February 1 - 28, 2025: Issue 639

 

Pittwater Summer Houses: Bangalla, Scotland Island

Cut off from the mainland, but with access to the public wharf at Church Point from the mid 1880's on, Scotland Island was home to Charles Jenkins and Joe Benns for the decades after the earlier Andrew Thompson era.

Joseph Benns, (real name Ambrol Josef Diercknecht 1816-March 29, 1900) and Charles Jenkins, leased Scotland Island in 1855 for seven years. Mr Benns is credited with rebuilding the house of Andrew Thompson. There was also, on the island, a reported abundance of peach trees.

Mr. Benns was a Belgian master mariner born around 1816 in Brussels. He changed his name from Ambrol Josef Diercknecht, possibly due to people here being unable to pronounce his name correctly, or because he went by 'Joseh' or 'Joe', his middle name. 

Martha Catherine 'Sanville', of Mother Marr's Creek (Murra Murra on the Hawkesbury) married Joseph Benns in 1874. Martha became known as the 'Queen of Scotland Island' and a midwife to the community of the Pittwater estuary. This title could also be ascribed from her grandmother's, Queen Matora - the first wife of Bungaree -  'Queen' title, and her reputed bright, intelligent and dignified nature.

Marriage 590/1874: BENS JOSEPH to SANVILLE CATHERINE - SYDNEY - NSW State Records - Births, Deaths Marriages

Martha Catherine, courtesy Bob Waterer, great grandson

Josef Benns owned the “William and Betsy” which foundered off Port Stephens and then “The Lady and the Lake” which was wrecked off Long Reef. Both of these traded up and down the Hawkesbury so that may have been where he first met Martha:

COASTERS OUTWARDS.  March 10.-Rover, William and Betsy, and Bride, for the Hawkesbury.; Triumph, for Newcastle; Moonta Bay, for Shoalhaven. COASTERS OUTWARDS. (1855, March 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12966620

COASTERS-JULY 21. Inwards. Catherine, from Broken Bay, 250 baskets shells, 34,000 shingles, 200 dozen oranges ; William and Betsy, from the Hawkesbury, 7600 shingles, ..t bushels maize, half ton bark : SHIPPING RECORD. (1857, July 25). Empire(Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), p. 5. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64983263 

After their marriage Catherine and Joe Benns occupied the site of the house built by Andrew Thompson. This stood close to what is now known as Tennis Court Wharf. Prior to marrying Joe, Catherine had a daughter out of wedlock, named Emily. This girl married George Godbold in 1887, and the Benns and Godbold families lived in the same house on Scotland Island.

Mr Benns is one of the signees of the petitions to keep Katherine Mary Roche as postmistress at Bayview.

When Jenkins and Benns discovered those who had claimed ownership of the island did not have title they ceased paying rent and continued living there and applied for the Title. [ NRS-13012-3-[6/10095]-Primary Application 6016; Title: Primary Application - Charles Jenkins and Joseph Brinns, Scotland Island Contents Date Range: 04-02-1884 to 08-02-1892]

Department of Lands,
Sydney. 18th November, 1884.
APPLICATION TO MAINTAIN A JETTY.

NOTICE is hereby given that application has been made by the parties hereunder mentioned to maintain a jetty in front of their property, particularized in the annexed description; and all persons interested are invited to state, within one month from this date, their objections, if any, why they should not be permitted to maintain the jetty in question.

JAMES S. FARNELL.

Name of Applicants.

Joseph Benns and Charles Jenkins.

Description.

County of Cumberland, parish of Narrabeen, at Pitt Water, Scotland Island: Commencing on the high-water mark of Pitt Water, on the western side of Scotland Island; and bounded thence on the north by a line bearing westerly 168 feet; thence on the west by a line at right angles bearing southerly 5 feet; thence on the south by a line parallel to the first-mentioned boundary bearing easterly to the aforesaid high-water mark ; and thence on the east by that high-water mark northerly, to the point of commencement. APPLICATION TO MAINTAIN A JETTY. (1884, November 25). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 7906. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221632993  

The jetty was about 3 perches, they paid £5 annual rent for this, location shown on map below. It appears to be around the same part of the island the later Yamba wharf/jetty would be built and maintained - LEASES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.—OBJECTIONS CALLED FOR. (1885, January 6). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 242. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221622589 

New South Wales. Department of Lands. (1886). Parish of Narrabeen, County of Cumberland Metropolitan Land District, Eastern Division N.S.W Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233833505 Section from - NB; 

In 1883 the pair attempted to bring it under the provisions of the Real Property Act, but were unsuccessful at that time. A David Dickson, to whom they had stopped paying rent, wrote from Adelaide on 18 April 1889, stating that Scotland Island was the property of himself and his brother James, who was living in England and suffering from mental disability. 

However, he was unable to prove their ownership satisfactorily, and Certificates of Title were issued to Joseph Benns and Charles Jenkins on 8 February 1892, mainly on the grounds of continual possession. 

 'Scotland Island, Newport, Pittwater, N.S.W.', photo by Henry King, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1886. From Tyrell Collection, courtesy Powerhouse Museum - taken from  above Rocky Point Peninsula and Lovett's Bay looking east.

Soon after they gained ownership Charles Jenkins passed away, naming the only child of Martha and 'Joseph' as executor -and a solicitor.

Charles John Jenkins - Date of Death 11 Jun 1892, Place of residence Scotland Island

In the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

In the will of Charles John Jenkins, late of Scotland Island, Pittwater, in the Colony of New South Wales, farmer, deceased.

APPLICATION will be made, after fourteen days from the publication hereof, that probate of the last will of the above named deceased may be granted to Emily Mary Ann Elizabeth Godbold and Stephen Mountain Stephens, the executrix and executor named in the said will,—Dated this 14th day of June, A.D. 1892.

W. H. PIGOTT, Proctor, 28, Castlereagh-street, Sydney. In the Supreme Court of New South Wales. PROBATE JURISDICTION. (1892, June 17). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 4947. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222969717 

Certificate of Title Vol-Fol 1044-101 and 102 was issued on February 8th 1892 and the whole island was transferred on February 12th 1892 to William Wallace Elmslie (Doctor of Medicine – who took a mortgage with Alfred George Milson and Richard Holdsworth and the Stephens-Godbolds), and Charles Bond (Tailor; same per mortgage) and Thomas Wilshire (Civil Servant):

Vol- Fol 1052- 249 and 250 - And Vol-Fol 1053-1 :

Elmslie, Bond and Wilshire have discharged this mortgage by May 21st 1894. The land holding then comes under. Vol- Fol: 1142-36 for all three holdings with William Wallace Elmslie issued the Certificate of Title in 1894.

This is then transferred to The Permanent Trustee Company of NSW on August 17th, 1900 and becomes Vol-Fol: 1328-141 – wherein it is shown Patrick Thomson Taylor (of Mosman) has bought the island with the Certificate of Title registered on September 13th, 1900 from the Permanent Trustee Co and Alfred George Milson (mortgagees) with power of sale:

Family recollections from the Taylors are that the island was used to run ponies - possibly because P T Taylor was a polo enthusiast and recorded as playing polo at George Brocks' ''The Oaks'' on the Mona Vale beachfront before that was sold out form under him.

POLO PONIES AND JERSEYS.
SALE OF MR. BROCK'S STUDS.
The polo ponies and Jersey cattle, forming the studs at "The Oaks," Mona Vale, Pitt-water, were dispersed yesterday afternoon under the hammer by Messrs. Maccabe and Dodds, Sydney. The sale took place along-side the polo ground of the picturesque residence of Mr. G. S. Brock, and attracted a fair number of buyers from Sydney, as well as a good sprinkling of local residents. The polo ponies catalogued comprised upwards of 37 head, and the Jerseys-including four steers-17 head. Although the ponies figured first In the catalogue they were sold last. The Jerseys were all run into a paddock, and a start was made with the bull Duke of Melbourne, a five-year-old son of the Government-imported bull Melbourne-Kitty, g d, by Favourite-Baronne, Effingham Duke, imported by the late Hon. James White. Buyers' ideas of values wore not high, and bidding was not too brisk, except on odd lots. The noble Duke-a real fine Jersey bull-was started at five guineas, and knocked down at ten guineas. A son of the Duke's, out of Rosy, Rosy Dawn III., Boatswain, Bessie Black, Pomonas Dally, imp., realised half the price of his sire. The top price of the cows was nine and a half guineas, and the top price for heifers was eight and a half guineas; while the four young steers went to the local butcher at 39s per head.

The polo ponies were led out in a ring, and the first to appear was Queenie, a bay mare, very good in harness, and all she fetched was six guineas. Another bay mare, Reckless, an excellent polo pony, was knocked down for eight guineas. Pony, foaled a year later than Reckless, namely 1899, also a good polo pony, realised 10 guineas. Carblnesso, a brown mare, with colt at foot, by Souvenir, was passed in at 20 guineas. That grand polo pony stallion Souvenir, out of Annie, by imported Arab, out at Manaroo, Arab mare, was started at 20 guineas, and went trotting along up to 40 guineas. While at that figure Mr. Mackellar remarked that quite recently he sold a sister to Souvenir at 60 guineas. However, as no additional bid was forthcoming the crack pony stallion was passed in. 
POLO PONIES AND JERSEYS. (1907, April 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14835512 

What is the Scotland Island story; did they own the whole of it?
Don Taylor (2017 interview): Part of that may be true. First of all I know they ran horses on it. I remember my grandmother telling me about sitting on the verandah there once and John Williams walked up, who ran an estate agency among other things, and said ‘I’ve got somebody who wants to buy Scotland Island’. That determines to me that P T Taylor did own it at one stage, although perhaps not for very long. I know they used to run horses on there, so perhaps he owned a portion of it. 



View to Scotland Island taken by Don with his box Brownie - the island could be seen from the Taylor's verandah

DON TAYLOR (2017 interview): I can tell you who most of them are:  it’s the Taylor family without their mother. From the right is W. D.M., my father, sitting on the fence is Patrick Gordon, who preferred to be called ‘Bill’, that’s an unknown, the girl is Norah, their sister, who looks like she’s about 13 or 14 there, the man in the white cap is P. T. Taylor their father, he was keen on polo, then another unknown and the one on the extreme left is probably Ken. - Taylor family at their land/Pittwater Summer house



Above: P G Taylor's father  P T Taylor on balcony of La Corniche, Mona Vale (where blocks of units are now) in 1911. Picture a3289053h from the Allen Family Album, image courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW.

FROM:  Album 57: Photographs of the Allen family, 2 May 1911 - 7 October 1911 Digital Order No. a3289055; 'Top: Enlargement of view taken looking over the Polo GroundsThe road up the hill leads to Barrenjoey' and Digital Order No. a3289054; 'Below Enlargement of view taken from Brock's house, 3rd of September, 1911'. Both Courtesy State Library of NSW.
   Shows the 'lake' verges of the Black Swamp were still present on Brock's former land holding in 1911. The field looking north was used as the polo field.
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PT Taylor sells to Helen White (of Darling Point), widow, on May 25th, 1906 - Mrs. White does not stay a widow forever and is known as the Tasmanian Countess and Marquise of Scotland Island.

This lady brought about the subsequent 1906 first subdivision and land sales (with balance in 5 years to settle) and includes, by 1972 and 1978, the Water Board and Warringah Shire Council resumptions (Vol-Fol 1377-183 for WSC) as seen in the Certificate of Title and Vol-Fol: 1328-141:

Hardie & Gorman Pty. Ltd & Cantle, J. M & Dobbie, S. R & Smith, W. E. (1906). Scotland Island, Pittwater water frontage blocks, courtesy State Library of NSW - Scotland Island, Pittwater [cartographic material] : water frontage blocks / for auction sale on the island at 2.30 o'clock on Saturday, 10th November, 1906, Hardie & Gorman, auctioneers, 133 Pitt St. Author / Creator: Hardie & Gorman Pty. Ltd. Publisher: Sydney : W.E. Smith litho, 1906. Date:1906. Call Numbers:Z/M4 811.1459/1906/1 - shows site of old wharf at north end, now called Tennis Court Wharf

SCOTLAND ISLAND. — Hardie and Gorman, on Saturday, November 10, will offer 100 water frontage blocks on Scotland Island. Pittwater, near Manly. The terms are 10 per cent., the balance over ten years. Plans are available. COMING SALES. (1906, October 28). Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126557176 

Messrs. Hardie and Gorman announce by advertisement particulars concerning the sale In- auction of Scotland Island, near Pittwater. The vendors' point out that the island is well adapted to residential purposes, that the soil is good, and that the subdivision has be in so arranged as to give a great depth to every purchase of a water frontage. Moreover, provision  will be made for children and families on portion of the water frontage which can be used for general recreation purposes.  The vendors further point out that the present motor bus service between Manly and Pittwater may eventually be replaced by an electric tram service.  THE COMMONWEALTH. (1906, November 3). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28154613 

PROPERTY SALES.  Messrs. Hardie and Gorman held a sale of Scotland Island Pittwater (in subdivision), on the Island on Saturday afternoon last. Several blocks were sold at from 20s to 25s per foot on the water frontages. It is proposed to hold a continuation sale of the remaining portions in the salerooms, 133 Pitt-street, on Wednesday next, for the convenience of those persons who could not attend the sale on Saturday last.  PROPERTY SALES. (1906, November 16). The Sydney Morning Herald(NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14806836 

Sales persisted - from Vol-Fol 1328-141:


SCOTLAND ISLAND.

