawberries, pineapples and more appear some 'models' and one of the farmer or caretaker with a tomato vine. The location of this 'farm' was on the Crescent at the Newport-Mona Vale verges, a nice suntrap at this time of the year and naturally given to promoting the growth of such fruits


On July 5th 2025 a Celebration of the life of Jack McCoy was held at Palm Beach. The Duke's board was brought north from Freshwater SLSC for the paddle out and Jack Ralston's board part of what was going on as it was styled after the 1914 Duke board. 

A photo of local hero and legendary surfer Tom Carroll with Jack's daughter Indiana, and one of Occy with Jack R's version would have been what Jack McC wanted, as well as a little telling of the story behind Jack R's board, including this being the beginnings of Palm Beach SLSC's moves to get surfboards made part of lifesaving equipment.

August


John Illingsworth's brilliant Pittwater Pathways films are a boon to local residents, sharing insights and news as well as great Historical features he has clearly spent a lot of time and effort making.

Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day in 2025 will be commemorated on Friday, August 15th in 2025, and will be mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces in 1945. This day signifies the end of World War II in the Pacific and is a time for Australians to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of all those who served in this conflict, and particularly in the Pacific.

In the lead-up to VP Day in Pittwater 2025, one of Mr. Illingworth's great insights into Pittwater's World War Two defences runs as the second insight.

Pittwater RSL: new  Developments

Before there was a clubhouse, there was a borrowed pavilion and a few crates of beer from the local pub.

In 1958, Pittwater RSL began as a small group of locals gathering in Mona Vale to stay connected, share stories, and honour service. 

Our first official clubhouse? 
A surplus army hut, lowered onto brick piers built by volunteers. Army boots filled with geraniums on the porch, a single poker machine, and a dance floor that saw more than a few big nights.


Photo: Original Pittwater RSL Sub-branch building, erected 1958 in Huxley St Mona Vale. Purchased from Dame Edith Walker Estate for £600. From 1961 until its demolition in 1966 it was used by 1st Mona Vale Scouts.

It took some guts (and a bold land deal) to move us out to Mona Vale Road, but with a little help and a lot of community spirit, the club found its home.

From those humble beginnings, we've grown into something much bigger, but we’ve never forgotten where it all started.

Now, we’re planning for the future. A new redevelopment will deliver modern club facilities, five brand-new Pickleball courts, dedicated admin offices for the Sub Branch, and a state-of-the-art entry, foyer, and Reward Members parking area, all designed to honour our legacy while securing the club’s future for generations to come. 

Once construction is complete and the courts are functioning, opening hours will be seven days a week, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

The refurbishment of the Bocado space within Pittwater RSL is aimed at transforming a currently underutilised 280 sqm area into a versatile, multi-purpose function venue. Over time, the space had undergone several piecemeal alterations, leading to a fragmented aesthetic and limited usability. The proposed redesign, is focused on creating a cohesive, flexible environment that caters to:
  • Social gatherings
  • Private events
  • Corporate functions
The plan includes targeted demolition, installation of new flooring and cladding, a mobile furniture system to support different layouts (theatre, cocktail, dining), and feature lighting to enhance ambiance and functionality.

A $9 million refurbishment will introduce:
  • A new lower-level 5-star entry
  • A portico for a grand arrival experience
  • Accessible parking
  • Deck and Club connectivity via the terrace
  • New escalators and lifts
  • Pittwater Rewards (Platinum members) parking with direct club access

The Club will continue operating, though some areas may be temporarily affected. Members and guests will be kept informed about any changes.

Keep up with the progress here: www.pulseofpittwater.com.au

Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day in 2025 will be commemorated on Friday, August 15th in 2025, and will be mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces in 1945. This day signifies the end of World War II in the Pacific and is a time for Australians to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of all those who served in this conflict, and particularly in the Pacific.

In our third pre-service insight, a few insights into the north Dee Why to north Warriewood coastal defences against invasion during the war in the Pacific.

Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day in 2025 was commemorated on Friday, August 15th in 2025, and marked the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces in 1945. This day signifies the end of World War II in the Pacific and is a time for Australians to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of all those who served in this conflict, and particularly in the Pacific.

A combined Sub-Branches VP Day Commemoration Service was held at the Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph, led by Vice President Tamara Sloper-Harding, OAM.

This RSL did not exist during this conflict, however, over on Avalon Beach itself, teenagers who had been a part of the Woolloomooloo Police Boys Club were looking after the masses of people who returned to the water once it became apparent it was safe to do so. 

As the fourth and final VP Day 80th Commemorative Service tribute, a few insights from two of those boys and how the Woolloomooloo Police Boys Clubs' members became involved in serving on the beaches.
Forced Plane Landing on Mona Vale Golf Club Course Not the First Time Local Golf Courses, Beaches used for Emergency landings


On November 21st 1944 Captain "Jimmy" Broadbent, of Point Piper, a famous Australian airman was piloting the plane which made a forced landing on Narrabeen Beach.

More details in: Landing in Pittwater: That Beach-Estuary-Lagoon looks like a great place to touchdown!


The bulldozer trying to assist downed aircraft.


November 21, 1944 Famous Aviator Capt. Jimmy Broadbent's sabotaged Lockheed Electra 10B VH-UZP on Narrabeen Beach, Sydney. A wet happy Ansett co-pilot Charles 'Chic' Eather stands at the surf line. (Photo: Nancy Ellis)


There are two wharves in Elvina Bay - one to the North and the other to the South. The park on the South side of the Bay also is home to the West Pittwater Rural Fire Brigade. Being a water access only part of Pittwater, being able to come ashore via a beach at low tide, or a jetty, was essential, especially during the years when fruit was grown here and needed to be shipped to market. A few insights into one of the best places in Pittwater and her public wharves runs this week.

On Sunday September 7 there will be a big planting morning of beach plants to help stabilise the sand on the blowout on the northern end of Avalon Dunes. Starting about 8.30am the Avalon Preservation Association will put in about 1000 plants.  All help very welcome.

A great photo from the Avalon Beach Historical Society of elephants grazing at the Avalon dunes, from a visiting circus, using this place as a camping ground led to removal of vegetation, it was the council allowing the dunes to be carted off for profit that led to the removal of ALL the vegetation that held them together and the subsequent need for a protest straight to the state government and then a project for these to be replanted in order to look after the beach, waves and community living behind those dunes in all points west, that saw them restored. 

September


The NSW Department of Environment has released a short film recording the memories of one of the last people to see the Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine), shining a spotlight on the critical need to protect threatened species from a similar fate.

The last Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity on 7 September 1936 and for the past 30 years this date is marked as Threatened Species Day across Australia.

National Threatened Species Day on 7 September raises awareness of plants and animals at risk of extinction - i.e.: 'threatened by extinction'.

The NSW Government’s Saving our Species team connected with 94-year-old Peggie Bassett and recorded her memories of seeing the last of this iconic species at Hobart Zoo in the early 1930s.
Peggie’s reflects on seeing and hearing the cries of the lonely Tasmanian Tiger remain in the forefront of her mind as a tragedy that should never be repeated.

Likewise, the Manly to Barrenjoey peninsula has borne witness to ignorance compounded by arrogance and greed that has led to localised extinctions along with species listed this year that are now threatened with extinction by our actions.

This week - the Dept.s' 2025 Threatened Species Day film + a few other insights into our area that may inspire more to become part of the solution.
ABHS  2025 AGM – Film ‘Smithy’ shows Avalon Beach: the Kingsford-Smith Family connections to Pittwater - Community loses 5 Creative Geniuses - ABHS President Curating Avalon Beach SLSC’s 100 Years Historical Exhibition: runs October Long Weekend in Avalon surf clubhouse
Lovett Bay Public Wharves: Some History - one to the west, one to the east, one from when the area was opening up for tourists, one from when we were finding the ide
Aussie Bird Count 2025 Runs October 20-26: Our area's Australian Ornithologists 

                                             Neville William Cayley                                                      Neville Henry Peniston Cayley


Geoff is President of the Avalon Beach Historical Society; Roger is a member of the Avalon Beach Historical Society. 

They are both Life Members at Avalon Beach SLSC and have both worked on different aspects of the Club's History, which will feature in an Historical Exhibition open to the community this October Long Weekend.

They are both brilliant historians as well - this Issue, one of their investigations and Site Explorations, and Report from a few years back - one that's great for Spring Holidays Inspirations.

October

  Avalon's 'Telford' Road to have signage about its Heritage  
Location of Telford road on the former Barrenjoey road - photo: ABHS

From old slides, found while doing research for upcoming history pages. Images are from and courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and NSW Digitisation Program for same.

These slides, some of which date later than this and include Narrabeen, have been recently digitised. They were part of then then 'Walkabout' magazine created to promote NSW as a tourist destination by the state government and a precursor of today's 'Destination NSW' . 

From 70 years ago this coming January, some of these are clearly from private family collections. They show us what was in the landscape then, the summer lifestyle for those who lived here or those who visited for the season, and you can spot structures or elements of then now gone, especially if you look at the background. 

Many of these feature views and infrastructure the news service has already run a few insights on in past Issues, so they have been linked to for those interested in exploring more. You can also use the 'search' function in the Contents page to bring up more than those pages linked to here.

NSW Police Force, Sergeant 1st class Norm White of Mona Vale Police Station retires back in July 1981.

NSW Police Force, Mounted Police Constable P Jones left and Constable K Sweetman right at Manly Coke Surf Classic, 1990s.

Photos: New South Wales Historic Police Museum, and Mounted Unit - NSW Police Force

Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club is ready and raring to go for another terrific season down at our beloved rockpool. The water is simply glorious at the moment.  

Can't wait to see you all at 1pm on Saturday 1 November.  All newcomers welcome and please try us out for free.  Register at www.nlasc.com.au

November


A newly digitised by the State Library of NSW album of old photos contains images of Barrenjoey Lighthouse and the Broken Bay Customs station that may be familiar to others, and one photo is of the First Royal Visitors to Pittwater aboard the steamer that took them up the estuary to Barrenjoey before heading up the Hawkesbury.


