'60s Annandale: A Short Guided Walk
'60s Annandale will be a short walk around the block, with a few stops and lots of history, with a focus on Annandale of the 1860s and 1960s.
Where: Meet in Hunter Baillie Church Hall
cnr Johnston and Collins Street Annandale
Cost: $20 (incl devonshire tea, proceeds to National Trust Hunter Baillie Memorial Church Conservation Appeal)
The Walk is part of the Annual Hunter Baillie Memorial Church Conservation Appeal Open Day which includes
Looking Down Parramatta Road from Trafalgar St, Annandale at Sydney University. "Grose Farm from Toll Gate, ca.1862-1869/watercolour by F.C Terry, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW |
Stop 1 Cnr Collins and Johnston Street
Stop 2 Melocco Brothers Villa and Units
Stop 3. Snows Confectionery
Stop 4. Former Annandale Council Chambers & Methodist Church
1979: local residents and community workers in Annandale persuaded Leichhardt Council to convert the Annandale Council Chamber building into a community Centre. They envisaged the centre would provide information, entertainment, child care, informal social opportunities, classes and activities for yourn and old! - Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, A Commemorative History 1980 -2010.... Annandale Neighbourhood Centre turns 30Stop 5. Flats on Johnston Street
Stop 6. St Aidan's School Hall
Stop 7. Cnr of Johnston and Booth Street
- Israel Cohen Soap and Candle Making on Foreshore
- The Abbey
- Australian mixed media avant-garde artists formed in Sydney in 1961. Founding members were Mike Brown, Ross Crothall, and Colin Lanceley. Annandale Imitation Realists
- Fred Cress, painter, who arrived in Australia in 1962 as a 10 pound pom – had a studio in Annandale
- The Royal
- Trams
Stop 8. Flower Store & Riverland Fruit Store
Owned by the ChappelowsStop 9. Bakeo and Dairy across White's Creek in Leichhardt
Stop 10. Ningana (1971) migrant hostel
Stop 11. Cnr of Collins and Annandale Streets
- Police Station
- Annangrove
- Annandale Cottage
- Annandale Estate - stock yards
Where: Meet in Hunter Baillie Church Hall
cnr Johnston and Collins Street Annandale
Cost: $20 (incl devonshire tea, proceeds to National Trust Hunter Baillie Memorial Church Conservation Appeal)
The Walk is part of the Annual Hunter Baillie Memorial Church Conservation Appeal Open Day which includes
- Free 30 minute organ recitals at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm on the recently restored 1892 Hill and Son Organ and Church History talks
- Devonshire teas in Hall
- Free Church History Displays in Hall
- Free Alfresco Annandale History Exhibition
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