Mr. A J. Vogan writes:— 

"What Vesuvius is to Naples, Mount Eden to Auckland, or "Our Beautiful Harbor" to Sydney, so is Scotland Island to Pittwater. And this lovely 'Isle of Eden' is now to be handed over to the 'week-ender, who has desecrated what was once our peaceful and beautiful Middle Harbor, and rendered many of our other one-time holiday picnic spots wildernesses of uncouth huts where half-savage creatures give full play to their atavistic cravings, to the annoyance of civilised folk and to the destruction of the scenery. "When In March, 1788, Captain-Governor Phillip, the first explorer of Broken Bay, wrote 'Immediately round the headland that forms the southern entrance to the port there is a third branch, which I think the finest piece of water I ever saw,' he was only voicing what was to be the general opinion of most of those who were to follow in his footsteps. It has been my privilege and business to visit many of the most beautiful places in the world, and I know every portion of Australia, and, with, per-haps the exception of Hinchinbrook channel and its neighbor, Mourillyan Harbor, Pittwater remains peerless to-day amongst Australian scenic gems. Yet we Sydney folk who have this at our doors are going to allow that vandal, the bachelor 'week-ender' to desecrate this pearl amongst places. 

"This Island was reported on as the most suitable spot for the naval college; but land-agent wile and political pull erased the verdict of the experts. Better this far than to surrender this island to the fate of Middle Harbor with its huts, its dancing bells, its insanitary 'sanitary' depots pouring typhoid germs into its waters and its 'week-end' drunken bowlings and indecencies." "It is characteristic of your paper that the public was first made aware of this projected sacrilege through Its columns." SCOTLAND ISLAND. (1911, September 29). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 15 (LATEST EDITION). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221546281 


at Refuge Cove, ... Bay [picture]. circa 1910-1915. Photo by A. J Vogan. Courtesy State Library of Victoria. Image H82.254/8/22 - Title written on verso. 

Church Point, Pitt Water, 20 mins n. from Syd. [picture]. Photo by A. J Vogan. Courtesy State Library of Victoria. Image H82.254/8/29 

Scotland Island.

The Manly-Pittwater tram will very shortly now be opened to Narrabeen, and those desirous of securing week-end blocks in the delightful neighborhood of Pittwater will have an opportunity on Saturday next of bidding for the water frontages of one of the most unique positions on the coast. As Garden Island is in Sydney Harbor, so is the historic Scotland Island to Pittwater Lake. There is no doubt the beautiful island, which surely should have been purchased by the Government, will be the aristocratic quarter of the district, and those purchasing now will reap the bene-fit as soon as the tram opens. The areas are big, so as to give the purchasers a real residential picnic block worth having, the averages being 100ft. frontage to deep water with a depth of 600ft. A special steamer leaves Gosford Wharf on Saturday and motor buses leave Manly in time for the sale at special return rates. Tickets are purchasable from Messrs. Stan-ton and Son, the auctioneer, Pitt Street. Scotland Island. (1911, November 25). The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People (Sydney, NSW : 1900 - 1919), p. 9. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102802821 

One of the early purchasers during this era is Bernard James Newmarch, C.B.E., CM.G. (1856-1929) who buys lots 48 to 50. By 1907 is is applying for permission for a wharf lease.

The Certificate of Title, registered on June 22nd 1910 under Vol-Fol 2065-50 – shows the holding is 2 acres, 3 roods and 31 and ¾ perches, which back on to Athole Crescent on Scotland Island, and will become the site for 'Bangalla' - clearly he took the option to pay his deposit and settle once he'd secured someone he could mortgage the land to:

Bernard James Newmarch, C.B.E., CM.G. was a Surgeon. His Obituary form when he passed away tells us:

DR. B. J. NEWMARCH.
DEATH OF MILITARY OFFICER.

The death occurred yesterday at his residence, Le Chalet, Caledonian-road, Rose Bay, of Dr. Bernard James Newmarch, C.M.G., a well-known Sydney practitioner, and who served with distinction in the South African War and the Great War. He was 73 years of age.

Born in Surrey, England, the late Dr. Newmarch was a son of Mr. John Newmarch, barrister. After 10 years' work in London hospitals he came to Australia, and was engaged in general practice at Bowral, at North Sydney, and in Macquarie-street. He was a member of the council of the British Medical Association for several years, and had held the position of president.

The late Dr. Newmarch served in the Naval Brigade for some time, and subsequently entered the Australian Army Medical Corps. He served as a subaltern during the South African War, being promoted on the field and mentioned in despatches. He was awarded the Queen's Medal and four clasps.

At the outbreak of the Great War Colonel Newmarch was practising in Macquarie-street, and at that time held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the A.A.M.C. He was appointed to form and command the 1st Field Ambulance of the A.I.F., and sailed with that unit on the Euripides in October, 1914. In 1917 Dr. Newmarch was appointed to a position at A.I.F. Administrative Headquarters in London, where he served until 1919, when he returned to Australia.

Dr. Newmarch was twice married. He is survived by Mrs. Newmarch and three sons and one daughter. The sons are Roy N. Newmarch, Lieutenant Allan Newmarch, and Captain John N. Newmarch, and the daughter is Mrs. Stewart, wife of Dr. Colin Stewart.

The funeral will take place this afternoon in South Head Cemetery, after a short service, commencing at a quarter past 3 o'clock, at St. Michael's Church, Vaucluse. DR. B. J. NEWMARCH. (1929, March 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16538597 

Another snippet from the newspapers of the past:

Captain Bernard Jas. Newmarch, of the A.A.M.C., who went to South Africa with the second Australian contingent, has received from the War Office his commission as lieutenant (Imperial rank), the document bearing the signature of the King. MEN AND WOMEN (1906, November 10). The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909), p. 4 (EXTRA SPECIAL). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228481297 

He applies for a wharf, originally measuring 8 ½ perches, in the Autumn of 1907, along with a few other waterfront necessities during that time when sharks were known to circle the island and even be found a fair way up McCarrs' Creek:

APPLICATIONS FOR LEASES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. (1907, March 27). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 1989. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223090373 

ATTENTION is directed to the notification in the- "Government Gazette" of this date of APPLICATIONS made for SPECIAL LEASES, as hereunder mentioned. Any objections lodged in writing at this office on or before April 17, 1907, or before the Local Land Board 6hall have concluded its inquiry at the hearing of the respective applications for such Special Leases, will be duly considered; and any objections lodged after that period will not be entertained. T. V. FURBER, Metropolitan District Surveyor.

Applicant; Wm. Henry Speechley. locality: Co. Cumberland, Ph. Broken Bay, Rocky Point, Pittwater. Area:8 ½ p. For boathouse, jetty, and bathing-place. 

Applicant: Bernard J. Newmarch. Locality: Co. Cumberland, Ph. Narrabeen, Scotland Island, Pittwater. For wharf. Advertising. (1907, April 13). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28151646 

APPROVAL OF SPECIAL LEASE APPLICATIONS.
Department of Lands,
Sydney, 9th October, 1907.

NOTICE hereby given that the applications for Special Leases hereunder specified hare been approved.

The rights will accrue to the applicants until the sums as hereunder specified shall have been paid, but upon payment of such sums they will be entitled to leases, subject to the provisions of the Crown Lands Acts, end Regulations thereunder, and particularly to the undermentioned special conditions, provisions, exceptions, reservations, and covenants.

The amounts required to complete payment of expenses and rent from date of the commencement of lease to 31st December, 1937, must be paid by the Lessee to the Crown Land Agent of the District or to the State Treasurer within one month from this date.

For the year 1908 and any subsequent year the rentals must be paid during the month of December of the preceding year.

Schedule.

S. W. MOORE.

Number of Lease. Reg. No. of Papers. Mb. Lb. 

Special Lease 1907-5, Metropolitan. Bernard James Newmarch of 243 Miller-street North Sydney.— for wharf jetty, boatshed, slip and bathing place, 1 Jan. 1907 to 31 Dec 1916(/x) The lease shall not be subject to subsections 5, 6, 10, an 113 to 20 of Regulation No. 215, but shall be Subject to the following special conditions : — (i) Upon forfeiture, surrender, or expiration of the period of the lease, all improvements on the land shall become the property of the Crown, but the leasee shall remove the structures at his own cost, and without compensation, within six months of determination of the lease should he be required in writing by the Secretary for Lands to do so. (6) The lease shall be liable to forfeiture should the lessee be convicted under the Public Health Act, or any of the statutes, (c) The wharf and stone approach thereto, boatshed, to bath-house, bathing-shed, and the wall enclosing bath, which have been erected on the land, shall be maintained in good order and condition throughout the full term of ;the lease, (d) No further improvements shall be erected on the land without the consent of the Minister for Lands, who may require plans and specifications of such improvements to be submitted for his approval, and no further improvements shall be erected by the leasee on any other part of his water frontage without authority, (e) A breach of any of the foregoing conditions shall render the lease liable to forfeiture. Annual rent; £2. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL LEASE APPLICATIONS. (1907, October 9). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 5654. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221600456 

Despite the above date, these leases still had to be renewed regularly, espeically if a jetty was being lengthened or another one added on:

Applicant. Newmarch, Bernard Jas. S.L. 1913-8, Metropn.

Locality of Land applied for; Below high-water mark of Hawkesbury River, at Scotland Island, adjoining applicants Special Lease 1907-6 on the south-east.

Area. 14 ½ perches. Purpose for which Lease is desired. JettyLocal Land Board Office where objections may be lodged. Sydney

Date up to which objections may be lodged. 4 Feb., 1914. APPLICATION FOR A LEASE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE. (1914, January 28). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 538. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228096925 

This little record would indicate there was no structure other than perhaps a simple hut and tents on the land during his early years of ownership:

Miss Mollie Cooper, of Kew, who is at present holiday-making in Sydney, had a very narrow escape on 1st February. She and several other girl friends were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Newmarch. at Pittwater. They were sleeping in tents, and in the middle of the night a cyclone descended on them, swept up their tents, tore them to ribbons, and blew away everything in the vicinity. Then the rain descended in torrents, and this, together with the roaring of the wind and the black darkness, formed a very unpleasant experience, and the party were very lucky to have escaped serious injury. They all returned to Sydney in motors and cabs that same night. SEND-OFF TO THE REV. E. O'BRIEN, COLLINGWOOD. (1908, February 13). Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), p. 29. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176013870 

In 1912 Mr. Newmarch transfers the property to George Oswald Hyde who pays his mortgage to Newmarch himself until he has discharged what is owed in 1917. The lease is still being taken out by Newmarch so he clearly still had some interest and was ensuring there was still access to the property, along with the bathing place, and a boatshed with a slip. 

George Oswald Hyde was involved in mining in Newcastle and the South Coast of New South Wales. His son was Henry George Hyde. The State Library of NSW holds records and photos from the family’s collection. Anna Maria Reid, born in Hoxham, Newcastle, New South Wales on 1826 to Lieut. James Reid and Rosanna Macartney, married George Alfred Hyde and had 8 children.

Soon after his pruchase Mr. Hyde obtained a way to get to the wharf that would land him and his family and guests on the island:

The 45ft auxiliary pleasure yacht Petuna, formerly owned by Mr.. Ingham; has been purchased by Mr. George Hyde, of Scotland Island, Pittwater, the transaction being carried out by Mr. Chas. H. Relph.  CYCLING AND MOTORING (1913, June 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15426530 

A MINING CASE. 