With Pittwater residents rushing to support their 'south of the bridge' Narrabeen cousins on Saturday November 8 at a peaceful protest against what is proposed for the recently sold original and oldest Wesley Taylor Narrabeen site, see; Over the Top Narrabeen DA Draws Large Crowd to Peaceful Protest: 'This is about Community Standing up For Community', the history insight first run when the home was to be closed, bolstered by extra items found and added in since, may be of interest.

Wesley Taylor Narrabeen was Wesley Mission’s longest running aged care facility, opening its doors in 1929 as ‘The Outlook’, a home for aged men of 'reduced means', and expanding to become the WG Taylor Memorial Home in 1935.

It was named to honour the Rev. William George Taylor who became the first Superintendent of Wesley Mission in 1884, and who was stated to be an evangelist.

''Revival followed him wherever he went and ailing Methodist causes were renewed in spiritual power, as well as in numbers and financial security. Taylor was a man of vision with the executive and administrative ability to implement his ideals. Able to inspire extraordinary loyalty in others who willingly co-operated in his plans, he combined the traditional spiritual life of the Church with Christian humanitarianism.'' Don Wright states in his biography on the man.

Wesley homes for elderly people were primarily funded through donations from the congregations and the broader public. This enabled the Methodist Church to provide care for the elderly, especially those who were poor or disadvantaged.

The Wesley Methodists' came into possession of the site at Narrabeen after the premature death of then owner Lebbeus Hordern (31 May, 1891 to 10 September, 1928) after he took too much of a sleeping powder he had used to deal with ongoing insomnia.

Lebbeus was related to Alfred James Hordern (1859 -1932) of Kalua, Palm Beach. 


When you live on an island maintaining 'access to' its land is vital - you need a bit of low tide beach, a slipway, a boat ramp, a landing place, a jetty or wharf.

There are around 220 years between when Andrew Thompson used the north end of the island and current day site of Tennis Court Wharf as a place for salt pans and where the schooner Geordy was launched while another, in 1810, was 'in stocks', the 1884 application by former Mariners Joseph Benns and Charles Jenkins to 'Maintain a Jetty' facing west near today's Cargo Wharf site -  which means there was already something there to land items on the island or take produce of some sort off the island, 'shipping' it - the 1924 subdivision of large blocks into suburban-sized blocks which saw Bells and Eastern wharves being built 'to provide access', and when Carols' Wharf was finished in 1978, to provide that same equitable 'access to' for residents.

In between circa 1804/05, when a Land Grant to Thompson and the Autumn of 1978, legislation defined Permissive Occupancies and then a Special Lease. A permissive occupancy is a type of tenure that was issued under former legislation; this type of tenure was subsequently replaced by licences. Under the Crown Land Management Act 2016, existing permissive occupancies are referred to as licences.

It's also a place where for thousands of years no wharf was required. The shells shipped to Sydney Town by the boatload to make mortar were from middens on the west and north side of the island, with a remnant still adjacent to today's Catherine Park, mark feast places of shellfish and caught fish by the original custodians of this place. 


Compiled by Terry Cook, current President, with extracts from "A History 1975 - 2010" written by Greg Ennis and back-up research/+ 2011-2015 photos by A J Guesdon

Photos of 50th Celebration, AGM, and Christmas Toy Drop off Day November 15 2025 by Michael Mannington OAM of Community Photography, and Donna Cliff, Kimbriki Resources


The Rock pools that form a feature at the southern ends of Pittwater beaches remain one of the most popular places to meet up with friends and enjoy a dip or do laps. These are places our children learn to swim, places we can sit and relax, and places where those young and not so young anymore maintain fitness and good health all year round.

This week a dive into some of the best places to cool off as the Season heats up and their many changes.

December 


Dearin Reserve, on Heron Cove at Newport, with Haystack Point to the north, Newport Public wharf, Newport Hotel and Old Mangrove Bay to the south, is another area on the Pittwater estuary that was resumed to provide ‘access’ to that waterbody for residents and visitors and that residents have stood up for over the years.

Dearin Park has been stated to be named after Mr. and Mrs. Dearin who lived at the bottom of Gladstone street and gave the land to the council for the residents use as a reserve. Although this has become a popular local anecdote, the land was actually resumed from Mr. Dearin and two others in the 1920's. The name was given to honour his looking after the reserve, even after that resumption in what reads as a touch of lording over a resident and bullying by the then council. 

Records indicate his home was at end of Gladstone and on Princes street – at the waterfront end of Lot 7, Section A Town of Newport. 

This is also where, at least three times, residents have stood up to defend the Pittwater foreshores and this reserve in particular from developmental impacts that would destroy its environment and all that lives there because that had been retained. 

Postcard: 'Terminus of ferry from Hawkesbury at Newport', circa 1919. Taken from current day Heron Cove looking south towards then Newport Public wharf and boatshed alongside this. Barrett's launch can be seen at right edge of image.

Previous History Pages:  

