'60s Annandale - Da Cruz, Marghanita
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'60s Annandale: A Short Walk takes you back to Annandale of the 1860s and 1960s. In the 1860s much of Annandale was still covered in Bushland. The Johnstons had begun subdividing their 1799 Land Grant. There were a few houses and industries along Parramatta Road and on the water front. The 1960s saw the building of modern red brick houses and flats on vacant land or where Victorian houses were demolished. The demolition of these houses lead to the formation of the Annandale Association. Expressways were threatening but Green Bans and Community Activism over the next 10 years saved Annandale.…mehr

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'60s Annandale: A Short Walk takes you back to Annandale of the 1860s and 1960s. In the 1860s much of Annandale was still covered in Bushland. The Johnstons had begun subdividing their 1799 Land Grant. There were a few houses and industries along Parramatta Road and on the water front. The 1960s saw the building of modern red brick houses and flats on vacant land or where Victorian houses were demolished. The demolition of these houses lead to the formation of the Annandale Association. Expressways were threatening but Green Bans and Community Activism over the next 10 years saved Annandale. Annandale of the 1960s was Bohemian place and the Annandale Imitation Realists came together and created art which would incorporate found objects. '60s Annandale is Marghanita da Cruz's 8th book in a series which present Annandale's history as a series of short walks. Cover: Detail Grose Farm from Toll Gate, ca1862-1869 by FC Terry. Mitchell Library State Library NSW ML315
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'60s Annandale is the eighth book in the series of short historical walks published by Marghanita da Cruz. Marghanita began collecting the Anecdotal History of Annandale in 1998 as part of her website "Annandale on the Web". It seemed then that everyone had a connection to Annandale and Marghanita felt it worh sharing these stories via the Internet. The project snowballed with people seeking her out to share their story about Annandale or to learn about the place where they now lived. Marghanita moved to Annandale in 1993.