AT the Sydney Central Police Court on Wednesday, Joseph Tarrant was charged with having obtained from George Oswald Hyde, certain valuable securities by means of a false pretence in Victoria. Mr. G. H. Reid appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Roberts for the defence. George Oswald Hyde deposed that he was a resident of Maitland, in this colony, and dealt in coal-mines. He had floated several companies, both in New South Wales and Victoria. Accused and witness signed a con tract on the 171h April, by which witness agreed to purchase, if he was satisfied upon inspection, a block of land about 30 miles from Newcastle, and known as Millwall Point, said by accused to contain several very large seams of coal of the Greta measures. Accused told witness that there was a seam of coal cropping out near the wharf, and which it was possible to walk into; that the Government Geologist, Mr. David, had seen the property, and thought a good deal of it; that there was a wharf on the property 600 yards in length, which would be very convenient for shipping, as the coal could be taken straight out of the tunnel and placed on board the steamers; that there was water 30ft deep there, which was sufficient to allow any of the San Francisco mail steamers to come alongside the wharf; and that the American Consuls of Sydney and Melbourne had offered £10,000 for the property, with a view to the American boats being supplied with Greta coal without proceeding to Newcastle. It was these statements that induced witness to enter into the contract, and give the three promissory notes for the sum of £2000. On the 26th May he visited the property, and found the representations of the accused to be utterly false. The property had not the slightest indication of containing a seam of coal. The whole of the block was sand. The district was not a coal-mining one. Coal was not obtained nearer than twenty or thirty miles. The property was mostly under water. Accused had said that specimens had been obtained by a Mr. Barry near the wharf, but the only coal witness found were small pieces which had boon washed ashore. 

He had been led to believe that there was a substantial wharf on the property, but the only structure approaching a wharf was a small timber jetty, absolutely useless for shipping coal, had coal been found there. Witness went up the river in a small boat, which grounded several time; the depth of water near the wharf could not have been more than 4ft. The ground had not been opened by any miners. A disinterested resident of the district for twenty-five years told wit ness that coal had never been found either on the property or in its vicinity. When he found what the property was he asked accused for the return of the promissory notes, which witness had given him, in the presence of a Mr. Robertson, to hold in trust until accused heard that witness was satisfied. The promissory notes had not been returned, hence this action. He did not threaten accused with violence. The notes were given to accused in Victoria, and were made payable in Newcastle at four months. Witness proceeded to Melbourne to lay the information, and swear the warrant. When dealing with witness accused acted in an apparently straightforward manner. Accused had said, in reply to his request for the return of the notes that he had dis-counted them. Witness received a summons to attend a meeting of accused’s creditors. He did not attend. Accused had said that he sequestrated his estate because he had been pressed. Witness was of opinion that if accused regarded him as a civil creditor he should have been included in the list of creditors. Witness took proceedings after the sequestration of defendant's estate. During a conversation in Melbourne, accused pointed out to witness a paragraph in the Argus, stating that Mr. Tarrant, of Sydney, had been appointed to the Legislative Council. Accused said the paragraph referred to himself, and that he had been offered a seat in the Upper House three times by Sir Henry Parkes. Witness consented to ac company accused to the telegraph office, as accused stated that he wished to wire to Sir Henry Parkes, stating that, owing to pressure of business, he would be unable to accept the position. Witness thought at the time that accused was a man of standing in New South Wales. He had since heard of Mr. J. Harman Tarrant, a member of the Upper House, to whom the paragraph referred. This concluded the evidence of the prose-cuter, and the case was adjourned until next morning.  A MINING CASE. (1890, November 21). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132662890 

Mining Applications.

The following applications for mining leases on Crown lands were received at the Mining Warden's office during the week: — George Oswald Hyde applied for the following, all situated in the parish of Sofala, county Roxburgh : Nos. 39, 10 acres, portion G.L. 84; 40, 2 acres, portion G.L. 98; 41, 8 acres 2 roods 38 perches, portion gold lease G.L. 68; 42, one acre 2 roods 36 perches, portion of G.L. 70; 43, 4 acres 3 roods 14 perches, portion of G.L. 69; 44, 10 acres, portion of G.L. 67. ….. Mining Applications. (1912, August 20). The Bathurst Times (NSW : 1909 - 1925), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111381600 

A wharf, jetty, boatshed and slip and bathing place, are applied for - Bernard Allen and JJ Smith (Rocky Point) are also applying for the same:

APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF LEASES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. (1917, August 17). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 4679. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226218588 


This picturesque spot is one of the few privately owned islands in Australia. It lies just off Church Point, at the mouth of McCarr's Creek, Pittwater, an arm of Broken Bay. Not so many years ago the region was practically unknown even to the people of Sydney. Gradually, however, the popularity of the seaside resorts has accounted for the creeping out of weekend cottages and permanent habitations from Manly to Barrenjoey and around the foreshores of Broken Bay and the various inlets near the mouth of the Hawkesbury River. Even Scotland Island itself is now becoming a week-end resort. ON SCOTLAND ISLAND, PITTWATER. (1920, April 21). Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), p. 5. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159028427

Soon after the mortgage is discharged, or just as it is, in 1917 the property again changes hands, this time going to George Henry Hebden, grazier. It is likely that the more extensive home known as ‘Bangalla’ was built during this period from 1917 to 1924 on - one source states the sandstone part of the weekender was master built in 1921.

Early in 1923, and in mid-1923, advertisements for contracts on the island in preparation for a subdivision - the wharves to access the land, land possibly cleared for a park or create the Leahvera Reserve and access to the Cargo Wharf, pool areas and pathways - and a later sales lithograph by Herbert Fitzpatrick's Scotland Islands Estates for further land sales, shows what land is already owned and occupied by the 4 residences present on the island; Bangalla, Edinburgh, Yamba and ‘Elvina’. This sales lithograph also shows the wharves leading onto Yamba's and Bangalla's grounds.

To Mine Owners and Others.

TENDERS are invited for the Purchase of the Timber on Scotland Island, Pittwater; mostly spotted gum, of 6 ft.- 8 inches in diameter, all straight and good milling. Deep-water wharf for loading same. Tenders close 1st of March. Box 2892 GPO Sydney. Advertising (1923, February 19). The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163197818  

Pittwater — Construction of three wharves and baths at Scotland Island .. .. .. .. . . . . .. .. .. August 14— Hardy, Busby & Norman. 375 George-street, Sydney. TENDERS. (1923, July 4). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16078336 

Scotland Island. Erection of chains of pathway In Scotland Island, Pittwater. Messrs. Hardy, Busby,  and Norman, civil engineers, 375 George-street, city. TENDERS. (1924, January 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16120773 

Pittwater— Formation of about 120 chains of Pathway on Scotland Island .. ....  .. .. January 12 — Hardy, Busby & Norman. 375 George-street, Sydney.  Advertising (1924, January 9). Construction and Local Government Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1930), p. 3. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109759926 

The 120 chains of pathway measures 2414.02 metres, or 2.4 kilometres.

Hardy and Busby pathways – for 1924 Sales Plan which records homes/summer places as; Scotland Island subdivision, Pittwater [cartographic material] / Hardy, Busby & Norman, Civil Engineers & Licensed Surveyors, R.P.A. – made available in 1924 by Scotland Island Estates, 1924. Courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Item: SLNSW_FL15224785  - 

Location on Litho map of: Bangalla, ‘Elvina’, Yamba and Edinburgh:

Pittwater at Newport, N.S.W. Boats on the water near wharf; aspect towards Scotland Island1925 Item [B 58973/156]. Photograph.  Courtesy State Library of South Australia. Retrieved from; https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+58973/156 One of 170 photographs in an album presented to Mr H.L. Goldbeck from G.W. Gray in October 1925. They consist of views of South Australia, W.A., Vic and N.S.W

Mr. Hebden’s extension of everything on the waterfront associated with the property - the wharf, jetty, boatshed, slip and bathing place:

APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSIONS OF TERMS OF LEASES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. (1922, March 17). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 1809. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225367849 

During the last days of Winter 1924, Mr. Hebden passed away:

MR. G. H. HEBDEN.
DEATH OF NOTED STOCK BREEDER.

Mr. George Henry Hebden, who was well-known throughout New South Wales as a breeder of Suffolk horses and Romney Marsh sheep, died on Saturday at his residence, Havilah, Darlinghurst, at the age of 76 years. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. George Hebden, of Maharatta, Bombala, and late of Brookong, Urana.

Mr. Hobden was educated at Macquarie Fields, the Melbourne Grammar School, and Repton, England. On leaving school he entered the Bank of Victoria, Melbourne, but after five years his desire for a country life led him to Brookong. Shortly afterwards, Messrs. Hebden and Osborne having disposed of that property, he and his brother Charles took up the management of Gogeldrie, which had been purchased by their father. He remained there after his father's death as manager for the Hebden family until the estate was sold. Mr. Hebden then became the owner of Erambie, near Molong. He was also interested, as a partner with his brother Charles, in Welbondongah and Errowanbang.

Some years ago Mr. Hebden came to reside in Sydney, but his interest in country pursuits and love of the sea impelled him to buy a small property near Shellharbour. There and at Scotland Island, Pittwater, he spent many active days.

During the war the late Mr. Hebden took a practical interest in the welfare of the soldiers, and since the end of the war was always ready to assist returned soldiers.

Mr. Hebden leaves a widow, but no children.

The funeral will take place this morning at the South Head Cemetery. MR. G. H. HEBDEN. (1924, September 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16168506 

OBITUARY — MR. G. H. HEBDEN

Mr. George Henry Hebden, who died at Havilah, Darlinghurst, on Sunday, was the eldest son of the late George Hebden, of Maharatta, Bombala. and later of Brookong, Urana. He was educated at Macquarie Fields, the Melbourne Grammar School, and Repton, England. On leaving school he entered the Bank of Victoria, Melbourne, but, after five years, his overwhelming desire for a country life led him to Brookong. Shortly after-wards, Messrs. Hebden and Osborne having disposed of that property, he and his brother Charles took up the management of "Gogeldrie," which had been purchased by their father. He remained there after his father's death, as mana-ger for the Hebden family until the estate was sold. Mr. Hebden then became the owner of "Erumbie," near Molong, where he specialised in the breeding of Suffolk horses and Romney Marsh sheep. He was interested also, as a partner with his brother Charles, in Welbondongah and Errowanbang. 

Some years ago Mr. Hebden came to reside in Sydney, but his interest in country pursuits and love of the sea impelled him to buy a small property near Shellharbor. There, and at Scotland Island, Pittwater, he spent many active happy days. Mr. Hebden will be remembered by many during the war for his warm practical interest in the soldiers, and since then in the returned men. He leaves a widow, but no children.  OBITUARY (1924, September 2). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 11. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245205581 

His marriage:

HEBDEN–WILSON.—On the 31st ult., at the Scots' Church, Melbourne, by the Rev. Charles Strong, George Henry Hebden, of Gogeldrie, N.S.W., to Martha Carson, youngest daughter of the late William Wilson, of Ballycloughan, Co. Antrim, Ireland, and sister of Alexander Wilson, of Coree, New South Wales. Family Notices (1881, February 2). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5957909 

A brother's legacy:

LATE MR. C. S. B. HEBDEN.
ESTATE VALUED AT £209,502.

Probate of the will of the late Mr. Charles Spencer Bransby Hebden, grazier, of Errowan-bang, near Carcoar, who died on August 26 last, has been granted to the testator's brother, George Henry Hebden, the sole surviving executor and trustee named in the will. The testator bequeathed and devised his personal and real estate to his trustee to realise and convert into money, and to hold the proceeds in trust for his brothers and sisters, and the children of any brother or sister, who predeceased him, the issue of any deceased brother or sister to take the share which their respective parents would have received If living at time of testator's death. By his will, he empowered the trustee to continue to carry on the grazing business until such time as he considered it advantageous to wind up the estate, and he gave his brothers, George Henry and William Wrathall Hebden (since deceased), whom he appointed trustees of his estate, liberty to purchase his share and interest in co-partnership carried on by him and them in the Gogeldrie Station, in the Lachlan River district, notwithstanding that they were trustees. He directed that the price to be paid for the interest was to be determined by three independent persons, one-third of the purchase money to be paid in cash, and the balance by instalments in three years.

The net value of the estate was sworn at £209,502 13s 3d, of which £44,623 represented real estate, £27,309 10s 6d live stock, £30,578 mortgages, and £36,930 interest in the partnership with his brothers. LATE MR. C. S. B. HEBDEN. (1915, December 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15631547 

His estate was recorded as being worth:

LATE MR. G. H. HEBDEN.