Marie Byles Lucy Gullett Kookoomgiligai Frank Hurley Archpriest JJ Therry Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor Bowen Bungaree W. Bradley 1788 Journal Midholme Loggan Rock Cabin La Corniche La Corniche II Lion Island Bungan Beach Botham Beach  Scarred Trees   Castles in the Sand Dame Nellie Melba lunches at Bilgola Spring, 1914  First to Fly in Australia at North Narrabeen  Mona Vale Golf Club's Annual Balls  Governor Phillip camps on Resolute Beach  Ruth Bedford  Jean Curlewis  Mollie Horseman  Charlotte Boutin  May Moore  Neville W Cayley  Leon Houreux   Frederick Wymark  Sir Adrian Curlewis  Bilgola Heron Cove  Mullet Creek  Shark Point  Woodley's Cottage  A Tent at The Basin Collin's Retreat-Bay View House-Scott's Hotel  Bilgola Cottage and House  The First Pittwater Regatta  Women Cricketers Picnic  Filmed In Pittwater   Governor Phillip's Barrenjoey Cairn Waradiel Season The Church at Church Point  Governor Phillip's Exploration of Broken Bay, 2 - 9 March 1788   Petroglyths: Aboriginal Rock Art on the Northern Beaches  Avalon Headland Landmarks  Steamers Part I  Pittwater Aquatic Club Part I  Woody Point Yacht Club  Royal Motor Yacht Club Part I Dorothea Mackellar  Elaine Haxton  Neva Carr Glynn  Margaret Mulvey Jean Mary Daly  Walter Oswald Watt Wilfrid Kingsford Smith John William Cherry George Scotty Allan  McCarrs Creek  Narrabeen Creek  Careel Creek Currawong Beach Creek  Bushrangers at Pittwater  Smuggling at Broken Bay  An Illicit Still at McCarr's Creek  The Murder of David Foley  Mona Vale Outrages  Avalon Camping Ground   Bayview Koala Sanctuary  Ingleside Powder Works  Palm Beach Golf Course  Avalon Sailing Club  Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club  Palm Beach SLSC Part I - The Sheds  Warriewood SLSC  Whale Beach SLSC Flagstaff Hill Mount Loftus Pill Hill Sheep Station Hill  S.S. Florrie  S.S. Phoenix and General Gordon Paddlewheeler   MV Reliance The Elvina  Florida House  Careel House Ocean House and Billabong  Melrose-The Green Frog  The Small Yacht Cruising Club of Pittwater Canoe and I Go With The Mosquito Fleet - 1896  Pittwater Regattas Part I - Dates and Flagships to 1950  Shark Incidents In Pittwater  The Kalori Church Point Wharf  Bayview Wharf  Newport Wharf Palm Beach Jetty - Gow's Wharf  Max Watt  Sir Francis Anderson  Mark Foy  John Roche  Albert Verrills  Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey  Broken Bay Water Police  Broken Bay Marine Rescue - Volunteer Coastal Patrol  Pittwater Fire-Boats  Prospector Powder Hulk at Towler's Bay  Naval Visits to Pittwater 1788-1952  Pittwater's Torpedo Wharf and Range Naval Sea Cadets in Pittwater S.S. Charlotte Fenwick S.S. Erringhi   P.S. Namoi  S.Y. Ena I, II and III  Barrenjoey Headland - The Lessees  Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction Barrenjoey Broken Bay Shipwrecks Up To 1900  Barrenjoey Light Keepers  Douglas  Adrian Ross  Newport SLSC 1909 - 1938 Part I Overview  North Narrabeen SLSC - The Formative Years  First Naval Exercises by New South Wales Colonial Ships –The Wolverene at Broken Bay   Bilgola SLSC - the First 10 years  North Palm Beach SLSC  A History of Pittwater Parts 1 and 4 Pittwater Regattas - 1907 and 1908  Pittwater Regattas - 1921 - The Year that Opened and Closed with a Regatta on Pittwater Pittwater Regatta Banishes Depression - 1933  The 1937 Pittwater Regatta - A Fashionable Affair  Careel Bay Jetty-Wharf-Boatshed Gow-Gonsalves Boatshed -Snapperman Beach Carl Gow’s WWI Service in AIF Camping at Narrabeen - A Trickle then a Flood Pittwater's Parallel Estuary - The Cowan 'Creek' RMYC Broken Bay Boathouse and Boatshed Barrenjoey Boat House The Bona - Classic Wooden Racing Yacht Mona Vale Hospital Golden Jubilee - A Few Insights on 50 Years as a Community Hospital Far West Children's Health Scheme - the Formation Years  The First Scotland Island Cup, Trophy and Race and the Gentleman who loved Elvina Bay  Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay NSW - Cruiser Division History - A History of the oldest division in the Royal Motor Yacht Club   Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay Early Motor Boats and Yachts, their Builders and Ocean Races to Broken Bay, the Hawkesbury and Pittwater  The Royal Easter Show Began As the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales   The Mail Route to Pittwater and Beyond  The Wild Coachmen of Pittwater - A Long and Sometimes Bumpy Ride on Tracks Instead of Roads  The Fearless Men of Palm Beach SLSC's Surf Boats First Crews - A Tale of Viking Ships, Butcher Boats and Robert Gow's Tom Thumb 'Canoe'   Furlough House Narrabeen - Restful Sea Breezes For Children and Their Mothers   From Telegraphs to Telephones - For All Ships at Sea and Those On Land Mona Vale Training Grounds - From Lancers on Horses to Lasses on Transport Courses Fred Verrills; Builder of Bridges and Roads within Australia during WWII, Builder of Palm Beach Afterwards   Communications with Pittwater  Ferries To Pittwater  A History of Pittwater - Part 4: West Head Fortress  Pittwater's Lone Rangers - 120 Years of Ku-Ring-Gai Chase and the Men of Flowers Inspired by Eccleston Du Faur  Early Pittwater Launches and Ferries Runs Avalon Beach SLSC - The First Clubhouse Avalon Beach SLSC The Second and Third Clubhouses From Beneath the Floorboards at Hyde Park Barracks Bungaree Was Flamboyant  Andrew Thompson - 'Long Harry' Albert Thomas Black John Collins of Avalon Narrabeen Prawning Times - A Seasonal Tide of Returnings  Oystering in the Pittwater Estuary - Oyster Kings and Pearl Kings and When Not to Harvest Oysters  Yabbying In Warriewood Creeks  Eeling in Warriewood's Creeks (Includes A Short History of community involvement in environmental issues/ campaigns in and around Narrabeen Lagoon - 1974 to present by David James OAM)   Eunice Minnie Stelzer - Pittwater Matriarchs  Maria Louisa Therry - Pittwater Matriarchs Manly's Stone Kangaroo, Camera Obscura,  First Maze and 'Chute' - Fun Days in Sea Hazes from 1857 On  A Salty Tale of the Kathleen Gillett – A Small Reminder and Celebration of Our 70th Sydney to Hobart  Katherine Mary Roche - Pittwater Matriarch  Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns Pittwater Matriarchs A Glimpse of the Hawkesbury.(1883) By Francis Myers. Illustrated by J C Hoyte   Pittwater's New Cycle Track of 1901 Manly to Newport  The Rock Lily Hotel  Barrenjoey House The Pasadena Jonah's St Michael's Arch  The First Royal Visitor to Australia: the Incident at Clontarf March 12th, 1868  Pittwater: Lovely Arm of the Hawkesbury By NOEL GRIFFITHS - includes RMYC Wharf and Clareville Wharf of 1938 + An Insight into Public Relations in Australia George Mulhall First Champion of Australia in Rowing - First Light-Keeper  at Barranjuey Headland  Captain Francis Hixson - Superintendent of Pilots, Lights, and Harbours and Father of the Naval Brigade  The First Boat Builders of Pittwater I: the Short Life and Long Voyages of Scotland Island Schooner the Geordy  The Marquise of Scotland Island  Boat Builders of Pittwater II: from cargo schooners and coasters to sailing skiffs and motorised launches  130th Anniversary of Australia’s Sudan Contingent - Local Connections of the first Australians to Serve  The Riddles of The Spit and Bayview/Church Point: sailors, boat makers, road pavers and winning rowers The Currawong: Classic Yacht VP Day Commemorative Service 2015 –  at Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph: 70th Anniversary   Captain T. Watson and his Captain Cook Statues: A Tribute to Kindness  Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Hordern or Wiltshire Parks to McKay Reserve – From Beach to Estuary  Pittwater Reserves, The Green Ways: Clareville Wharf and Taylor's Point Jetty Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways Bilgola Beach - The Cabbage Tree Gardens and Camping Grounds - Includes Bilgola - The Story Of A Politician, A Pilot and An Epicure by Tony Dawson and Anne Spencer  Pittwater Reserves - The Green Ways: Mona Vale's Village Greens a Map of the Historic Crown Lands Ethos Realised in The Village, Kitchener and Beeby Parks Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes  Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Bungan Beach and Bungan Head Reserves:  A Headland Garden  Early Pittwater Paddlers,  Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Green Family  Elanora - Some Early Notes and Pictures  The Stewart Towers On Barrenjoey Headland  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Williams Family  Early Cricket in Pittwater: A small Insight Into the Noble Game from 1880's On  The Pacific Club's 2016 Carnival in Rio Fundraiser for Palm Beach SLSC Marks the 79th Year of Support  Bert Payne Park, Newport: Named for A Man with Community Spirit  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Fox Family  Surf Carnivals in February 1909, 1919, 1925, a Fancy Dress Rise of Venus and Saving Lives with Surfboards  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Paddon Family of Clareville  Mermaid Basin, Mona Vale Beach: Inspired 1906 Poem by Viva Brock  Early Pittwater Schools: The Barrenjoey School 1872 to 1894  The Royal Easter Show and 125th Celebration of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College: Farmers Feed Us!  The Newport School 1888 to 2016  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners of Bliss - A History  The Royal Botanical Garden Sydney Celebrates 200 Years in 2016 The Porter Family of Newport: Five Brother Soldiers Serve in WWI  Church Point and Bayview: A Pittwater Public School Set on the Estuary  The Basin, Pittwater: A Reprise: Historical Records and Pictures  Lighthouse Cottages You Can Rent in NSW - Designed or Inspired by Colonial Architect James Barnet: Includes Historic 'Lit' Days records   Bayview Days Ships Biscuits - the At Sea Necessity that Floated William Arnott’s Success  Mona Vale Public School 1906 to 2012    St Johns Camden: 176th And 167th Anniversaries In June 2016 - Places To Visit  Narrabeen Lagoon And Collaroy Beachfront: Storms And Flood Tides Of The Past  Avalon Beach Public School - A History   Muriel Knox Doherty Sir Herbert Henry Schlink  Shopping And Shops In Manly: Sales Times From 1856 To 1950 For A Fishing Village  Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom   Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's 150th Sailing Season Opening: A Few Notes Of Old  A Few Glimpses Into Narrabeen's Past Beauties   Dr. Isobel Ida Bennett AO   Taronga Zoo 100th Birthday Parade: 1000 Reasons To Celebrate  War Memorials: Manly, October 14, 1916  Avalon Beach Golf Links: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II  War Memorials - Mona Vale, November 14, 1926  Annie Wyatt Reserve Palm Beach: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II Tumbledown Dick Hill  Waratah Farm and Narrabeen Plums: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II  Mark Twain, J.F. Archibald And Henry Lawson - Did They Go Fishing At Narrabeen In The Spring Of 1895?: Probably!  