This photo of the golf course appears to have been taken around 1928, the year when the (new) Barrenjoey Road was made around the top of the course. It shows the old 7th hole, which is now the 8th and the longest hole on the course and was taken adjacent to Old Barrenjoey Road. The […]
These 2 photos were found in an unwanted folder at Barrenjoey High School. The folder contained documents pertaining to Avalon Beach and it is thought the 2 photos were taken here. We are hoping someone out there might recognise either people in the photos, where the houses might have been (or still are!) and any […]
These 2 photos were found in an unwanted folder at Barrenjoey High School. The folder contained documents pertaining to Avalon Beach and it is thought the 2 photos were taken here. We are hoping someone out there might recognise either people in the photos, where the houses might have been (or still are!) and any […]
The first school building of Avalon Public School late in 1950 after 66 pupils from Newport Public School, who had travelled from all points north of Newport to get to school, became the first pupils of the new Avalon Public School. Doss McGuire, with the white hair, was the headmaster’s wife who taught Kindergarten to […]
The first structure adjacent to the first tee on ‘Avalon Golf links’ was this little ticket office erected around 1932. Water was still some 5 years away hence the water tank. The area beyond the golfer about to tee off on the first hole is still very devoid of any substantial vegetation. The building was […]
This photo purportedly shows the official opening of the Angophora Reserve on 19 March 1938 by Sir Phillip Street (KCMG). Much of the groundwork to enable the purchase of the land by the Wildlife Preservation Society in January 1937 was done by Thistle Harris. The reserve cost the Society 364 pounds 19 shillings and 7 […]
This photo is another of Rex Hazlewood’s taken soon after 1920. Although the planter boxes are in place there is no sign of the Norfok Island Pines yet. Barely visible above the men’s dressing shed (and further along the beach) is a box line outfit containing a small reel, line and belt for rescue work. […]
This fascinating aerial photo was taken in 1928. The surf club building is still some 6 years away but the 2 tiny dressing sheds are visible in amongst the haphazard arrangement of cars, some parked almost on the sand. The first general store and ancillary buildings occupy a large area on the north-east corner of […]
The original surf club building was designed by the architect BWFord and this photo shows the official opening on 23 January 1934 by the Hon. JMDunningham, the Minister for Labour and Industry. Note the generous volume and height of the sand compared to the present day. The Norfolk Island pines, planted in 1922 are now […]