Probate has been granted of the will of the late Mr. George Henry Hebden, of Sydney, who died on August 31 last, leaving an estate of the net value of £102,342, of which £21,230 represented shares in public companies and £19,000 Government stock. The testator appointed his widow, Martha Carson Hebden, Mr. L. T. Crouch, solicitor, of Sydney, and Mr. H. W. Raleigh, solicitor, of Rochester, Victoria, executors and trustees of his estate, the whole of which, subject to certain specific legacies, be devised and bequeathed to his widow and relatives.  LATE MR. G. H. HEBDEN. (1924, September 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16182053 

Bangalla is advertised soon after as:

“Scotland Island, Pittwater. In the Estate of the Late G. H Hebden, an absolute waterfrontage property with boatshed, baths and the best jetty in Pittwater. Gentlemans Bungalow known as ‘Bangalla’, commanding extensive views of Newport, Bayview and Islands. Built of stone with attached weatherboard additions, front and rear verandahs, containing 5 bedrooms, living and lounge rooms, kitchen, bathroom, heater, laundry and necessary appointments, workshop and mans room detached. Furniture all in good order can be taken at valuation. Land comprises 2 acres 3 roods 33 perches, Torrens Title”. Advertising (1924, October 25)The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 7. Retrieved  from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245472867

Advertising (1924, November 5). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 5. Retrieved  from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245468351 

The following day this Notice ran:

RICHARDSON AND WRENCH. LTD.

Messrs. Richardson and Wench Pty. Ltd., yesterday sold at auction …. Scotland Island-Pittwater, bungalow, ‘’Bangalla" and 3 acres of land, £1400; WEEK'S BUSINESS (1924, November 22). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 10. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245469446 

However, if the property did sell, it was those still listed for a few decades who were being paid off as caretakers and executors via a mortgage as the next owner buys from the estate/executors and this did not occur until 1959. Later reports in newspapers would indicate it was leased to people either known by the trustees or of good repute, and was also used as a landmark for the selling of other lots of land on the island:

SCOTLAND ISLAND.— Choice Site. 95 frontage to deep water. Over an acre. Valued by V.G. at £305. Consider half for quick sale. Adjoins BANGALLA. H. W. HORNING and CO. PTY. LTD.. 15 Martin Place. Phone J3500 after two o'clock. Advertising (1937, July 31). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247217504 

Mr. Hebden’s widow became one of the executors in part in 1925, with Lindsay Thomas Crouch, solicitor of Sydney and initially, Hubert William Raleigh of Rochester. 

In 1932 they extend the lease:

EXTENSION OF TERMS OF SPECIAL LEASES. (1932, May 27). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 1725. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220367660 

What is still on the land is among just a few handfuls of homes on the island in the Summer of 1944 when one mother using the property helps fight a bushfire on the island – although the DT has misspelt Hebden, it is likely this is describing the premises when it may have been rented out or placed at the use of people known to the executors during these decades. This bushfire of Christmas Eve 1944 may describe the timber extension:

CHILDREN HELP FIGHT BUSHFIRES

Men, women, and children helped to save 150 homes from destruction by bushfires, between Scotland Island (Pittwater) and Oxford Falls (Brookvale) yesterday. The area Includes the Narrabeen district, where eight homes were lost in Saturday's bushfires. The men, women, and children yesterday combined with police and firemen in a day-long fight, and by night-fall the fires were checked. Hardest fire-fighting was on tiny Scotland Island, where 50ft. flames threatened the island's 12 homes, Mrs. Richards, of Strathfield, who is holidaying with her two children, aged 5 and 6, at Mrs. Hepton's home on Scotland Island, said: "The fire blazed up quickly, and the strong wind caused great flames to race through the knee-high grass and taller timber. 

"Children from 10 years downwards, and the womenfolk, carried water to the men and helped fight the fire, too. 

Wind Changed 

"At one stage the fire reached the woodwork of our house, but with a great effort and a change of wind we fought the fire back.. 

"By five o'clock the blaze was in hand." 

Several thousand fowls were evacuated from the Narrabeen-Brookvale district when 20 poultry-farms were threatened by bushfires over the week-end. Mr. Viv Hawkins, poultry-farmer, of Oxford Falls, and about a dozen other local farmers fought the bush fires throughout yesterday, and were on fire patrol all night. Many small bushfires were reported in the metropolitan area yesterday but no property was destroyed or livestock killed. Fire brigades answered 45 calls. 

Woy Woy arid Gosford volunteer fire brigades worked until 6 o'clock yesterday morning to beat a fire burning on a four-mile front parallel with the main railway line. A small cottage at Koolewong was destroyed. I The brigades got the fire under control after a 10-hour fight. CHILDREN HELP FIGHT BUSHFIRES (1944, December 25). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248072536 

In 1950 the lease for the jetty, at Lot 49, is renewed:

APPLICATIONS FOR LEASES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.

THE undermentioned applications have been received for Special Leases of the lands and for the purposes hereunder stated. It is the intention to grant the leases should 110 sufficient objection be found to exist after inquiry by the Land Board and consideration by the Minister. Any objections will receive due consideration if lodged in writing with the District Surveyor for the Land Board District in which the land is situated.

J. B. BENSHAW, Minister for Lands. ….

Parish Broken Bay, county Cumberland; extension of term of Special Lease 35-1.1, Metropolitan, for bathing place, boatshed, slip wharf and landing place. Land applied for—about 19 perches below high-water mark of Rocky Point, Pittwater, fronting allotment 19 of Ventnor EstateApplicant—Neil Donovan Smith. Objections may be lodged at Land Board Office, Sydney.

Parish Narrabeen, county Cumberland; extension of term of Special Lease 36-47, Metropolitan, for boatshed, slip, bathing place and wharf. Land applied for—37 perches below highwater mark fronting allotment 49, deposited plan Scotland Island within Pittwater. Applicants—Martha Carson Hebden, Lindsay Thomas Crouch and Francis Badham Oliver, executrix and executors of the late George Henry Hebden. Objections may be lodged at the Land Board Office, Sydney. (7273) APPLICATIONS FOR LEASES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. (1950, October 13). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 3061. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220069451 

This Lease Renewal is repeated with the same names listed in 1951.

Photos sourced from and held by the now-defunct Bangalla FB page, which was used to promote the home and grounds as a place available to rent until a few years ago, and dated circa January 2 1950 although a 1980's television appears in one image, show a stone cottage and outbuildings. Renovations and repairs did take place around this period.

One very important community event occurred at Bangalla in 1955 when SIRA (Scotland Island Residents Association) was established at a meeting in the home. SIRA has been ever since then has become a vital part of island life. 

SIRA records in Volume 17, No:1 of the Scotland Island News records:

‘’The Scotland Island Progress Association was away to a fine start when just on forty residents turned out for the inaugural meeting held at "Bangalla" on Saturday night January 29th.

THANK YOU

MR. and MRS. LUCAS.

Our thanks to Mr. and Mrs Leslie Lucas of “BANGALLA” for making their historic old home available for the inaugural meeting of the Progress Association and providing supper for the forty residents in attendance.

Mr. and Mrs. Lucas have also kindly offered their home for the next General Meeting of the Association at 8 p.m. on April-10th.

TOM TAIT for the preliminary work done prior to the last meeting with the Warringah Shire, Mackellar County Council and the Water Board.

LEN BARNES… for transporting so many residents to the last meeting.

MISS KERRIE LUCAS,.. for acting as Minute Secretary and providing an accurate record of proceedings.

TED GILL. for those fine -posters advertising the next meeting.

KEITH EGAN for his offer of assistance with water transport to the next meeting.

BILL BAGNALL. for his welcome contribution in providing paper and duplicating this newsletter.

From; https://www.scotlandisland.org.au/sira/firstevernews/ 

Another item a few years later states Bangalla by then is one of the oldest still standing houses on the island:

Visit to the Island of Manly-Warringah and Pittwater Historical Society

 “This took place on Saturday July 4th, 1959. It was a perfect day. Members of the Society were our guests for the afternoon. We left Church Point about 1.45 p.m. and tied up first at Bell Wharf from where we walked around to the rock sculptures. Our visitors were very interested in these and the opinion was expressed that they were of a much later period than convict days. In fact their visit brought to light initials on the carvings which could quite easily identify J. Benns as their originator. We then rejoined the ferry and went past Bangalla which was pointed out as the oldest house on the Island. We continued around the eastern side to Tennis Wharf where the ferry was tied up. The visitors were shown the site of Andrew Thompson’s shipbuilding yards and the old tennis court. 

Following this the party proceeded to our fireshed, where the ladies of Scotland Island provided and served afternoon tea. At the conclusion the visitors passed a vote of thanks to the ladies for a very enjoyable repast. 

An informal meeting followed to discuss the location and type of memorial that should be erected to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the granting of Scotland Island to Andrew Thompson. 

One speaker suggested that we should construct a dam to supply water to residents of the Island. This was considered to be quite beyond our combined means. Mr. Gledhill said that his Society’s idea of a suitable memorial was a stone block with a plate let into it. This plate would point out places of interest around Pittwater. In reply our President said that our Association would like to have a stone fireplace built for the use of picnickers. This would reduce the risk of bush fires. Finally it was decided that we should combine the two and it was decided that the celebrations and unveiling would take place on the afternoon of January 1st next. The visitors appeared to enjoy themselves so much that it was getting dark before they finally boarded the ferry to return to Church Point." From; Scotland Island News, October 1959.

According to Hebden family records, and NSW Births Deaths and Marriages, Martha Carson Hebden passed away in 1955, in Bowral.

HEBDEN MARTHA CARSON 15431/1955  parents: WILLIAM and JANE registered at BOWRAL - from NSW BDM's

In July 1959, with Francis Badham Oliver and Lindsay Thomas Crouch still the executors of the land and property, Bangalla is sold to David Henry Swift, Dental Surgeon of Abbotsfield, and Loris Noelene Swift, both of Hunters Hill – they have at least two children; John and Alison (later surname ‘Curtin’). 

The following year the Swifts sold a portion to the City and Provincial Development Pty (Vol-Fol: 8028-70 – Lot 48) and the rest, Lots 49 and 50, still 2 acres and 1 perch, becomes that held under Vol-Fol: 8234-217 and is now backing on to Thompson street. 

By June 1976, their son John Geoffrey Swift of Eastwood is registered as the owner and takes out mortgages for the term of what can be read on the Certificate of Title, until at least 1985, when it was placed on the market again. 

He has one problem during this time which he calls on the Warringah Shire Council to deal with. The records of minutes of meetings shows:

Monday 24th July, 1978 6.0 CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS - 6.1 THOMPSON STREET. SCOTLAND ISLAND Report No. N78/178 (FILE .Sr.4245/S.I) Reference correspondence from Mr. J. Swift, owner of Lots 49/50 Thompson Street, Scotland Island, regarding the damming of the natural watercourse on the adjacent property, Lot 51. 

Mr. Swift claims that the owner of Lot 51 has dammed the natural watercourse thereby creating a potential hazard to small children in the area. In accordance with Section 3cf Ordinance 37A an inspection of the natural watercourse was carried out on 2nd May, 1978. A small plastic lined dam has been constructed across the natural watercourse, creating a menace to the safety of life and adjacent property from flood. RECOMMENDATION P I That notice be served an the owner of Lot 51, D.P. 5021 Thompson Street, Scotland Island to effectually remove the said obstruction from the natural watercourse within a period of thirty days in accordance with Sections 4 and 5 of Ordinance 37A within the provisions of Section 409 of the Local Government Act, 1919. - COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION: That the foregoing recommendation be adopted. COUNCIL'S DECISION (31.7.1978): . I' 1179 ADOPTED.

The 1985 advertisement:

Auctions this week

Bangalla, Scotland Island, Pittwater, Sydney: This stone house was once the only dwelling on Scotland Island. It occupies the largest block on the island and has one of the few level waterfronts. It is thought to have been built about the middle of the 19th century. The name Bangalla means "Palm tree with fringed leaves on the top of a hill" according to its owner, Mr John Swift.

Mr Swift has lived in the house for 27 years. The original building has been expanded by the addition five years ago of a log extension containing one bedroom, the kitchen, family room, bathroom and laundry. The main house has three bedrooms and a long living room with an open fire. The block faces south-west, looking across Pittwater towards Hornsby Heights, and is bounded by Harold Avenue and Thompson Street.

Bangalla is being auctioned by L.J. Hooker, Mona Vale, on Tuesday September 10. It is expected to fetch about $1 million. THE BEST WEEKEND (1985, September 8). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 52 (GOOD WEEKEND). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128254075 

A further renovation and extension changes took place in 2007, as commissioned by then owner and financier Alistair Jeffery according to some sources, with a new pavilion added. Bangalla, on Florence Terrace, Scotland Island, was then a holiday home available to be rented, with some of the functions held there on such a scale, and so loud, as to attract the ire of those who live on the island because it is private and quiet.