Bayview Baths Centenary Celebration in November 2016 hosted by Bayview-Church Point Residents Association  Dr. Jenny Rosen's Historical Timeline  Palm Beach RSL - Club Palm Beach Celebrating 60 Years  Early Years At Narrabeen: The Plane Sailing Day Of 1944 The  Five Ways- Six ways Junction; Kamikaze Corner - Avalon Bilgola  RPAYC Season on Pittwater and coming of Jubilees in Summer of 1938 Local Explorers’ Modern Day Discovery - Governor Phillip’s First Landing site, Campsite and contact with Local Aborigines in Pittwater: The Case for West Head Beach  Rendezvous Tea Rooms Palm Beach: links with 1817 and 1917: Palm Beach Stores  and Fishermen St Cloud's Jersey Stud: Elanora Heights: Pittwater Fields of Dreams  Roderic Quinn's Poems And Prose For Manly, Beacon Hill, Dee Why And Narrabeen  A Historic Catalogue And Record Of Pittwater Art I – Of Places, Peoples And The Development Of Australian Art And Artists: The Estuary  Celebrating World Radio Day: The Bilgola Connection With The Beginnings Of Radio In Australia  Emile Theodore Argles - champion of all Australians without a Voice - a very funny Satirist, Manly Poet and Pittwater Prose Writer and Litterateur  Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrates 85th Birthday: A Few Pittwater Connections  Victor James Daley: A Manly Bard And Poet who also came to Pittwater and the Hawkesbury  Let's Go Fly A Kite !: Palm Beach Whistling Kites Inspire sharing How to Make Standard, Box and Whistling Boy Kites - school holidays fun with a bit of Australian and Narrabeen history  Clifton Gardens Mosman: An Eternal Green and Saltwater Space, and Of Many Captains  Historic Catalogue And Record Of Pittwater Art I: Coastal Landscapes and Seascapes  The Bayview Tea Gardens 1920 to 1923 When Run By Thomas Edward And Annie Newey (Nee Costello) An Australian and RPAYC Commodore Aboard an America's Cup Challenger of 1908 and 1914   Henry Lawson - A Manly Bard and Poet: on his 150th Birthday  Historic Catalogue and Record of Pittwater Art I: Artists and Artists Colonies  Opportunity To Visit Submarine War Grave Renews Memories Of 75 Years Ago  Early Bayview - insights courtesy Don Taylor and Margaret Tink Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side   Early Pittwater Surfers – Palm Beach I: John (Jack) Ralston and Nora McAuliffe  Patrick Edward Quinn: A Manly Prose writer who gave us A Run To Pittwater (1889) and Songs for the Federation of Australia  Avalon Beach North Headland Indian Face 'Falls': An Everchanging Coastline  Nautical Treasure In Suburbia  Pittwater: Where the Wild Flowers Are 1917 to 2017  Narani, Captain Cook Celebrations At MVPS And Elvina Bay Memories - 1970s  Early Pittwater Surfers – Palm Beach I: Alrema Becke Queen of Palm Beach  The Beachcombers Surfboard Riding Club: Palm Beach, NSW - 1959 to 1961 Year Dated Beer Bottles Found at Taylors Point  Early Pittwater Surfers: Avalon Beach I  - 1956: The Carnival That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard and Being Able To SurfAcross A Wave Face - Reg Wood Anecdotes    Mona Vale SLSC To Be Completely Renewed + A Few Insights from the Pages of the Past  The Firecracker That Closed Narrabeen Hotel By Ken Lloyd (Savalloyd) + Narrabeen Hotel Licence Transfer Trail  Traces Of WWII Coast Watchers Found On Bangalley Headland - 1942  Early Warriewood  SLSC insights per Norman Godden + Extras  The Macphersons of Wharriewood and Narrabeen: the photo albums of William Joseph Macpherson  Angophora Reserve Avalon 1938 Dedication  Avalon Preservation Association History by Geoff Searl Pittwater Summer Houses: a 1916 Palm Beach Cottage and Palm Beach House  Pittwater YHA: Some History  WWI Historian Presents New Film On The Beersheba Charge At Avalon Beach Historical Society Meeting  Newport's Bushlink 'From The Crown To The Sea' Paths: Celebrating Over 20 Years Of Community Volunteer Bushcare Results  Pittwater Fishermen: The Sly Family Narrabeen Exploits and Manly Community Contributors: The First Surfboat at Manly Beach  Women In The Surf Life Saving Movement As Life Savers: From At Least 1910 Locally - Awarded Medals For Saving Lives From 1880 In NSW  Windsor Bridge: Planned Destruction Of Historic Link With A Pittwater Connection The Rise Of The Cruising Season: A Look At Some Early Australian sailers and Local Visitor Beauties     Pittwater Fishermen: Barranjoey Days Polo By The Sea 2018: Over A Hundred Years Of Loving This Game In Pittwater  Australia Day Regatta Began As Anniversary Day Regatta  Black Bakelite Telephone: Early Pittwater Phone Numbers  Hy-Brasil, Avalon Beach - Pittwater Summer Houses  Ferry Names for Emerald Class: The Gibbs-Turner Original Magic Button  Pittwater Summer Houses: A Tent At Palm Beach's Governor Phillip Park 'Neath Barrenjoey  Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family  Manly's Early Sand Sculptors: How Pennies Can Become Pounds and Found A New Art   Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side by Geoff Searl and Roger Sayers 230th Anniversary Edit March 2018  Black-Necked Stork, Mycteria Australis, Once Visited Pittwater: Pair Shot in 1855  Butter Churns: Pittwater Dairies The Drainage System In Thompson Square, Windsor  Sydney Royal Easter Show 2018 Show Stopper Beer Brewed By Modus Operandi Mona Vale Extends Locals Input Into RAS Annual Celebration Of Local Products Sydney's Royal Easter Show Showbag Began As An Australian Sample Bag   Pittwater Fishermen: Great Mackerel, Little Mackerel (Wilson's Beach - Currawong) and The Basin  Motor Car Tours To And In Pittwater Show Us The Way This Place Once Was  Some Bayview Memories: The Lloyd Family Tarramatta Park, Mona Vale 1904  The Collaroy Paddle Steamer: New Ephemera Added To Public Accessible Records - Her Connections To Pittwater  The Roads And Tracks Of Yesterday: How The Avalon Beach Subdivisions Changed The Green Valley Tracks  Australian Sailing's Barranjoey Pin Program; some insights into this Pittwater Yacht and owner, Sir W Northam who won Australia’s first Olympic sailing gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games  Avalon Beach Historical Society’s 9th Great Historic Photographic Exhibition: Thousands Of Stories Made Accessible  The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge: Timely Winter Anniversaries and Commemorations For A Septuagenarian and her Predecessor  Photographers Of Pittwater Capture Historic Insights: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948  Roads To Pittwater: The Wakehurst Parkway Along Old Oxford Falls Track  Roads To Pittwater: The Pittwater Road  My Holiday by Charles de Boos – 1861  Shark-proof pools at Manly on the Harbourside  Dad's Fishing Shack At Long Reef  Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: Harold 'Caz' Cazneaux 1878 - 1953 Roads To Pittwater: The Mona Vale Road  My Singing Story Barrenjoey High School's 50th Year: History Notes + The Original Barrenjoey School  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  Camden-Campbelltown Hospitals & Carrington Convalescent Hospital: A Mona Vale-Frenchs' Forest Hospitals Comparison With Pittwater History Links The Newport School: 1888 to 2018  A Visit to Bungan Castle by ABHS   Roads In Pittwater: The Barrenjoey Road Remembrance Day 2018 - Pittwater Veterans WWI 100 Years From Armistice Day 1918   Filmed in Pittwater: A Sentimental Reprise + Narrabeen  Roads In Pittwater: The Bay View Road  The NSW Women's Legal Status Bill 1918: How The 'Petticoat Interference In Government' Came Of Age - A 100 Years Celebration Of Women Alike Our Own Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson Scott Brewster Dillon: A Tribute - He Did It His Way  Pittwater Summer Houses: Rocky Point and Elvina Bay -  A Place Of  Holiday Songs and Operas In Ventnor, Fairhaven, Trincomalee and Maritana    Remains Of Captain Matthew Flinders Discovered: Links with Bungaree of Broken Bay   Isabella Jessie Wye MBE OAM (Isa)  Off To School In 2019 Quicker Than 104 Years Ago  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Charles Bayliss  Harold Nossiter's Classic Yachts  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Scotland Island  Art Deco Inspirations In Palm Beach: The Palladium Dance-Hall, Cafe And Shop - The Surf Pavilion - The Beacon Store  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Newport Beach  Professor Christopher John Brennan: A Poet Of Newport Beach  M.V. Reliance Turns 100  Avalon Beach Historical Society March 2019 Meeting: Focus On Trappers Way   Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Clareville  Photographers of Early Pittwater: Henry King  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: David 'Rex' Hazlewood  Richard Hayes Harnett - First Commodore Of The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Designer Of The Yacht 'Australian' - Based On The Lines Of A Mackerel  Pittwater Summer Houses: Waiwera and Hopton Lodge, Bayview The Sirius Circumnavigation (1935-1937): Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Avalon Beach  Were Manly's Statues, Smashed For Road Ballast, Sculpted By Achille Simonetti?   Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Warriewood  Avalon Beach Historical Society June 2019 Meeting  Flint and Steel Guesthouse    Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - 'Green Hills', Elanora Heights, and Ingleside  Ethel Turner's Seven Little Australians Added To UNESCO Memory Of The World Register - The Missing Pages Restored  RPAYC To Host 100th Year Of The Scandinavian Gold Cup and 5.5m Worlds In January 2020 - some Etchells Worlds and Gold Cup on Pittwater History    Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name: Mona Vale  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bungan  Shark Meshing 2018/19 Performance Report + Historical Pittwater Shark Notes  Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe, Spitfire Pilot (1919 To 1943) - Who Defended Darwin And His Mate: An Avalon Beach And Pittwater Hero  Newport Surf Club Celebrates 110 Years On October 19, 2019 - A Few Club Firsts  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bilgola  Tram Memorabilia - Historic Daylight Run For Sydney Light Rail Begins 80 Years After Last Tram To Narrabeen Closed  Historic Insights From The Australian National Maritime Museums 1890 Pitt Water 'Era' Yacht Collection: The Basin Regattas   Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Coaster's Retreat and The Basin Samuel Wood Postcards of Pittwater and Manly  Bilgola SLSC Celebrates 70 Years: Anecdotes from Early Members  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Great Mackerel Beach  G . E. Archer Russell (1881-1960) and His Passion For Avifauna From Narrabeen To Newport  A History Of The Campaign For Preservation Of The Warriewood Escarpment by Angus Gordon and David Palmer  Mark Foy of Bayview 2019 Inductee into Australian Sailing Hall of Fame  The Victa Lawnmowers Story With A Careel Bay Link  Plaque Unveiled To Mark Phenomenal Surfing Revolution Commencement: the 1956  Carnival at Avalon Beach That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard  The Other Angels From Avalon: 50th Anniversary Of The IRB Marks The Saving Of Over 100 Thousand Lives The Eos: Classic Pittwater Yachts  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Whale Beach  Palm Beach Pavilion To Be Renamed The Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Marks DSO, MC Pavilion - some historical insights  Daniel Gordon Soutar's Influence On Local Golf Courses: Some History Notes Pittwater Fire Boats History: January 2020 Tribute Palm Beach Pavilion Renaming Dedication Honours Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Marks DSO, MC  Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: An Environment, Wildlife and Children's Champion Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: A Children's Champion - shorter version for Children  Sydney Bus Museum Volunteers Helps Mona Vale Bus Depot Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Opening Dorothy Hawkins - a new film by John Illingsworth  Dorothy Hawkins' family, father Joseph  Homer, ran a dairy near Winnererremy Bay at Mona Vale from 1936 Narrabeen Fire Brigade Celebrates 100th Anniversary + A Few Extra Insights Into Local Fires And Brigade Formations  Pittwater, Narrabeen Lagoon & The Collaroy Beachfront: Some Storms and Flood Tides Of The Past - With Pictures  The Wolverene At Broken Bay In 1885   Jack 'Bluey' Mercer (January 2nd, 1923 - February 17th, 2020) - West Head Battery in WWII  Manly Children's Festival Federation Of A Commonwealth Medals Of 1901  Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson: 2020 International Womens Day + Pittwater Online 10 Years Celebrations  The Bona - Classic Wooden Yacht 2020 Answers North Head Quarantine Station, Manly: Some History - Governor Ralph Darling Saved Australians, Saved Australia  Winnererremy Bay: Angus Gordon, the Sequel to Dorothy Hawkins by John Illingsworth Roderic Quinns Poems and Prose For Manly, Beacon Hill, Dee Why And Narrabeen - 10 Year Celebrations and all Manly-Pittwater Poets Series in One Place  Stargazing In Pittwater: Historic and Contemporary   The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffrey 1899  Harold Tristram Squire: October 28, 1868 - May 16,1938; Artist of Mona Vale  All Is Quiet On The Western Front by Roger Sayers Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Palm Beach   Large Sunfish Caught at Barranjuee in 1875  Grace Brook, 1921-2017 by Paul McGrath and Robin Bayes  The Pittwater Floating Hotels That Almost Were: Old Paddle Steamers, Fairmiles  + A Current 'Lilypad'  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners Of Bliss - A History: Updated 2020  Long Reef Aquatic Reserve Celebrates 40th Anniversary   Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Careel Bay   Careel Bay Reserves and Playing Fields in Careel Bay Playing Fields Reserve - Including Hitchcock Park: Birds, Boots & Beauty  North Narrabeen Rock Pool: Some History Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club by Maureen Rutlidge, Life Member  Avalon Beach North Headland: An Ever-Changing Coastline - Storm Swell Of July 2020  Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe, Spitfire Pilot (1919 To 1943) - 75th VP Day Tributes 2020  Walter ('Wal') Williams - VP Day 75th Tributes 2020 Gwenyth Sneesby (nee Forster) 75th VP Day Tributes 2020  Pittwater's Midget Submarine M24 War Grave Renews Memories Of 75 Years Ago   Avalon Beach and Surrounds in 1968 and 1970 - Photos Taken By Gary Clist  Muriel Knox Doherty of Avalon Beach VP Day 2020 75th Anniversary Tributes   Dundundra Falls Reserve: August 2020 photos by Selena Griffith - Listed in 1935  Binishells In Pittwater Schools Bairne Walking Track, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park (Trig Stations) photos by Kevin Murray  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bayview  Perons' Tree Frog At Careel Bay - who is 'Peron'?  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Church Point  Stapleton Park Reserve In Spring 2020: An Urban Ark Of Plants Found Nowhere Else Sydney's ACA Building Revitalisation Project Complete: Grand Old Building Has Links To Architects Of St. Patrick's College Manly - Some History Notes  Harry Wolstenholme (June 21, 1868 - October 14, 1930) Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga   Three Ferries Named Narrabeen (1883 To 1984) + One Named Barranjoey (1913-1985)  Rockley was Cricket for Girls 130 Years Ago - and this Team Visited Narrabeen as well  The Bus To Palm Beach: Some History  Surf Boats Season Kicks Off At Newport November 14; A Whole Range Of Local Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Carnivals Set To Roll Out Over The 2020-2021 Season + Some History Newport to Bilgola Bushlink 'From The Crown To The Sea' Paths:  Founded In 1956 - A Tip and Quarry Becomes Green Space For People and Wildlife Welcome To Country: Neil Evers – NAIDOC Week 2020  Marine Rescue Broken Bay Naming Ceremony for the new BB30 - The Michael Seale   Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit's Beginnings In The Volunteer Coastal Patrol: Some RMYC BB Connections  Stokes Point To Taylor's Point: An Ideal Picnic, Camping & Bathing Place   Boy Scouts - The Pre-Nippers Life Savers: Some Notes On Local Troops From 1909  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Narrabeen  Warriewood Historic Farmhouse 'Oaklands' by Krisitin Zindel  John Illingsworth's Local History; 'The Water Dwellers' 1967, Enemark panoramas of Palm and Whale Beach 1917, 'Paper Run' 1956, John Illingsworth 1921 - 2012: 'A Newport Story  Pittwater Summer Houses: 'Cooinoo', Bungan Beach  Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment: Worth Looking After Past Notes and Current Photos  Pittwater Summer Houses: Ocean Beach House - The Combers, Newport Beach  Pittwater Aviatrixes On The Eve Of The RAAF's 100th: A NSW Women's Week - Women Of Aviation Week Celebration  Florence Mary Taylor   Doreen Mavis 'Bobby' Squire  2021 Tribute   Avalon Beach Reserve Heritage Marker For Old Kiosk Installed  Landing In Pittwater: That Beach-Estuary-Lagoon Looks Like A Great Place To Touchdown! Hawkesbury River: 1 In 100 Years Floods - What Washed Up On Pittwater Beaches   The Australian Air League Camps At Mona Vale Beach In The Old La Corniche Building + The Robey Family Of Manly; 'Always Looking Out For Younger People'  The Story Of Pittwater's Anti-Submarine Boom Net by John Illingsworth, Pittwater Pathways  Avalon's Village Green: Avalon Park Becomes Dunbar Park - Some History + Toongari Reserve and Catalpa Reserve Unseen Footage Of Nellie Melba To Celebrate Her 160th Birthday: The Day Dame Nellie Melba Lunched At Bilgola Cottage  Narrabeen Cenotaph + RSL History: 100 and 65 Years Markers Of Service In 2021  Avalon Beach Public School: Some History For A 70th Birthday  Bungan Head 'Bridge' and Tank Trap During WWII - by Malcolm Tompson  Currawong’s 10th Anniversary Funding: The Investment In Local Heritage Continues  The Wakehurst Parkway: 75th Anniversary Of Gazettal As A Main Road In 2021   Pittwater's Tropical Fruits: From The Middle Of Winter  Turimetta Beach Reserve: Old & New Images + Some History  National Fitness Centres At Broken Bay, Mona Vale, Narrabeen: Local History Shows We Like To Move It! Move It!  Nautical Words and Phrases Transposed Into Other Uses: Can You Fathom That?!  Mona Vale Cemetery: Some History  Narrabeen Lagoon and Collaroy Beachfront: Storms and Flood Tides Of The Past + Collaroy Beach Reserve Gazettal  The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge: 75 Years old in 2021 + the Beluba Dam and Oscar Schulze  The Clareville/Long Beach Reserve: some History John William Pilbeam Goffage MBE ''Chips Rafferty'' Of Lovett Bay: Victory In The Pacific Day 2021  The Fern Creek - Ingleside Escarpment To Warriewood Walk + Some History  The Cowan ‘Creek’ + Lovett Bay Heights Tracks: Some Notes From The Pages Of The Past With Early Photos Trafalgar Square, Newport: A 'Commons' Park Dedicated By Private Landholders - The Green Heart Of This Community  The  Rock Lily Hotel Mona Vale - A Place and Hotel Named for a Local Flower  Whale Beach Ocean Reserve: 'The Strand' - Some History On Another Great Protected Pittwater Reserve  How Camping and Campers At Whale Beach Helped The Whale Beach SLSC Save Lives  Camping at Palm Beach  The Baird Family Of Mona Vale - The Wentworths Of Newport  The Rise Of The Surfboard As Life Saving Rescue Equipment: Some History  Opening Narrabeen Lagoon: Keeping The Community Safer For Over 100 Years  Ellis Rowan's Adventures In Painting Birds, Flowers and Insects: 'This Meant That I Was Tapu - Sacred - Because I Painted The Birds'  History Of The Modern Surfboat: Recognising The Surfboat Builders From 1950 To 2021 by Bert Hunt  The Bus To Palm Beach: Some History with Extras  The Landscapes Of Pittwater As Shown Through The Colonial Wandering Sketcher Artist  Remembrance Day 2021: Mona Vale's Hales-Smith Haynes Smith, Holding, Brentnall And Roby - A.I.F. Men Of World War One who died on the Fields of France  Pittwater Summer Houses: Gunjulla, Avalon Beach-Clareville by Helen and Deborah Grant  St. John's Anglican Church Mona Vale- Celebrating Its 150th Year In 2021   Original Sales Pamphlets Of Scotland Island, Mona Vale, Great Mackerel Beach, Bungan, Offer Images Into