Presentation

In this presentation, Scott MacArthur from the Marrickville Heritage Society, discusses 1920s architecture, including its aspirational and health-based aspects. Scott has over 25 years’ professional experience in heritage conservation and adaptive reuse of historic places, including the preparation of conservation management plans, conservation documentation and site superintendence. He is currently in his ninth year as … Continue reading "1920s Architecture: Cancelled!"

Presenter Scott MacArthur is President of the Marrickville Heritage Society. Scott has over 25 years’ professional experience in heritage conservation and adaptive reuse of historic places. He is a previous winner of a NSW Government Heritage Volunteer Award and an RAHS Special Achievement Certificate in recognition of his work with the Society to champion the … Continue reading "Architecture of the 1920’s"

Dr Peter Sheridan | AM BDS MDS FICDClinical Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Dr Peter Sheridan is an internationally recognised photographer, author, collector, historian and speaker on Art Deco design. His photographic images and articles appear in specialist fine art journals, books, travel publications, museum catalogues and print media. Peter’s 432 page book Sydney Art Deco … Continue reading "Art Deco Talk by Dr Peter Sheridan"

明珠南流：澳大利亚华人之声 In the late 1980s Mavis Gock Yen began interviewing elderly Chinese Australians from all around Australia, recording hours of conversations.These fascinating and absorbing stories of the struggles and successes of Chinese in Australia, told in their own words, have been edited by Siaoman Yen and Richard Horsburgh. They form the basis of South Flows … Continue reading "South Flows the Pearl: Australian Chinese Voices"

Talk by Carol Liston Carol Liston will educate us on the value of Land Title records, what can be learned from them, and how to effectively search them. Venue has been secured in the Ashfield Civic CentreActivity Room #4. Once you see how you can search these records you will be inspired! We will show … Continue reading "Land Titles Talk"

Christine Yeats, from the NSW State Archives at Kingswood, will walk us through some of the invaluable sources of information held by the State Archives. You can see a lot of information on-line but you can access the full and original documents through the State Archives. Knowing what is there and how to locate it … Continue reading "State Archives/ Museums of History "

Ashfield Civic Centre, 258 Liverpool Road Ashfield A presentation by Kerry Barlow. Kerry Barlow has an extensive background in education, having taught economics, economic history and education for many years, at high school, TAFE and university levels. She has strong skills in research, having conducted numerous funded projects and published many reports, articles and learning … Continue reading "Who Do You Think You Might Be: The Nuts and Bolts of Genealogical Method"

This presentation will look at the ubiquitous ‘Californian Bungalow’ prevalent in the Inner West with a particular focus on Ashfield and Ashbury. Colin Webb will look at some of the features of Californian Bungalows that make them unique and how they conform. Were the Calfornian bungalows 'unimpressive and uniformly dull?' Colin has taken numerous photographs … Continue reading "Conformity and Individuality in the Californian Bungalow"

Registration for this event is closed. In this pictorial presentation Mark will explore the varied examples of the Italianate architectural style as seen in London. The Italianate style was very popular and versatile. Taking in the housing forms seen around Regents Park, Belgravia, Pimlico and Bloomsbury just after the turn of the nineteenth century and … Continue reading "A Walk Through London Streets in Search of the Origin of our Victorian Italianate Legacy; a presentation by Mark Sabolch"