Bangalla was recently sold again – this time for $8 million in 2021 according to some reports, and was still on two big blocks, with L J Hooker Mona Vale describing the sandstone base as being at least a century old:

'Bangalla' The Ultimate Sydney Escape - 2 Acres of Deep Waterfront

'Bangalla' is a very private deep waterfront estate spanning two manicured acres (over 8000sqm) on Sydney's Scotland Island. It's a stunning and unique lifestyle property created to satisfy the highest standards of design, dimension and luxurious accommodation.

Positioned on the sparkling shores of Pittwater, 'Bangalla' offers a private sandy beach, two deep-water jetties plus two boathouses designed for relaxed waterfront enjoyment.

The original sandstone residence was master built a century ago and sympathetically redesigned to create a sublime haven of elegance and comfort that must been seen to be fully appreciated. Gorgeous casement windows, beamed ceilings, rich hardwood floors and a striking sandstone fireplace establish the theme that carries through the residence; perfect and cozy in cooler months, the home is sensational throughout the warmth of spring, summer and autumn with its deep verandahs overlooking Pittwater.

A broad sandstone pathway connects the cottage to a striking pavilion and heated wet-edge tiled pool; it's designed for year round entertaining on a grand scale, or more intimate gatherings with friends and family. The pavilion is beautifully proportioned with dramatic ceiling heights and an inviting fireplace, while ringed by sashed bi-folds that open the space entirely to the outdoors, creating a seamless connection to the pool and grounds.

Finally, there is a separate guest cottage, flawlessly finished with teak interiors, lounge, kitchenette and shady verandah.

Expertly crafted with premium materials, the dwellings include a six-person sauna, gourmet gas equipped island kitchen with stainless steel benches, sleek contemporary bathrooms, air conditioning and integrated sound system.

This exceptional estate provides a holiday home of tremendous privacy, comfort and casual luxury; its exclusive setting is just 45 minutes from Sydney's CBD, yet feels as though it's many time zones removed. Retrieved from; https://property.ljhooker.com.au/residential-scotland-island-nsw-house-2m6af6k 

Bangalla when for sale in 2021, showing new pavillion and renovated house alongside (to right). Photo: Real Estate.com

The buyer was stated to be another multi-millionaire who was also acquiring other big homes in Pittwater. Since then it has been a private home, with peaceful verges, on Pittwater.

"Bangalla" is a word in the Bundjalung language of the Australian Aboriginal people. It can mean "a low hill" or "a kind of palm tree".  Others state the word means ‘golden’.

Photos taken in 2015 from Church Point Ferry

Scotland Island RFB, consisting of residents of Scotland Island, continues to look after residents. A few more recent past insights include:

New South Wales. Bush Fire Committee & Bush Fire Council of New South Wales. (commenced publication in 1952). Scotland Island, Bush fire bulletin Vol. 9 No. 10 (Winter/Spring, 1975) Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-292313161 

 'Scotland Island, Newport, Pittwater, N.S.W.', photo by Henry King, Sydney, Australia, c. 1880-1886. From Tyrell Collection, courtesy Powerhouse Museum - taken from  above Rocky Point Peninsula and Lovett's Bay looking east.

Bangalla from above: Google maps

References - Extras

  1. TROVE - National Library of Australia
  2. The Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  3. Shelagh and George Champion OAM's, Profiles of the Pittwater Pioneers, 2013 Revised version.
  4. Andrew Thompson (Long Harry of Scotland Island) - Pittwater Patriarchs series 1
  5. Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns - Pittwater Matriarchs series 1
  6. The Oaks - La Corniche
  7. Early Bayview - insights courtesy Don Taylor and Margaret Tink 
  8. Original Sales Pamphlets Of Scotland Island, Mona Vale, Great Mackerel Beach, Bungan, Offer Images Into Our Past – A Pittwater Summer Idyll
  9. Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948
  10. The Tasmanian Countess and Marquise of Scotland Island
  11. The First Scotland Island Cup, Trophy and Race and the Gentleman who loved Elvina Bay - Herbert Fitzpatrick
  12. Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Scotland Island

Contracts won - Pittwater. — Erection of Week-end Cottage on Scotland Island.;— -Peddle, Thorp and Walker J. Sheldon, Mona Vale. Advertising (1929, September 18). Construction and Local Government Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1913 - 1930), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109637335 

HOW THE OX MEASURED AN ACRE.

How many boys and girls know that the size of an acre of land was origin-ally fixed by oxen, or bullocks? It de-pended upon the amount of land which an average team of oxen could plough in a given time, and the way in which the term came to be fixed was as follows :—

In the days when the terms came into use many poor men had the right to grow corn and other food in one field. So that there should be no quarrelling, the land was divided into separate but equal portions ; and no man was allowed to have for his own two portions adjoining. It was in fixing the size of these portions that the oxen were used. But, we may naturally say, one team of oxen at the plough might do far more work than another team of oxen at the plough. There must have been weak teams and strong teams, good and bad drivers, and with all these differences there must have been great variety in the results. That is quite true. 

Much difficulty must have been found about agreeing upon the amount of land which a team of oxen could plough, but the wise King Edward I. struck an average, as we say. He found out how much on the average a team of oxen could plough without stopping to rest, which was a straight furrow of 220 yards in length, so he decided that the length of measurement which he was to fix should be just that straight strip of 220 yards. 

The "acre" should be "furrow-long," and furrow-long it remains, though now we call it "furlong." Next there was the width to be decided. Well, the man who drove the oxen did not have a whip, but instead he had a long rod or pole, with a pointed end, with which he could urge his beasts to do their best. Experience proved that the best length for this rod or pole, which was also called "perch," was about 5½ yards, and as the poles were all pretty much of that length, they came to serve as an implement for measuring. When he had finished his furrow, he would put his rod or perch at right angles to his plough, and measure off the width of land that he was to break off for cultivation. 

This, then, gave a sort of standard breadth  so Edward I., in order to have a set measurement, decided that the acre should be one furrow long, and four rods or perches broad. And that old measurement, made by the ploughing-strength of our Saxon forefathers' oxen six or seven hundred years ago, remains to-day the Imperial acre, by which all the British possessions all over the world are still measured : 30¼ square yards 1 rod, pole, or perch ; 160 perches, or 4840 square yards, 1 acre ; 640 acres, 1 mile. HOW THE OX MEASURED AN ACRE. (1912, December 7). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 13 (Unknown). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23326471

Bernard James Newmarch
NEWMARCH, Bernard James
Personal Details
Service History
Personal Stories
Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 20 August 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 1st Field Ambulance
Born: Peckham Rye, Surrey, England, 28 April 1856
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: King's College London, King's College Hospitals
Occupation: Surgeon
Died: At home, Le Chalet, Caledonian Road, Rose Bay, NSW, 15 March 1929, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales
Memorials: Sydney Hospital Staff of Active Service Honour Roll

DR. NEWMARCH.

-- Dr. Bernard James Newmarch, of Miller-street, North Sydney, is one of the medical gentlemen who have volunteered to go to South Africa. As will hereafter' be seen, his services would be most valuable, as he has had experience in the treatment of bullet wounds, having had under his care in King's College Hospital, London, many of those who were wounded at the terrible British defeat at Majuba Hill. 

Dr. Newmarch was born' at Peckham Rye, Middlesex, in 1856, and he received his elementary education at King's School, Sherborne, Dorsetshire. He then proceeded to London, and entered King's College, obtaining his degree of M.R.C.S. in 1877, at the age of 21. He obtained an appointment at King's College Hospital in 1880, and while there, as already mentioned, had under his charge some of the soldiers who were wounded in the last Boer- .War. At the end of 1881 he was appointed medical superintendent of the Royal. Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn-road, and he; relinquished that position at the end of 1882 to come to Australia, where he arrived in April, 1883. 

For some time he practised at Windsor, and he subsequently went to Bowral. For the past eleven years he has been at North Sydney, and his name was prominently before the public on the notorious Dean case, his diagnosis of- Mrs. Dean's arsenical poisoning being proved, despite all evidence to the contrary, to be correct. He is one of the assistant surgeons at the Sydney Hospital, and the Hon. medical officer to the North Shore Hospital. He is enthusiastic in reference to rifle shooting being one of the committee of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales. He has ever taken- a lively interest in military matters, and was for three years a 'full private' in the 1st Middlesex Volunteers,, affectionately, known as 'The Devil's Own.' He volunteered for the Soudan, and, though his services were not accepted', he was given a commission, which lie still holds in the colonial forces, as honorary surgeon-lieutenant. He is attached to E Company of the 1st Regiment, and in the mobilisation scheme is surgeon to the field hospital at George's Head. Dr. Newmarch, in common *with many medical men, looks much less than his age.

He is enthusiastic about going to the war, and the hopes of his friends are. that his wish will be fulfilled, for they have no doubt that, given the opportunity, he will distinguish himself. DR. NEWMARCH. (1899, December 20). Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 4. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113690934 

Col. Newmarch O.C. 3rd A.G.H Col. Newmarch O.C. 3rd A.G.H  Photographs of the Third Australian General Hospital at Lemnos, Egypt & Brighton (Eng.) / taken by A. W. Savage 1915-17- courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales 

Albert William Savage, a photographer of Moore Park, Sydney, was born in Kent, England. He enlisted in Sydney aged 25 and was marked unfit for active service due to eyesight, then marked fit as a special case. He embarked for Lemnos on board RMS Mooltan, 15 May 1915 and was posted as a private to No.3 Australian General Hospital, then transferred to the Australian Flying Corps in Abbeville, Apr. 1917 where he worked as a stores clerk. He was granted leave for photography, attending Hawksworth Wheeler & Co., Folkestone, June- Oct. 1919. He returned to Australia on the Pakeha, 24 Nov. 1919 

COL. NEWMARCH DEAD

DR. BERNARD James Newmarch, C.M.O.. C.B.E., V.D.. F.C.C.S (Ireland). M.R.C.S.. L.M.C.P., died today at his residence In Caledonian-road, Rose Bay. 

The hospital was always known as Berrima District Hospital until 1968 when it became Bowral and District Hospital.  When the Bowral District hospital opened its doors in 1889 it was staffed by the Hospital's first matron Miss Annie Morgan, and Dr Bernard James Newmarch, the only resident clinician, an assistant and an outdoor worker.


Mr. Hyde's Son; ?

HYDE, Oswald George Leo 
Service Number: NX81901
Enlisted: 3 January 1942
Last Rank: Private
Born: REDFERN, NSW, 23 July 1908

Alfred Milson - who covered the mortgages:

MR. ALFRED G. MILSON.
SUDDEN DEATH OF FAMOUS YACHTSMAN.

Mr Alfred G. Milson, chairman of the Anniversary Day Regatta committee, died suddenly yesterday morning at the rooms of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, at Kirribilli. He was one of the most famous yachtsmen of Australia, and a leading figure in the commercial and philanthropic life of Sydney and of New South Wales.

Milson's Point was named after his grand-father, and the Milson family has been directly associated with the public and business life of Australia since the days of Governor King.

James Milson, the founder of the family for-tunes in Australia, arrived in Sydney in 1804 as a free citizen, with letters of introduction from prominent public men in England to Governor King. He was the first person to settle on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, and his home was the first building erected in that part of the colony. During the administration of Governor Macquarie Mr. Milson "was given" a regrant of what is known in the official records as "Ryan's grant," which included the area from the Milson's Point Station to the Kirribilli Point.

The father of Mr. A. G. Milson, also called James, after his father, was born on the or-chard holding at the Field of Mars on November 25, 1814. He eventually acquired large pastoral interests in Queensland. He was a friend of W. C. Wentworth, a member of the first volunteer force in New South Wales, a director of the Bank of New South Wales, of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, the A.S.N. Company, the Waratah Coal Company, and many other commercial undertakings.

Mr. Alfred G. Milson was born 72 years ago. He was educated at the Sydney Grammar School. After leaving school he was for some years an employee of the Bank of New South Wales. Later he joined his father in business, and was associated with him in the management of the pastoral properties in Queensland. Returning to Sydney he was for many years the manager of the Union Mortgage and Agency Co., Limited. He re-signed that position in order that he might give more time to public matters and to aquatic sports, in which he took the keenest delight as did his father.

At the time of his death yesterday, Mr. A. G. Milson was deputy chairman of the Permanent Trustee Company, and a director of the Australian Gas Light Company, the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation (Australian branch), and the Sydney Exchange Company. He was associated with the Bank of New South Wales as one of the auditors since 1888.

PHILANTHROPIC WORK.