Our Past – A Pittwater Summer Idyll  Off To School In 2022 A Bit Quicker Than A Hundred Years Ago  Australia's First Tour Of England Cricket Team Was Indigenous: The Summer They Played At Manly - 1867  Narrabeen Lagoon Bridge No 1 History Notes  The History Films Of John Illingsworth: New Work 'The Newport Boys' + Past Features From Pittwater Pathways  Pittwater Regatta 2022 - Hosted By The RPAYC - Celebrates Over 130 Years Of Regattas On Our Estuary and Offshore Reaches  Lucinda Park, Palm Beach: Some History + 2022 Pictures   Barrenjoey House Celebrates its Centenary in 2022  Barrenjoey Boathouse In Governor Phillip Park  Part Of Our Community For 75 Years: Photos From The Collection Of Russell Walton, Son Of Victor Walton  Iluka Park, Woorak Park, Pittwater Park, Sand Point Reserve, Snapperman Beach Reserve - Palm Beach: Some History   Wreck Of Shackleton's Endurance Found: First Images After Frank Hurley's Last Photos Of This Ship Published   Pittwater's Torpedo Wharf - Bill Fitzgerald 2022  Avalon Beach 100 - Ray Henman's 100 Years Centenary Film  Of The Family Of Arthur Jabez Small Talk On Their Grandfather + Extra A J Small Notes; Reserves, A Golf Course, A Surf Club  Dorothy Wilga Hawkins Tribute: 1921 - 2022  Barrenjoey Artists Commune In The Lighthouse Cottages: Post WWII Social Infrastructure Investment Enriched Australia's Cultural Evolution  Brookvale Oval Marks 111 Years As A Community Space With The Opening Of A New Stand and Performance Centre - Some Current + Older History  Avalon Beach Sand Dunes: Some History  Duck Holes: McCarrs Creek  The Sly Family Of Manly and Narrabeen + The First Surfboat At Manly   Mona Vale War Memorials: A School Honour Board, A Victory Tree, A Cenotaph  The Petrov Safe Houses In Pittwater   Warriewood Surf Life Saving Club Celebrates 70 Years  Dorothea Mackellar Of Lovett Bay - The Poet From Whom The Electorate Received Its Name  Wilshire Park Palm Beach: Some History + Photos From May 2022   Narrabeen Hotel: Some History About The Licensees  America Bay Track Walk: Some History + photos by Joe Mills  Mona Vale SLSC: The Clubhouses - Some History  Avalon Beach Village Shops: Some History  100 Years Of Girl Guides In Manly + Some History Of Local Units  Snow Season 2022: Some Local History Connections With The Sport Of Skiing Beginnings  A Glimpse Of The Hawkesbury in 1883 - the Art of John Clark Hoyte   Pittwater Pathways A History Of Pittwater Films Remastered Be The Boss: I Want To Be A Ship's Captain - Princes Albert and George August 1881 Visit to Pittwater + Coast Waiters in Pittwater History  The 1957 Girl Guides Centenary World Camp At Windsor: A 65th Anniversary Celebration Grand Old Tree Of Angophora Reserve Falls Back To The Earth  Topham Track History insights     Brock's The Oaks - La Corniche From 1911 to 1965: Rickards, A Coffee King, A Progressive School, A WWII Training Ground  The Sirius Circumnavigation: Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History - Sirius Now Needs A Saviour  Bungaree was Flamboyant by Neil Evers - Commissioning of MRBB 'Bungaree' special celebration  Stony Range Regional Botanical Garden: Some History On How A Reserve Became An Australian Plant Park  Mona Vale Library Celebrates 50 Years As A Community Hub  Mona Vale SLSC's Frederick Claude Vivian Lane Inducted Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame - A Few Insights Into A Local Legend  Newport Hotel Wharf Named For Queen Victoria   Bill Goddard Shares Family Insights  Avalon Beach in 1970-71 - more great photos shared by Gary Clist  Freddie Lane's granddaughter Visits Pittwater on Eve of Mona Vale SLSC's Centenary Celebrations  Harry Wolstenholme - Bird Man of Palm Beach  Duke Kahanamoku Celebrated In Our Area's First Blue Plaque At Freshwater SLSC   The Advent Of The Surfoplane Phenomenon On Our Beaches Led To An Increase In Lifesavers Responses, A Fatality, Along With Lives Being Saved  Gerald Joseph McPhee - A World War II 'M' Special Unit Member: Remembrance Day 2022  Goldthorpe & Smith Boatshed Becomes Port Jackson & Manly Steamship's Palm Beach Marine Service: Palm Beach Boatsheds  Avalon Recreation Centre History: 1954 to 2002  Wings Over Illawarra 2022: Some Brilliant New + Old Machines + Some History Of Pittwater's 'Aces'  Margaret Mulvey (Lady Schlink) of Careel Bay 1916 - 2001  St Michael's Cave - North Avalon Headland: Some History  Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family (extra images added in)  Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction: 2023 Reprise  The First Weekenders On The Palm Beach Beachfront + A Look Into Palm Beach SLSC Clubhouses In The Club's 101st Season  Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey: 2023 Reprise  Getting To School By Ferry - Australia's First 'School Boat' Ran In Pittwater - Some History  Hy-Brasil, Avalon Beach: An Alexander Stewart Jolly Hand-Built Home  Back To School 2023: Getting To School By Ferry - Australia's First 'School Boat' Ran In Pittwater - Some History  Pittwater Summer Houses: 'Billabong' + 'Ocean House', Ocean Street, North Narrabeen - The House At The End Of The Road - Became Site Of North Narrabeen SLSC's 'Batchelor Club   Country Women's Association Manly Branch Celebrates Its 100th Year - 1923 To 2023: Some History  A Community Memorial Hall For Mona Vale - A 22 Year Odyssey That Culminated In Victory: November 1944 To November 1966  New Marine Rescue Broken Bay Base Commissioned: A Building Designed To Look Like A Boat To Honour Its Purpose - The Work Of Marine Rescue Volunteers  Jack ‘Johnny’ Carter's Ashes Returned To His Palm Beach Home  Vale Sydney Fischer AM OBE   Early Mona Vale Constable Owned Mona Vale Hotel Site: Some History  The Mail Route To Pittwater + Establishment Of Local Post Offices: Some History   Narrabeen Prawning Times - A Seasonal Tide Of Returnings: New Found Records Added In  Mona Vale Woolworths Front Entrance Gets Garden Upgrade: A Few Notes On The Site's History  Angophora Costata Named Eucalypt Of The Year: The Tree One Of Our Local Reserves Is Named For - A Celebration    Avalon Beach Norfolk Pines: To Honour Those Who Served – Anzac Day 2023 History Precursors   Lewis George Pimblett - Inventor Of Harbord + Mona Vale: Toymaker Of 'Pim's Toys' + First Speaking Robot Maker Of 1952   W. G. Taylor Memorial Home At Narrabeen: Some History (Wesley Taylor home for the aged)  The Mona Vale-Bungan Beach-Bayview Tank Traps: Coastal Defences Of Pittwater During World War Two - Some History  'Little Mountain' Bayview - The Modernistic Art Deco House William Watson Sharp Built For Kenneth Gordon Murray During The Rise Of The K G Publishing Empire  The First Boat Builders Of Pittwater: The Short Life and Long Voyages Of Scotland Island Schooner The Geordy  Historic Heritage Listed Bantry Bay Explosives Depot At Middle Harbor Falling Into Disrepair From Long Neglect  Early Pittwater Surfers: Alrema Becke, Queen Of Palm Beach  Lucy Edith Gullett (Dr.) 28 September 1876 - 12 November 1949   The Mona Vale Outrages by George Champion OAM  Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns: Midwives of Broken Bay and Pittwater - Reconciliation Week 2023 History  Pittwater's Tropical Fruits: The Estuarine Farmlets At Mona Vale-Newport That Kept Sydney Stocked With Hot Area Fruit In The Middle Of Winter Vivid Sydney 2023: World First Installation In Wynyard Tunnels Raises Spectre Of Long-Forgotten Train To Narrabeen Or Manly  State Government Announces The Return Of The Freshwater Class Ferries To Manly Route - Three Ferries Named 'Narrabeen' + One Named Barranjoey: Some Historic Manly Ferry Songs  Bilgola Beach - The Cabbage Tree Gardens & Camping Grounds + Bilgola The Story Of A Politician, A Pilot And An Epicure by Tony Dawson and Anne Spencer  Avalon Beach Historical Society's June 2023 Meeting: Avalon Golf Links   Snow Season 2023: Some Local History Connections With The Sport Of Skiing Beginnings - The Founders Kerry, Hunter, Schlink  The Cowan ‘Creek’ + Lovett Bay Heights Tracks: Some Notes From The Pages Of The Past With Early Photos  Narrabeen JRLFC's 90th Celebratory History A Shark’s Tale Book Launch Featured A Legends Q&A With Alan Thompson, Anthony Watmough, Mark Gerrard, Anthony Balkin  Mona Vale Road  George Mulhall First Light-Keeper At Barranjuey Headland - Commenced July 20 1868 - First Champion Of Australia In Rowing  Royal Avalon Golf Links: Geoff Searl OAM's Presentation - Film By Pittwater Pathways (John Illingsworth)  Church Point, Pittwater: Winter 2023 + Some Photos and Snippets From The Past  The Tasmanian Countess and Marquise of Scotland Island  Pittwater's Fire-Boats: Some History   Stokes Point Careel Bay: The Shift From Warner's Hut In 1813 To Finisterre In 1924; 1934 Additions Probably Designed By Australia's First Women Architect, Beatrice (Bea) May Hutton - A Pittwater Rendezvous Site For Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Members Is Still A Home With A View For Those With A Passion For Sailing Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 50th End Of The War March At Palm Beach - All Welcome, All Belong Anniversary      Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch Celebrates 75 Years Of Members Looking After Each Other Vietnam Veterans Day Services 2023 - 50th Anniversary Of The End Of The Vietnam War: Collaroy, Narrabeen, Palm Beach   The Myra + Merinda II: Pittwater Ferries Of The Palm Beach Ferry Service (Commenced 1976)- A Few Other Verrills Ferries Of The 1980'S To Early 2000'S + Palm Beach Boatshed Insights  The Bayview Tea Gardens - When Run By Thomas Edward and Annie Newey (Nee Costello)  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  The Wakehurst Parkway: 75th Anniversary Of Gazettal As A Main Road On May 29th 2021 - the Long and Winding Road   'Longa Linga' At Church Point - The John Lander Browne Pre-WWII Designed Linear Home For An Aunt  Dee Why Hotel Opens In 1930: Introduces 'Beer o'clock' For Thirsty Locals   Avalon Community Library Celebrates 40th Anniversary  Narrabeen Folk Arts Club In The Shack: Some History As We Head Into The 2023 Northern Beaches Music Festival Utzon's Pittwater: A Place Of Peace For A Plain Sailing Man - A Quieter Sydney Opera House 50th Birthday Celebration   Australian + English Women’s Cricket Teams Picnic In Pittwater- The 1934-35 First Women's Test Tour That Healed The Bodyline Rift     Barrenjoey High School Inaugural Students: 1968 To 1973 - 50 year celebration of Inaugural graduating class  