Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Vanessa Hardy Client: Bayside Council This HIS comments on the heritage impact of the installation of synthetic football field in the location of the existing grass football field in Arncliffe Park which is a listed heritage item on the Bayside Council LEP. The…
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Cultural Heritage Connections This history of the Cammeraygal people was commissioned to serve as a background and context for archaeological investigations in the area. Radiometric dating of a site in Cammeray, has placed Aboriginal people living in the Neutral Bay area from at least 5,800…
Oral Historian: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Wolfpeak for RMS Consulted with the Windsor Aboriginal Community to identify informants and undertook interviews with community members re: their connection to the Hawkesbury, Windsor and Thompson for Windsor Bridge interpretation project.…
Author: Liz Gorman Client: Central Coast Council In this project a review was undertaken of the existing signage in the walk and recomendations were made for it's overhaul.…
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: UWS This project involved identifying the historic themes associated with the Rydalmere campus, the site of the historic orphan school, and preparing stories and selecting illustrations for key heritage locations around the campus.…
Authors: Liz Gorman, Dr. Roy Lumby & Dr. Sue Rosen Client: Thomas Hotels Hurstville's Meridian Hotel has been presiding over Forest Road since it opened as the White Horse Hotel, in July 1927. In celebration of its opening, publican Samuel Wallington put on an open bar for the…
Photographer : Russell Workman Client: John Holland Pty Ltd Bridges are often one of the 'unsung heroes' of heritage; sitting quietly, working hard, but most importantly, capturing how / where / in what people got from A to B. Sue Rosen Associates were commissioned to archivally record this Kangy…
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Jean Rice, Liz Gorman Client: Darren Mah Designs The Corrimal Hotel has operated from its corner on the Princes Highway since it first opened in January 1901. Being the Publican of a successful hotel can be hard work - even life threatening - as Charles Edwards discovered in…
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Liz Gorman Client: Akira Homes Until the railway came in 1890, getting to and from the north shore of Sydney by road was a particularly challenging experience (some will argue that it still is!). You could use Billy Blue's ferry service, or take your life into…
Authors: Liz Gorman and Dr Sue Rosen Client: Marlow Hotel Group The Railway Hotel has watched changes in the surrounding built environment of now-Lidcombe from this corner where the hotel has stood and been in continual operation since 1875/6. Its long history starts with the predominantly Irish Catholic settlement that evolved on land owned by…