In recent years Mr. A. G. Milson gave a great deal of time to social and philanthropic work. During the war period he took a great interest in the organisation of "Jack's Day," which resulted in £108,000 being raised for the benefit of the men of the Royal Australian Navy, and of the mercantile marine. The Navy League claimed a great deal of Mr Milson's attention, he being one of the founders of the movement in Sydney. He was honorary secretary of the league from its inception.

Another object of Mr. Milson's enthusiastic attention was the work which has been done for naval men at Royal Naval House since its foundation nearly 50 years ago. At the time of his death, he was honorary secretary,

treasurer, and one of the trustees. Mr. Mil-son was for many years a member of the old Naval Brigade, from which he retired in 1900, with the rank of commander. He was also a member of the board of the Royal Shipwreck Relief Society, and of the New South Wales Ambulance services. He was a foundation member of the Australian Pioneers Club, a member of the Union Club since 1882, and of the Royal Sydney Golf Club.

YACHTING INTERESTS.

The interest of the family in yachting went back to the early days of his boyhood. His father was one of the founders of the present Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, which was established on July 8, 1862, but his interest in sailing went back much earlier than that. In the year 1836 the late James Milson was instrumental in founding the first boating club on Sydney Harbour. Mr. A. G. Milson was the winner of many historic yachting events. The first official interstate yachting race took place on Sydney Harbour on January 15, 22 and 29, 1887. Mr. A. G. Milson in his Waitangi won the first and second races against the Victorian representative, Sir Wil-liam Clarke's Janet, and the other representative of New South Wales, then the property of the commodore of the squadron, the late Sir James R. Fairfax. In the following year, Mr. A. G Milson sent his yacht Era to Port Phillip, where it was successful in winning the big prize which included a gold anchor valued at £100 and £400 cash.

ANNIVERSARY REGATTA.

Mr. A. G. Milson was vice-commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron from 1882 to 1889, and commodore from 1889 to 1893. Since then he had been actively engaged with the organisation of the various yachting fixtures held on Sydney Harbour. He was for many years vice-president and treasurer of the Anniversary Regatta Committee, and three years ago succeeded Judge Backhouse as president of the committee. He took the keenest interest in the arrangements for the Anniversary Regatta, which will be held to-day, and had looked forward with eager anticipation to presiding at the various functions to be held in connection with this historic event.

MUNICIPAL SUCCESS.

The late Mr. Milson always exhibited a keen interest in the local government of North Sydney, and for many years took a practical part in the affairs of the municipality. From 1900 to 1913 he was an alderman of the North Sydney Council and for four years was Mayor of the municipality.

Mr. Milson is survived by Mrs. Milson, who is now resident in England, one daughter (Mrs. S. F. Osborne), and three sons, James L., Douglas, and Vivian. Mr. Leslie J. Milson, of Cardross, Yarra, is the only surviving brother.

The funeral will take place to-morrow morning after a service at St. Thomas' Church, North Sydney, at 11 o'clock, for St Thomas' cemetery.

JUDGE BACKHOUSE'S APPRECIATION.

Judge Backhouse, who had been a life-long friend of the late Mr. Milson, said last evening that Mr. Milson was a boating man of the best type. Only last Monday the late Mr. Milson was in charge of the steamer following the Sayonara Cup race.

"The Anniversary Regatta," continued Judge Backhouse, "owes very much to Mr. Mil-son, and it will be difficult, even if it be possible, to fill his place in the coming years. But Mr. Milson was much more than a yachtsman; he was a good citizen, who took an active and most useful part in many phases of public life. In particular, he had an in-tense interest in the navy, and during the war he helped considerably in matters connected with the sea force. Since the war

he played an important part in the work of the Navy League, which is doing an immense amount of good. For those who know Mr. Milson as I did it would be hard to say anything of him other than as a friend. We who were closely associated with him loved him dearly, and his loss is a terrible blow to us."  MR. ALFRED G. MILSON. (1928, January 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16436946 

DRAFT ASSESSMENT OF LANDS AT SCOTLAND ISLAND, PITTWATER UNDER PART 3 OF THE CROWN LANDS ACT, 1989 AND THE CROWN LANDS REGULATION 1990.

The Minister for Tourism, Lands and Forests has prepared a draft land assessment for Crown lands situated at Scotland Island. Pitt water being the land described hereunder.

Inspection of this draft assessment can be made at the Metropolitan Lands Office, 22 Main Street, Blaektown; Department of Lands, 23-33 Bridge Street, Sydney and Dee Why Civic Centre, Pitt water Road, Dee Why* during normal business hours.

Representations are invited from the public on the draft assessment. These must be made in writing for a period of 28 days from the date of this notice and should be forwarded to the Regional Director, Metropolitan Lands Office.

P. O. Box 878, Blacktown, 2148

Garry West, M.P.. Minister for Tourism. Lands and Forests.

Sydney, 30th November, 1990

Description

Parish -Narrabeen

County - Cumberland

Locality - Scotland Island

Shire * Warringah

Land District - Metropolitan

About 75.5 square metres of Crown land below mean high water mark of Pitt water fronting a public road known as Lowanna Street for the purpose of reconstruction and realignment of a public wharf known as "Eastern Wharf". MN83H634 DRAFT ASSESSMENT OF LANDS AT SCOTLAND ISLAND, PITTWATER UNDER PART 3 OF THE CROWN LANDS ACT, 1989 AND THE CROWN LANDS REGULATION 1990. (1990, November 30). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 10517. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231908196

Yamba, Scotland Island - Notes:

SCOTLAND ISLAND-P1TTWATER.— Detached Cottage. "Yamba." Hardie and Gorman Proprietary, Ltd. Advertising (1928, March 28). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 29. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245429940 

2013 Real Estate listing description:

'Yamba', Peerless Waterfront Island Retreat

23 - 35 Robertson Road, Scotland Island

One of Pittwater's most significant landholdings, this 7,463sqm Scotland Island property presents you with a magical sanctuary on the sheltered, highly sought-after north-western side of the island. Encompassing 3 separate waterfront titles with 2 residences plus a cabin & a vacant parcel of prime waterfront land, this is a unique address as private & exclusive as they come.

The gracious main residence:

Set on the estate's largest 5,924sqm block, the casually elegant architect-designed main residence embraces the free-flowing indoor/outdoor environment which suits this location so perfectly, optimising Pittwater views from every vantage point. Perched upon traditional sandstone foundations, it has a private accommodation wing comprising 5 bedrooms and 3 ensuite marble bathrooms, including a superb master suite. The glass-embraced living space features a gourmet marble kitchen at its heart for effortless entertaining, while an octagonal northerly wing provides a conservatory-style family area. An ideal teenagers' retreat, the lower level is devoted to casual entertaining, complete with a vast games room. There is also a separate cabin with additional accommodation.

Magical grounds and waterfront facilities:

Everything about this unparalleled lifestyle purchase is designed to help you relax & unwind or entertain with ease. Surrounded by meandering Edna Walling style gardens with dry stone walling, the residence extends to a vast sun-drenched terrace while an alfresco dining pavilion is perfect for hosting year-round barbeques. Framed by towering established trees for absolute privacy, the property's sprawling level lawns provide a magnificent setting for those large-scale events. A rare privilege, your own private sandy beachfront presents a wonderfully child friendly environment. The island is, unsurprisingly, loved by boating enthusiasts, & Yamba's private deepwater jetty allows you to moor large vessels, with an adjacent boathouse accommodating your dinghy & aquatic equipment. Also enjoys the benefit of town water.

Guest cottage and vacant block:

The second 834sqm property contains a stylish contemporary two bedroom residence also with the luxury of its own private beach, ensuring glorious surrounds for your guests or caretaker. Relax at the water's edge in the property's romantic converted boathouse studio overlooking its own jetty. While the estate is being offered as a single entity, there is the possibility of selling this second holding individually. Featuring its own private beach at low tide, Yamba's third 704sqm waterfront block is some of the island's last remaining vacant land, rendering the property particularly unique. There is potential for construction of a residence on the site, subject to approval.

23 - 35 Robertson Road, Scotland Island, NSW 2105- 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, sold for $7,000,000 on 03 Sep 2013. From; https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-scotland+island-112022719 

Pittwater offshore residents unite against billionaire’s planned resort

MEDIA RELEASE 30 MARCH 2015 (by C. Goold and J. Fox) - photos by Scotland Island community

More than 70 Scotland Island residents gathered on the beach on the weekend at the iconic Yamba Estate to protest against a highly controversial commercial development on Scotland Island.

The proposal claims to be a new dwelling but closer inspection clearly demonstrates its integration with the existing property at Yamba. The resulting 14 bedroom resort, corporate retreat or training facility, as it has been variously described, is to be used for short-term stays by business executives.

“This is not a family home, this is not residential. It is a commercial development and clearly does not meet Council’s E3 zoning guidelines,’ said Scotland Island resident and Yamba neighbour Chris Goold. “These guidelines include a requirement to provide for low density, residential development in keeping with the land form and not visually prominent. It does none of these.”

With more than 15 formal letters of objection already lodged with the Pittwater Council, and another 35 to be delivered, yesterday’s protest of leading community members sends a clear message to Council members that this development application is completely unacceptable and should not be allowed to proceed.

“Scotland Island is an Environmental Management Zone with only residential accommodation allowed. This building is termed variously as a resort, corporate retreat and training facility and will be occupied by different people all the time that will come for short stays and go. They will  not care about or be a part of the community, ” said Western foreshore resident, Jennifer Knox who addressed the group.

“Apart from residential status, local residents are particularly concerned about the size, bulk, scale and design. The towering three-storey frontage, dwarfs the turn of the century Yamba homestead. The new building will have floor space more than 750 square metres, is not sympathetic to the landform, not low density and definitely would be visually prominent across Pittwater. The building is too large for the site but they are asking for exemption based on architectural merits.”

Ms Knox also confirmed many residents’ concerns about the wastewater and wastewater management plan.

“How will this site possibly deal with the waste water of so many visitors?”  Not only is the Wastewater management Report based on a variety of optimistic assumptions, its main dispersal site is a 25 metre long trench that approaches within 10 metres of the foreshore.  Foreshore soils are not suitable for absorption and leakage of effluent into Pittwater is highly likely.

“The residence is subject to a development application that is being processed by Council under delegated authority. It is a clever application that is set up in the guise of a single dwelling however very clearly is a commercial development. The residents are urging council to not just assess the DA in terms of point-by-point compliance and variation, but to look at the big picture here. It has the potential of another Currawong-like reaction and, if approved, it sets a very disturbing precedence for all of Pittwater,” Ms Knox said.

Residents, including members of Scotland Island Residents’ Association, feared it would become a “glorified function centre,” and held a picnic protest – the plans were subsequently modified. A new DA, which was lodged with Pittwater Council, was for a $1.6 million, three-bedroom, two-bathroom home.