Waiwera - Hopton Lodge, Bayview  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners Of Bliss + One Northern End Of Beach Rock Pool At Narrabeen: Some History  Pittwater High School Alumni 1963 To 1973 Reunion For 2023: A Historic 60 Years Celebration + Some History  Avalon Beach Historical Society: December 2023 Meeting Slide Night Featuring The Original Avalon Beach Community Library, The Avalon Stomp, The Hail Storm Of 1956 The Black Swamp Camping Reserve Becomes Kitchener Park, Beeby Park & Mona Vale Golf Course - Pittwater Creeks series opener     The Australia Day Regatta Began As an Anniversary Day Regatta  Back To School In 2024 Inspires A Look Back At  A Pittwater Public School Set On The Estuary  Barrenjoey Boatshed In Governor Phillip Park Has Been Part Of Our Community For 77 Years: A Few Photos From The Collection Of Russell Walton, Son Of Victor Walton, Pilot + A Few Insights Into This Evolving Station Beach Institution     Pittwater Summer Houses: Kalua, Palm Beach  Station Beach, Barrenjoey, Circa 1879  Section Of A Squire Mural From Dungarvon, Mona Vale, Held In Private Collection + A Few Notes About His Focus On In Situ Aboriginal Sculptures & Local Burial Grounds Of First Nations Peoples  Historic 100-Year-Old Mona Vale WWI 'Victory' Tree To Be Replaced   Palm Beach Golf Course 1924 To 2024: Some 100th Year History Celebratory Insights   Flora Of Coastal New South Wales: 1920 To 1944    Pictures From The Past: Views Of Early Narrabeen Bridges - 1860 To 1966  SS Nemesis: 120-Year-Old Shipwreck Mystery Solved -Search For Relatives Begins  Pittwater Beach Reserves Have Been Dedicated For Public Use Since 1887 - No 1.: Avalon Beach Reserve- Bequeathed By John Therry  The Old Road To Narrabeen - The Unspoilt Days Of 100 Years Ago When You Could Still See The Sea  The Palladium Palm Beach (1930 To 1974) + Palm Beach Studio (1976 To 2024); from the March 2024 Meeting of the Avalon Beach Historical Society    A Tent Or Hut At The Basin During Holiday Times  Harold Tristram Squire Sculptures-Statues At Dungarvon, Mona Vale   Jonah's Road House Whale Beach  Damien Parer – A Bungan Beach And WWII War Photographer; Anzac Day 2024 Precursors  The 'Newport Loop': Some History  The Early Years of Bungan Beach Surf Life Saving Club - The Call to Bungan by W. E. Anschutz (Bill Anschutz)   Bilgola Plateau Parks For The People: Gifted By A. J. Small, N. A. K. Wallis + The Green Pathways To Keep People Connected To The Trees, Birds, Bees - For Children To Play   Bayview Sea Scouts Hall: Some History  Winifred Atwell - 'The Amazing Miss A'   Search For Modern Architecture Gems From 1940 To 1970 - An Invitation To Provide Input/Suggestions: 12 Local Examples   Peter Muller Designed 'Organic Architecture' - His Pittwater Buildings: 'Kumale' + Others, Are Great Suggestions For the ''Modern Architecture Study'' List  Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club by Life Member Maureen Rutlidge OAM + North Narrabeen Rock Pool: Some History   Henry Lawson: A Manly Bard and Poet - for his birthday week  Roads To Pittwater: The Mona Vale Road   Milton Family Property History - Palm Beach By William (Bill) James Goddard II with photos courtesy of the Milton Family  Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: Children's Champion - for youngsters, for Winter School Holiday Break    Hordern Park, Palm Beach: Some History  Mona Vale SLSC's Frederick Claude Vivian Lane - Gold Medal Olympian At Paris 1900 Games: A Few Insights Into A Local Legend    Paris 2024 Olympic Games: 18 Locals Representing Australia  Eddie Scarf: an Olympian, butcher of North Narrabeen, Palm Beach + Dee Why & North Narrabeen SLSC Member   My Holiday By Charles de Boos – 1861: Manly to Barrenjoey  Historic boat winches restored to former glory at Long Reef + Dad's Fishing Shack at Long Reef by Ken 'Sava' Lloyd & Extras  History week 2024: North Head Quarantine Station, Manly - how Governor Ralph Darling saved Australians; saved Australia  Muogamarra Nature Reserve in Cowan celebrates 90 years: a few insights into The Vision of John Duncan Tipper, Founder  Manly's Wildflower Shows: Some History Careel Bay Steamer Wharf + Boatshed: some history  Avalon Beach Golf Links: Some History  Miniature Train Ride at Manly: a few history notes about having fun as a youngster  Avalon Beach Historical Society's September 2024 Meeting speaker: Ray Henman ACS on 70+ years of living in Pittwater 30 years since historic discovery of ancient dinosaur trees: Wollemi Pine Trees  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  Pittwater Electorate Placenames History: from the West to the East  Bayview Sea Scouts Hall History: Updated with insights provided by 'T of Church Point'    Palm Beach Public Wharf: Some History   Harry Wolstenholme; Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga   Narrabeen Cenotaph + RSL History: 100 and 65 years markers of service in 2021 - Narrabeen RSL Site Sold in 2024  Clareville Public Wharf: 1885 to 1935 - Some History  Dr. Isobel Ida Bennett AO: Tasmanian Krill Research Aquarium to be named for Our Girl  Mona Vale Primary School's World War Two Honour Roll Board: The Stories Behind the Names  Newport SLSC's Surf Boat Carnival on Saturday November 16 will be A Taste of Fantastic Local Surf Sports Carnivals for All Ages this 2024-25 Season: A few Local Surf Boat Carnivals from the 1920- 1960 Insights  Boulton's Jetty on 'Old Mangrove Bay' + Newport hotel jetty + Newport Public wharf: Some history  Salt Pan Cove Public Wharf on Regatta Reserve + Florence Park + Salt Pan Reserve + Refuge Cove Reserve: Some History  Bayview Public Wharf and Baths: Some History   David Hazlewood: Photographer of Avalon Beach SLSC Founders meeting   The Sly Family Of Manly and Narrabeen: Fishermen  + The First Surfboat At Manly   Pittwater Summer Houses: Florida House, Palm Beach  Pittwater Summer Houses:  Cooinoo Bungan Beach   Back To School In 2025 Inspires A Look Back At  A Pittwater Public School Set On The Estuary  The King and I on the Hawkesbury    Pittwater Summer Houses: Bangalla, Scotland Island  Narrabeen Lakes Sailing Club History: 120 Summers Spent 'Messing About In Boats'  Summer in Pittwater: Places to Stay, Ways to Play - Some History  Lucy Edith Gullett (Dr.) IWD2025 Celebrations Happy 100th Birthday Avalon Beach SLSC!    Max Dupain of Newport: Pittwater Photographer  The Zonta Club of the Northern Beaches: Celebrating 50 years of Action in 2025 - The Zonta Northern Beaches Annual Women's Day Breakfast    It's a 'Bit Sharky' out there: 5 Tagged Bull Sharks Pinged at North Narrabeen on Same Day - Bull Shark spotted at Bayview - Historical Insights  Avalon Beach Historical Society March 2025 Meeting: Sunrise Cottage, Palm Beach + Geoff Searl OAM Great Adventure on HM Bark Endeavour Replica - report by Roger Sayers OAM  Annie Wyatt Reserve, Palm Beach: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II - The Tree Lovers League  Stealing The Bush: Pittwater's Trees Changes - Some History   Stealing The Bush: Pittwater's Trees Changes - Some History  Methodist Church at Church Point: The Chapel the Point is Named after - Some History   Brown's Bay Public Wharf, on McCarrs Creek, Church Point: Some History  Carl Beeston Gow of Palm Beach - Gallipoli Veteran  Andrew Thompson of Scotland Island –  ‘Long Harry’  Pittwater's Koalas Driven to Extinction: Some History  Beverlie Farrelly in interview with PBWBA Secretary Robert Mackinnon: “Two Lives: Beverlie & Midget Farrelly”  Prosper de Mestre's Pittwater Connection: Future of Sydney’s transport unearths a window to its past: colonial-era merchant   Goddard Family History Website by William (Bill) James Goddard II  Avalon Beach Camping Ground Gave a Lot of Legends to the Pittwater Community  WEA's Newport Summer School – for Workers, WANS + Future U.S., B.P.F. Wives: Local Insights for The 80th Commemoration of VP Day in 2025  North Narrabeen in 1911 - Panoramas taken for West's Lakeside Estate  Snow Season 2025: Local Connections with the Sport of Skiing beginnings in Charles Kerry, Percy Hunter and Herbert Schlink  Old Fashioned Film Evening at Avalon Beach Historical Society's June 2025 Meeting  Church Point Public Wharf - 1885 to 2025: Some History  Bilgola Public School Celebrates 60th Birthday: The Anniversary Walk to recreate history  Pittwater's Tropical Fruits From The Middle Of Winter: July 1938   Early Pittwater Surfers John Ralston and Nora McAuliffe, and the introduction of the surfboard as lifesaving equipment: two legendary boards on Palm Beach at Same time - July 2025 - the Duke's and Jack Ralston's  Broken Section: The Story Of Pittwater's Anti-Submarine Boom Net  By John Illingsworth   Coastal Defences In World War Two: The Dee Why to Warriewood Sections   Avalon Beach SLSC During World War Two: The Police Boys Club Mans the Beaches  Elvina Bay's Public Wharves: Some History  Avalon Dunes replanting: can you help? + Some history of the Avalon Dunes  Threatened Species Day 2025 + A few insights into Pittwater's Past + Present Threatened Species  ABHS  2025 AGM – Film ‘Smithy’ shows Avalon Beach: the Kingsford-Smith Family connections to Pittwater - Community loses 5 Creative Geniuses - ABHS President Curating Avalon Beach  Aussie Bird Count 2025 Runs October 20-26: Our area's Australian Ornithologists  Lovett Bay Public Wharves: Some History   Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps around Pittwater: The Mystery of the Cove on the East Side   Avalon's 'Telford' Road to have signage about its Heritage   Pittwater's Beaches in January 1956: old slides  Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club By Maureen Rutlidge OAM + North Narrabeen Rock Pool: Some History at Open of 2025-26 Season  Photographers of Early Pittwater: William Applegate Gullick – August 1st 1881 Visit by Princes Albert and George to Pittwater on Day Barrenjoey Lighthouse commenced to light the headland  The W. G. Taylor Memorial Home at Narrabeen: Some History  Scotland Island's Public Wharves: Some History The Peninsula Senior Citizens Toy Repair Group - A History for the 50th Anniversary Avalon PS Re-Opens Nura Djaroba by Geoff Searl OAM  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern or northern Corners Of Bliss for the first week of summer 2025-2026  Newport's Dearin Reserve has had Residential Environmental Defenders Since 1906: Third Time inspired Iconic Logo Epitomising the Mangroves of the estuary Became Symbol of Pittwater Council 

George Repins' Reflections

The Nineteen Thirties  Remembering Rowe Street  The Sydney Push  Saturday Night at the Movies  Shooting Through Like A Bondi Tram  A Stop On The Road To Canberra  City Department Stores - Gone and Mostly Forgotten  An Australian Icon - thanks to Billy Hughes  Crossing The Pacific in the 1930s  Hill End  The Paragon at Katoomba  Seafood In Sydney  How Far From Sydney?  Cockatoo Island Over The Years  The Seagull at the Melbourne Festival in 1991  Busby's Bore  The Trocadero In Sydney  Cahill's restaurants  Medical Pioneers in Australian Wine Making  Pedal Power and the Royal Flying Doctor Service  Pambula and the Charles Darwin Connection  Gloucester and the Barrington Tops  A Millenium Apart  Have You Stopped to Look?  Gulgong  Il Porcellino  Olympia  Durham Hall  Sargent's Tea Rooms Pie Shops and Street Photographers  The Ballet Russes and Their Friends in Australia  Hotels at Bondi  Alma Ata Conference - 1978 Keukenhof - 1954 The Lands Department Building and Yellowblock Sandstone  The Goroka Show - 1958  A Gem On The Quay  Staffa  The Matson Line and Keepsake Menus Kokeshi Dolls  The Coal Mine At Balmain  The Hyde Park Barracks  The Changing Faces Of Sydney From Pounds and Pence to Dollars and Cents Nell Tritton and Alexander Kerensky  Making A Difference In Ethiopia William Balmain  J C Bendrodt and Princes Restaurant Azzalin Orlando Romano and Romano's Restaurant  Waldheim  Alcohol in Restaurants Before 1955  King Island Kelp  The Mercury Theatre   Around Angkor - 1963   Angkor Wat 1963  Costumes From the Ballets Russe Clifton at Kirribilli  Chairman Mao's Personal Physician  The Toby Tavern The MoKa at Kings Cross  The Oceaographic  Museum  in Monaco  The Island of Elba  Russian Fairy Tale Plates  Meteora  Souda Bay War Cemetery Barrow, Alaska  Cloisonné  Tripitaka Koreana Minshuku The Third Man Photographs and Memories  Not A Chagall!  Did You Listen? Did You Ask?  Napier (Ahuriri, Maori) New Zealand  Borobudur  Ggantija Temples Plumes and Pearlshells  Murano  University of Padua  Ancient Puebloe Peoples - The Anasazi   Pula  The Gondolas of Venice Cinque Terre  Visiting the Iban David The Living Desert Bryce Canyon National Park   Aphrodisias   The Divine Comedy Caodaism  Sapa and local Hill People  A Few Children  Cappadocia  Symi Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre   Aboriginal Rock Art on Bigge Island    ANZAC Cove (Ari Burnu) 25 April, 1997  Hotere Garden Oputae  Children of the Trobriand Islands  Page Park Market - Rabaul  Rabual   Kotor, Montenegro   Galleries of Photographs I   Lascaux  Galleries of Photographs II   The Cathedral of St. James – Šibenik, Croatia  Ivan Meštrović  - Sculptor   Delphi   Gallery of Photographs III  The Handicrafts of Chiang Mai Raft Point  San Simeon - "Hearst Castle"  Floriade - The Netherlands - 1982  Russian New Year  Mycenae  "Flightseeing" Out Of Anchorage Alaska  The White Pass and Yukon Route  Totem Poles  Tivkin Cemetery  Krka National Park - Croatia  Tavistock Square and the BMA  Orthodox Easter  Wieliczka Salt Mine  A Walk on Santorini  Indonesian Snapshots  Ephesus - The Library of Celsus  Ephesus - Some Places Of Interest  Waimea Canyon and the Kalalau Valley United Nations Headquarters 1958  A Miscellany of Flower Images  Gardens  Bath St. David's In Wales   Zion National Park Nicholas Himona - Artist  Kraków  Lilianfels  Collonges-La-Rouge  Gingerbread Houses   Cape Sounion   Delos  Wroclaw  Colonial Williamsburg  Gruyères   Strasbourg  Coventry Cathedral  The Roman Theatre at Aspendos  Turkish Carpets The Duomo of Orvieto  Rovinj  The City Walls of Dubrovnik Monaco - Snapshots   Bonifacio, Corsica  Autumn in New England USA  The Great Ocean Road  Pompeii  Didyma  Lawrence Hargrave 1850-1915  The Corinth Canal  Malta  Snapshots of Amsterdam Café Central - Vienna  The Forbidden City - Beijing, China  A Ride on the Jungfrau Railway - 1954   Snapshots in the Highlands of Scotland 1954  Must See Sights in Paris - 1954  Corfu  Reflections On the Nineteen Thirties The Gold Souk in Dubai  Stromboli   Ha Long Bay - Vietnam  Lake Argyle The Bungle Bungle Range Langgi Inlet, W.A.  White Cliffs, NSW - 1990  Sturt National Park - May, 1990 A Few Statues and Water Spouts  The Dodecanese Archipelago  Rhodes  Lindos The Church on Spilled Blood - 2005 Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Repin's In "Ladies In Black"  Signs of the Times at Sydney Museum: Repin Inns

Collectors Corner pages:

Blacksmiths and Tinsmiths  Nylon Stockings Poster Art Furphy's Water Cart   Mousehole Anvil  Sapphire One Armed Bandit  Gould's 1840 Single and Compound Microscope  Tibetan Thangka Wheel Of Life Painting  Cast Iron Seats  Mabel Lucie Atwell Prints  The Customs of Traditional Dining by Hans and Jenny Carlborg  Albert Collins Landscape   Boomerang Harmonicas  Drinking: 18th Century Style Part I by H&J Carlborg  Drinking 18th Century Style Part II by H&J Carlborg Fleece Shears  Wood Case Crank Telephone  1803 Timepeice  Vintage Guitars  Milestones  No.38 Rolls Royce Motor Oiler  Christmas Postcards  Seashells  McCormick-Deering Horse Drawn Mower  Rope Making Machine  Marilyn Monroe 1955 Calendar  Stubbie Holders  Hill's Hoist  Akubra Hat  Fowler's Bottling Kit The Bold Autographed Script  Fishing Tackle  Arnotts Biscuit Tins  Comic Books  Silver Opium Pipe  Mrs Beetons Book  Souvenir Teaspoons  Bendigo Pottery  Gianelli Figurines  Key Fobs  Model Aircraft-static  Porcelain Slippers Wagon Wheels Rhys Williams Painting  Chinese Guardian Lions Australian Halfpenny  Bud Vases  Rolling Stones Still Life LP Autographed  WL1895 Thinking Monkey  Estee Lauder Ginger Jar  Reel Mowers  Surf Reels Millers Car Collection Hilton Lingerie - Slips Miniature Books of Verse - A Romantic Tradition  REGA Pouring Can  R O Dunlop - Sailing At Itchenor Painting Morning Shadows by C Dudley Wood  The Father of Santa Claus - Xmas 2012  HMS Penguin Anchor at RPAYC - Newport  SS Birubi Mast at RMYC - Broken Bay  Helen B Stirling Ship's Wheel at Club Palm Beach   Woomeras  HMS Endeavour Replica Cannon at RPAYC Vintage Sheet Music: William Stanley's  Bay View Gavotte  The Doug Crane Classic Handmade Double Blade Paddle  HMS Bounty Wooden Ship Model Collecting Ladies - Ferdinand Von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists  Australian Bark Art  Chinese Ginger Jars  Hand Plough and Jump Stump Plough - Australian Inventions Frank Clune Books  Frederick Metters - Stoves, Windmills, Iron Monger  Trinket Boxes  1933 Wormald Simplex Fire Extinguisher is Pure Brass  Chapman 'Pup' Maine Engines - Chapman and Sherack  The Beach Ball  Figureheads Salty Wooden Personifications of Vessels  Binnacle at RMYC  The Australian Florin - Worth More Than 20 Cents to Collectors  Weathervanes; For Those Passionate About Seeing Which Way the Wind Blows Her Majesty's Theatre 1962 Programme - Luisillo and his Spanish Dance Theatre  Cooper's Sheep Shower Enamel Sign and Simpson's and Sons of Adelaide Jolly Drover Sugar Bowl and English Pottery A Means to Gaze into the Past Chief Joseph and Edward S Curtis; His Images of Native Americans an Inestimable Record of Images and Portrait Photographs His Masters Voice, Old 78s and Australia's Love of Music Jack Spurlings 'Tamar' Picture 1923  Resch's Beer Art - A Reflection of Australiana Now Worth Thousands  The Compleat Angler - Izaak Walton's Discourse Inspires Generations of Fishers Portable Ice-Boxes and Coolers How Many Claim This Invention as Theirs?  Malley's and Sons Ltd. - A Munificent Australian Family Company  Vintage Paddles and Gigs  Nautical Memorabilia  The Crinoline - a 550 Year Old Fashion  B.B. King - King of the Blues Goes Home: a Timely look into Photographs and Autographs and Being Buyer Aware  Deep Down Among the Coral - By Christopher Corr - A Limited Edition Print in Celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of QANTAS Airways  Old Chinese Rice Bowls for Marriage: Worth More Than You Think...   Commanderie St. John: An Ancient Wine - From 1927 with Lineage to Cyprus in 1210/92 and Methods of Production to Greece in 800 B.C.  Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes  Vintage Brass Mortar and Pestle  1958 Bedford 'D' Truck and GM Holden Australian Made Car Bodies  Heart Padlock Charm Bracelets for Newborns: A Golden Tradition  Marvellous Marbles: An All Ages Preoccupation for Collectors  Antique Silver Fish Servers: Artisans Past  Tuckfield's Bird Cards: to Swap or Collect   Joseph Lyddy – O.B.B. Dubbin Boot Polish  Vintage Wooden Tennis Racquets: A Collectors Item As Popular As Summer  Australian Trade Tokens Record Enriching Colonial Histories: the Cascade Shilling First Art Form To Record 'Tasmania' And Kangaroos  Australian Vinyl Singles of the 1950's and 1960's  Dicken's The Old Curiosity Shop bought at The Old Curiosity Shop  Pear's Soap: Artworks For The Masses  Collecting Vintage Photographs: Early Tasmanian Photographer - J W Beattie  Cyclops Vintage Toys  Year Dated Beer Bottles Found In The Estuary Adjacent To Taylors Point - Roger Wickins   Collecting Matchboxes: A Great Way To Explore History And Art  Black Bakelite Telephone: Early Pittwater Phone Numbers  Butter Churns and Milk Separators: Early Pittwater Dairies F100 Ford truck: 1977 model   Collecting Buttons  Photographers Of Pittwater Capture Historic Insights: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948 Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: Harold 'Caz' Cazneaux 1878 - 1953  Photographers of Early Pittwater: The Macphersons of 'Wharriewood' and Bayview  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Charles Bayliss Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Henry King  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: David 'Rex' Hazlewood  Were Manly's Statues, Smashed For Road Ballast, Sculpted By Achille Simonetti?  Tablespoons - The Original Soup Spoons  Tram Memorabilia - Historic Daylight Run For Sydney Light Rail Begins 80 Years After Last Tram To Narrabeen Closed  Samuel Wood Postcards of Pittwater and Manly   The Victa Lawnmowers Story With A Careel Bay Link  Collecting Snow Globes Sydney Bus Museum Volunteers Helps Mona Vale Bus Depot Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Opening  Manly Children's Festival Federation Of A Commonwealth Medals Of 1901: Collecting Commemorative Medals  Ranelagh Hotel 'Mist' Scent Bottle (Robertson Hotel): Collecting Vintage And Antique Perfume Decanters Stargazing In Pittwater: An End Of Daylight Savings Pastime - The 2020 CWAS David Malin Photography Awards Are Now Open  QANTAS During Centenary Year: 2020 Stamp Collecting Month 2020: Wildlife Recovery Miniature Books of Verse for Spring 2020  June 1942 Rhys Williams Painting of Sydney Harbour Attack