Bayview Wharf, circa 1900 - Scotland Island to the right. Photos courtesy NSW Records and Archives

Pittwater Summer Houses: Bangalla, Scotland Island, threads collected and collated by A J Guesdon, 2025

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Bradley 1788 Journal Midholme Loggan Rock Cabin La Corniche La Corniche II Lion Island Bungan Beach Botham Beach  Scarred Trees   Castles in the Sand Dame Nellie Melba lunches at Bilgola Spring, 1914  First to Fly in Australia at North Narrabeen  Mona Vale Golf Club's Annual Balls  Governor Phillip camps on Resolute Beach  Ruth Bedford  Jean Curlewis  Mollie Horseman  Charlotte Boutin  May Moore  Neville W Cayley  Leon Houreux   Frederick Wymark  Sir Adrian Curlewis  Bilgola Heron Cove  Mullet Creek  Shark Point  Woodley's Cottage  A Tent at The Basin Collin's Retreat-Bay View House-Scott's Hotel  Bilgola Cottage and House  The First Pittwater Regatta  Women Cricketers Picnic  Filmed In Pittwater   Governor Phillip's Barrenjoey Cairn Waradiel Season The Church at Church Point  Governor Phillip's Exploration of Broken Bay, 2 - 9 March 1788   Petroglyths: Aboriginal Rock Art on the Northern Beaches  Avalon Headland Landmarks  Steamers Part I  Pittwater Aquatic Club Part I  Woody Point Yacht Club  Royal Motor Yacht Club Part I Dorothea Mackellar  Elaine Haxton  Neva Carr Glynn  Margaret Mulvey Jean Mary Daly  Walter Oswald Watt Wilfrid Kingsford Smith John William Cherry George Scotty Allan  McCarrs Creek  Narrabeen Creek  Careel Creek Currawong Beach Creek  Bushrangers at Pittwater  Smuggling at Broken Bay  An Illicit Still at McCarr's Creek  The Murder of David Foley  Mona Vale Outrages  Avalon Camping Ground   Bayview Koala Sanctuary  Ingleside Powder Works  Palm Beach Golf Course  Avalon Sailing Club  Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club  Palm Beach SLSC Part I - The Sheds  Warriewood SLSC  Whale Beach SLSC Flagstaff Hill Mount Loftus Pill Hill Sheep Station Hill  S.S. Florrie  S.S. Phoenix and General Gordon Paddlewheeler   MV Reliance The Elvina  Florida House  Careel House Ocean House and Billabong  Melrose-The Green Frog  The Small Yacht Cruising Club of Pittwater Canoe and I Go With The Mosquito Fleet - 1896  Pittwater Regattas Part I - Dates and Flagships to 1950  Shark Incidents In Pittwater  The Kalori Church Point Wharf  Bayview Wharf  Newport Wharf Palm Beach Jetty - Gow's Wharf  Max Watt  Sir Francis Anderson  Mark Foy  John Roche  Albert Verrills  Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey  Broken Bay Water Police  Broken Bay Marine Rescue - Volunteer Coastal Patrol  Pittwater Fire-Boats  Prospector Powder Hulk at Towler's Bay  Naval Visits to Pittwater 1788-1952  Pittwater's Torpedo Wharf and Range Naval Sea Cadets in Pittwater S.S. Charlotte Fenwick S.S. Erringhi   P.S. Namoi  S.Y. Ena I, II and III  Barrenjoey Headland - The Lessees  Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction Barrenjoey Broken Bay Shipwrecks Up To 1900  Barrenjoey Light Keepers  Douglas  Adrian Ross  Newport SLSC 1909 - 1938 Part I Overview  North Narrabeen SLSC - The Formative Years  First Naval Exercises by New South Wales Colonial Ships –The Wolverene at Broken Bay   Bilgola SLSC - the First 10 years  North Palm Beach SLSC  A History of Pittwater Parts 1 and 4 Pittwater Regattas - 1907 and 1908  Pittwater Regattas - 1921 - The Year that Opened and Closed with a Regatta on Pittwater Pittwater Regatta Banishes Depression - 1933  The 1937 Pittwater Regatta - A Fashionable Affair  Careel Bay Jetty-Wharf-Boatshed Gow-Gonsalves Boatshed -Snapperman Beach Carl Gow’s WWI Service in AIF Camping at Narrabeen - A Trickle then a Flood Pittwater's Parallel Estuary - The Cowan 'Creek' RMYC Broken Bay Boathouse and Boatshed Barrenjoey Boat House The Bona - Classic Wooden Racing Yacht Mona Vale Hospital Golden Jubilee - A Few Insights on 50 Years as a Community Hospital Far West Children's Health Scheme - the Formation Years  The First Scotland Island Cup, Trophy and Race and the Gentleman who loved Elvina Bay  Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay NSW - Cruiser Division History - A History of the oldest division in the Royal Motor Yacht Club   Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay Early Motor Boats and Yachts, their Builders and Ocean Races to Broken Bay, the Hawkesbury and Pittwater  The Royal Easter Show Began As the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales   The Mail Route to Pittwater and Beyond  The Wild Coachmen of Pittwater - A Long and Sometimes Bumpy Ride on Tracks Instead of Roads  The Fearless Men of Palm Beach SLSC's Surf Boats First Crews - A Tale of Viking Ships, Butcher Boats and Robert Gow's Tom Thumb 'Canoe'   Furlough House Narrabeen - Restful Sea Breezes For Children and Their Mothers   From Telegraphs to Telephones - For All Ships at Sea and Those On Land Mona Vale Training Grounds - From Lancers on Horses to Lasses on Transport Courses Fred Verrills; Builder of Bridges and Roads within Australia during WWII, Builder of Palm Beach Afterwards   Communications with Pittwater  Ferries To Pittwater  A History of Pittwater - Part 4: West Head Fortress  Pittwater's Lone Rangers - 120 Years of Ku-Ring-Gai Chase and the Men of Flowers Inspired by Eccleston Du Faur  Early Pittwater Launches and Ferries Runs Avalon Beach SLSC - The First Clubhouse Avalon Beach SLSC The Second and Third Clubhouses From Beneath the Floorboards at Hyde Park Barracks Bungaree Was Flamboyant  Andrew Thompson - 'Long Harry' Albert Thomas Black John Collins of Avalon Narrabeen Prawning Times - A Seasonal Tide of Returnings  Oystering in the Pittwater Estuary - Oyster Kings and Pearl Kings and When Not to Harvest Oysters  Yabbying In Warriewood Creeks  Eeling in Warriewood's Creeks (Includes A Short History of community involvement in environmental issues/ campaigns in and around Narrabeen Lagoon - 1974 to present by David James OAM)   Eunice Minnie Stelzer - Pittwater Matriarchs  Maria Louisa Therry - Pittwater Matriarchs Manly's Stone Kangaroo, Camera Obscura,  First Maze and 'Chute' - Fun Days in Sea Hazes from 1857 On  A Salty Tale of the Kathleen Gillett – A Small Reminder and Celebration of Our 70th Sydney to Hobart  Katherine Mary Roche - Pittwater Matriarch  Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns Pittwater Matriarchs A Glimpse of the Hawkesbury.(1883) By Francis Myers. Illustrated by J C Hoyte   Pittwater's New Cycle Track of 1901 Manly to Newport  The Rock Lily Hotel  Barrenjoey House The Pasadena Jonah's St Michael's Arch  The First Royal Visitor to Australia: the Incident at Clontarf March 12th, 1868  Pittwater: Lovely Arm of the Hawkesbury By NOEL GRIFFITHS - includes RMYC Wharf and Clareville Wharf of 1938 + An Insight into Public Relations in Australia George Mulhall First Champion of Australia in Rowing - First Light-Keeper  at Barranjuey Headland  Captain Francis Hixson - Superintendent of Pilots, Lights, and Harbours and Father of the Naval Brigade  The First Boat Builders of Pittwater I: the Short Life and Long Voyages of Scotland Island Schooner the Geordy  The Marquise of Scotland Island  Boat Builders of Pittwater II: from cargo schooners and coasters to sailing skiffs and motorised launches  130th Anniversary of Australia’s Sudan Contingent - Local Connections of the first Australians to Serve  The Riddles of The Spit and Bayview/Church Point: sailors, boat makers, road pavers and winning rowers The Currawong: Classic Yacht VP Day Commemorative Service 2015 –  at Avalon Beach RSL Cenotaph: 70th Anniversary   Captain T. Watson and his Captain Cook Statues: A Tribute to Kindness  Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Hordern or Wiltshire Parks to McKay Reserve – From Beach to Estuary  Pittwater Reserves, The Green Ways: Clareville Wharf and Taylor's Point Jetty Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways Bilgola Beach - The Cabbage Tree Gardens and Camping Grounds - Includes Bilgola - The Story Of A Politician, A Pilot and An Epicure by Tony Dawson and Anne Spencer  Pittwater Reserves - The Green Ways: Mona Vale's Village Greens a Map of the Historic Crown Lands Ethos Realised in The Village, Kitchener and Beeby Parks Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes  Pittwater Reserves: The Green Ways; Bungan Beach and Bungan Head Reserves:  A Headland Garden  Early Pittwater Paddlers,  Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Green Family  Elanora - Some Early Notes and Pictures  The Stewart Towers On Barrenjoey Headland  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Williams Family  Early Cricket in Pittwater: A small Insight Into the Noble Game from 1880's On  The Pacific Club's 2016 Carnival in Rio Fundraiser for Palm Beach SLSC Marks the 79th Year of Support  Bert Payne Park, Newport: Named for A Man with Community Spirit  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Fox Family  Surf Carnivals in February 1909, 1919, 1925, a Fancy Dress Rise of Venus and Saving Lives with Surfboards  Early Pittwater Paddlers, Oarsmen, Rowers and Scullers: The Paddon Family of Clareville  Mermaid Basin, Mona Vale Beach: Inspired 1906 Poem by Viva Brock  Early Pittwater Schools: The Barrenjoey School 1872 to 1894  The Royal Easter Show and 125th Celebration of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College: Farmers Feed Us!  The Newport School 1888 to 2016  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners of Bliss - A History  The Royal Botanical Garden Sydney Celebrates 200 Years in 2016 The Porter Family of Newport: Five Brother Soldiers Serve in WWI  Church Point and Bayview: A Pittwater Public School Set on the Estuary  The Basin, Pittwater: A Reprise: Historical Records and Pictures  Lighthouse Cottages You Can Rent in NSW - Designed or Inspired by Colonial Architect James Barnet: Includes Historic 'Lit' Days records   Bayview Days Ships Biscuits - the At Sea Necessity that Floated William Arnott’s Success  Mona Vale Public School 1906 to 2012    St Johns Camden: 176th And 167th Anniversaries In June 2016 - Places To Visit  Narrabeen Lagoon And Collaroy Beachfront: Storms And Flood Tides Of The Past  Avalon Beach Public School - A History   Muriel Knox Doherty Sir Herbert Henry Schlink  Shopping And Shops In Manly: Sales Times From 1856 To 1950 For A Fishing Village  Sir Edward John Lees Hallstrom   Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's 150th Sailing Season Opening: A Few Notes Of Old  A Few Glimpses Into Narrabeen's Past Beauties   Dr. Isobel Ida Bennett AO   Taronga Zoo 100th Birthday Parade: 1000 Reasons To Celebrate  War Memorials: Manly, October 14, 1916  Avalon Beach Golf Links: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II  War Memorials - Mona Vale, November 14, 1926  Annie Wyatt Reserve Palm Beach: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II Tumbledown Dick Hill  Waratah Farm and Narrabeen Plums: Pittwater Fields of Dreams II  Mark Twain, J.F. Archibald And Henry Lawson - Did They Go Fishing At Narrabeen In The Spring Of 1895?: Probably!  Bayview Baths Centenary Celebration in November 2016 hosted by Bayview-Church Point Residents Association  Dr. Jenny Rosen's Historical Timeline  Palm Beach RSL - Club Palm Beach Celebrating 60 Years  Early Years At Narrabeen: The Plane Sailing Day Of 1944 The  Five Ways- Six ways Junction; Kamikaze Corner - Avalon Bilgola  RPAYC Season on Pittwater and coming of Jubilees in Summer of 1938 Local Explorers’ Modern Day Discovery - Governor Phillip’s First Landing site, Campsite and contact with Local Aborigines in Pittwater: The Case for West Head Beach  Rendezvous Tea Rooms Palm Beach: links with 1817 and 1917: Palm Beach Stores  and Fishermen St Cloud's Jersey Stud: Elanora Heights: Pittwater Fields of Dreams  Roderic Quinn's Poems And Prose For Manly, Beacon Hill, Dee Why And Narrabeen  A Historic Catalogue And Record Of Pittwater Art I – Of Places, Peoples And The Development Of Australian Art And Artists: The Estuary  Celebrating World Radio Day: The Bilgola Connection With The Beginnings Of Radio In Australia  Emile Theodore Argles - champion of all Australians without a Voice - a very funny Satirist, Manly Poet and Pittwater Prose Writer and Litterateur  Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrates 85th Birthday: A Few Pittwater Connections  Victor James Daley: A Manly Bard And Poet who also came to Pittwater and the Hawkesbury  Let's Go Fly A Kite !: Palm Beach Whistling Kites Inspire sharing How to Make Standard, Box and Whistling Boy Kites - school holidays fun with a bit of Australian and Narrabeen history  Clifton Gardens Mosman: An Eternal Green and Saltwater Space, and Of Many Captains  Historic Catalogue And Record Of Pittwater Art I: Coastal Landscapes and Seascapes  The Bayview Tea Gardens 1920 to 1923 When Run By Thomas Edward And Annie Newey (Nee Costello) An Australian and RPAYC Commodore Aboard an America's Cup Challenger of 1908 and 1914   Henry Lawson - A Manly Bard and Poet: on his 150th Birthday  Historic Catalogue and Record of Pittwater Art I: Artists and Artists Colonies  Opportunity To Visit Submarine War Grave Renews Memories Of 75 Years Ago  Early Bayview - insights courtesy Don Taylor and Margaret Tink Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side   Early Pittwater Surfers – Palm Beach I: John (Jack) Ralston and Nora McAuliffe  Patrick Edward Quinn: A Manly Prose writer who gave us A Run To Pittwater (1889) and Songs for the Federation of Australia  Avalon Beach North Headland Indian Face 'Falls': An Everchanging Coastline  Nautical Treasure In Suburbia  Pittwater: Where the Wild Flowers Are 1917 to 2017  Narani, Captain Cook Celebrations At MVPS And Elvina Bay Memories - 1970s  Early Pittwater Surfers – Palm Beach I: Alrema Becke Queen of Palm Beach  The Beachcombers Surfboard Riding Club: Palm Beach, NSW - 1959 to 1961 Year Dated Beer Bottles Found at Taylors Point  Early Pittwater Surfers: Avalon Beach I  - 1956: The Carnival That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard and Being Able To SurfAcross A Wave Face - Reg Wood Anecdotes    Mona Vale SLSC To Be Completely Renewed + A Few Insights from the Pages of the Past  The Firecracker That Closed Narrabeen Hotel By Ken Lloyd (Savalloyd) + Narrabeen Hotel Licence Transfer Trail  Traces Of WWII Coast Watchers Found On Bangalley Headland - 1942  Early Warriewood  SLSC insights per Norman Godden + Extras  The Macphersons of Wharriewood and Narrabeen: the photo albums of William Joseph Macpherson  Angophora Reserve Avalon 1938 Dedication  Avalon Preservation Association History by Geoff Searl Pittwater Summer Houses: 1916 Palm Beach Cottage and Palm Beach House  Pittwater YHA: Some History  WWI Historian Presents New Film On The Beersheba Charge At Avalon Beach Historical Society Meeting  Newport's Bushlink 'From The Crown To The Sea' Paths: Celebrating Over 20 Years Of Community Volunteer Bushcare Results  Pittwater Fishermen: The Sly Family Narrabeen Exploits and Manly Community Contributors: The First Surfboat at Manly Beach  Women In The Surf Life Saving Movement As Life Savers: From At Least 1910 Locally - Awarded Medals For Saving Lives From 1880 In NSW  Windsor Bridge: Planned Destruction Of Historic Link With A Pittwater Connection The Rise Of The Cruising Season: A Look At Some Early Australian sailers and Local Visitor Beauties     Pittwater Fishermen: Barranjoey Days Polo By The Sea 2018: Over A Hundred Years Of Loving This Game In Pittwater  Australia Day Regatta Began As Anniversary Day Regatta  Black Bakelite Telephone: Early Pittwater Phone Numbers  Hy-Brasil, Avalon Beach - Pittwater Summer Houses  Ferry Names for Emerald Class: The Gibbs-Turner Original Magic Button  Pittwater Summer Houses: A Tent At Palm Beach's Governor Phillip Park 'Neath Barrenjoey  Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family  Manly's Early Sand Sculptors: How Pennies Can Become Pounds and Found A New Art   Retracing Governor Phillip's Footsteps Around Pittwater: The Mystery Of The Cove On The East Side by Geoff Searl and Roger Sayers 230th Anniversary Edit March 2018  Black-Necked Stork, Mycteria Australis, Once Visited Pittwater: Pair Shot in 1855  Butter Churns: Pittwater Dairies The Drainage System In Thompson Square, Windsor  Sydney Royal Easter Show 2018 Show Stopper Beer Brewed By Modus Operandi Mona Vale Extends Locals Input Into RAS Annual Celebration Of Local Products Sydney's Royal Easter Show Showbag Began As An Australian Sample Bag   Pittwater Fishermen: Great Mackerel, Little Mackerel (Wilson's Beach - Currawong) and The Basin  Motor Car Tours To And In Pittwater Show Us The Way This Place Once Was  Some Bayview Memories: The Lloyd Family Tarramatta Park, Mona Vale 1904  The Collaroy Paddle Steamer: New Ephemera Added To Public Accessible Records - Her Connections To Pittwater  The Roads And Tracks Of Yesterday: How The Avalon Beach Subdivisions Changed The Green Valley Tracks  Australian Sailing's Barranjoey Pin Program; some insights into this Pittwater Yacht and owner, Sir W Northam who won Australia’s first Olympic sailing gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games  Avalon Beach Historical Society’s 9th Great Historic Photographic Exhibition: Thousands Of Stories Made Accessible  The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge: Timely Winter Anniversaries and Commemorations For A Septuagenarian and her Predecessor  Photographers Of Pittwater Capture Historic Insights: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948  Roads To Pittwater: The Wakehurst Parkway Along Old Oxford Falls Track  Roads To Pittwater: The Pittwater Road  My Holiday by Charles de Boos – 1861  Shark-proof pools at Manly on the Harbourside  Dad's Fishing Shack At Long Reef  Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: Harold 'Caz' Cazneaux 1878 - 1953 Roads To Pittwater: The Mona Vale Road  My Singing Story Barrenjoey High School's 50th Year: History Notes + The Original Barrenjoey School  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  Camden-Campbelltown Hospitals & Carrington Convalescent Hospital: A Mona Vale-Frenchs' Forest Hospitals Comparison With Pittwater History Links The Newport School: 1888 to 2018  A Visit to Bungan Castle by ABHS   Roads In Pittwater: The Barrenjoey Road Remembrance Day 2018 - Pittwater Veterans WWI 100 Years From Armistice Day 1918   Filmed in Pittwater: A Sentimental Reprise + Narrabeen  Roads In Pittwater: The Bay View Road  The NSW Women's Legal Status Bill 1918: How The 'Petticoat Interference In Government' Came Of Age - A 100 Years Celebration Of Women Alike Our Own Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson Scott Brewster Dillon: A Tribute - He Did It His Way  Pittwater Summer Houses: Rocky Point and Elvina Bay -  A Place Of  Holiday Songs and Operas In Ventnor, Fairhaven, Trincomalee and Maritana    Remains Of Captain Matthew Flinders Discovered: Links with Bungaree of Broken Bay   Isabella Jessie Wye MBE OAM (Isa)  Off To School In 2019 Quicker Than 104 Years Ago  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Charles Bayliss  Harold Nossiter's Classic Yachts  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Scotland Island  Art Deco Inspirations In Palm Beach: The Palladium Dance-Hall, Cafe And Shop - The Surf Pavilion - The Beacon Store  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Newport Beach  Professor Christopher John Brennan: A Poet Of Newport Beach  M.V. Reliance Turns 100  Avalon Beach Historical Society March 2019 Meeting: Focus On Trappers Way   Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Clareville  Photographers of Early Pittwater: Henry King  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: David 'Rex' Hazlewood  Richard Hayes Harnett - First Commodore Of The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Designer Of The Yacht 'Australian' - Based On The Lines Of A Mackerel  Pittwater Summer Houses: Waiwera and Hopton Lodge, Bayview The Sirius Circumnavigation (1935-1937): Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Avalon Beach  Were Manly's Statues, Smashed For Road Ballast, Sculpted By Achille Simonetti?   Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your name - Warriewood  Avalon Beach Historical Society June 2019 Meeting  Flint and Steel Guesthouse    Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - 'Green Hills', Elanora Heights, and Ingleside  Ethel Turner's Seven Little Australians Added To UNESCO Memory Of The World Register - The Missing Pages Restored  RPAYC To Host 100th Year Of The Scandinavian Gold Cup and 5.5m Worlds In January 2020 - some Etchells Worlds and Gold Cup on Pittwater History    Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name: Mona Vale  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bungan  Shark Meshing 2018/19 Performance Report + Historical Pittwater Shark Notes  Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe, Spitfire Pilot (1919 To 1943) - Who Defended Darwin And His Mate: An Avalon Beach And Pittwater Hero  Newport Surf Club Celebrates 110 Years On October 19, 2019 - A Few Club Firsts  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bilgola  Tram Memorabilia - Historic Daylight Run For Sydney Light Rail Begins 80 Years After Last Tram To Narrabeen Closed  Historic Insights From The Australian National Maritime Museums 1890 Pitt Water 'Era' Yacht Collection: The Basin Regattas   Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Coaster's Retreat and The Basin Samuel Wood Postcards of Pittwater and Manly  Bilgola SLSC Celebrates 70 Years: Anecdotes from Early Members  Pittwater Roads II - Where the Streets Have Your Name - Great Mackerel Beach  G . E. Archer Russell (1881-1960) and His Passion For Avifauna From Narrabeen To Newport  A History Of The Campaign For Preservation Of The Warriewood Escarpment by Angus Gordon and David Palmer  Mark Foy of Bayview 2019 Inductee into Australian Sailing Hall of Fame  The Victa Lawnmowers Story With A Careel Bay Link  Plaque Unveiled To Mark Phenomenal Surfing Revolution Commencement: the 1956  Carnival at Avalon Beach That Introduced The Malibu Surfboard  The Other Angels From Avalon: 50th Anniversary Of The IRB Marks The Saving Of Over 100 Thousand Lives The Eos: Classic Pittwater Yachts  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Whale Beach  Palm Beach Pavilion To Be Renamed The Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Marks DSO, MC Pavilion - some historical insights  Daniel Gordon Soutar's Influence On Local Golf Courses: Some History Notes Pittwater Fire Boats History: January 2020 Tribute Palm Beach Pavilion Renaming Dedication Honours Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Marks DSO, MC  Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: An Environment, Wildlife and Children's Champion Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: A Children's Champion - shorter version for Children  Sydney Bus Museum Volunteers Helps Mona Vale Bus Depot Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Opening Dorothy Hawkins - a new film by John Illingsworth  Dorothy Hawkins' family, father Joseph  Homer, ran a dairy near Winnererremy Bay at Mona Vale from 1936 Narrabeen Fire Brigade Celebrates 100th Anniversary + A Few Extra Insights Into Local Fires And Brigade Formations  Pittwater, Narrabeen Lagoon & The Collaroy Beachfront: Some Storms and Flood Tides Of The Past - With Pictures  The Wolverene At Broken Bay In 1885   Jack 'Bluey' Mercer (January 2nd, 1923 - February 17th, 2020) - West Head Battery in WWII  Manly Children's Festival Federation Of A Commonwealth Medals Of 1901  Maybanke Selfe-Wolstenholme-Anderson: 2020 International Womens Day + Pittwater Online 10 Years Celebrations  The Bona - Classic Wooden Yacht 2020 Answers North Head Quarantine Station, Manly: Some History - Governor Ralph Darling Saved Australians, Saved Australia  Winnererremy Bay: Angus Gordon, the Sequel to Dorothy Hawkins by John Illingsworth Roderic Quinns Poems and Prose For Manly, Beacon Hill, Dee Why And Narrabeen - 10 Year Celebrations and all Manly-Pittwater Poets Series in One Place  Stargazing In Pittwater: Historic and Contemporary   The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke and Walter Jeffrey 1899  Harold Tristram Squire: October 28, 1868 - May 16,1938; Artist of Mona Vale  All Is Quiet On The Western Front by Roger Sayers Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Palm Beach   Large Sunfish Caught at Barranjuee in 1875  Grace Brook, 1921-2017 by Paul McGrath and Robin Bayes  The Pittwater Floating Hotels That Almost Were: Old Paddle Steamers, Fairmiles  + A Current 'Lilypad'  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners Of Bliss - A History: Updated 2020  Long Reef Aquatic Reserve Celebrates 40th Anniversary  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Careel Bay   Careel Bay Reserves and Playing Fields in Careel Bay Playing Fields Reserve - Including Hitchcock Park: Birds, Boots & Beauty  North Narrabeen Rock Pool: Some History Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club by Maureen Rutlidge, Life Member  Avalon Beach North Headland: An Ever-Changing Coastline - Storm Swell Of July 2020  Anthony Thomas Ruskin Rowe, Spitfire Pilot (1919 To 1943) - 75th VP Day Tributes 2020  Walter ('Wal') Williams - VP Day 75th Tributes 2020 Gwenyth Sneesby (nee Forster) 75th VP Day Tributes 2020  Pittwater's Midget Submarine M24 War Grave Renews Memories Of 75 Years Ago   Avalon Beach and Surrounds in 1968 and 1970 - Photos Taken By Gary Clist  Muriel Knox Doherty of Avalon Beach VP Day 2020 75th Anniversary Tributes   Dundundra Falls Reserve: August 2020 photos by Selena Griffith - Listed in 1935  Binishells In Pittwater Schools Bairne Walking Track, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park (Trig Stations) photos by Kevin Murray  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Bayview  Perons' Tree Frog At Careel Bay - who is 'Peron'?  Pittwater Roads II: Where The Streets Have Your Name - Church Point  Stapleton Park Reserve In Spring 2020: An Urban Ark Of Plants Found Nowhere Else Sydney's ACA Building Revitalisation Project Complete: Grand Old Building Has Links To Architects Of St. Patrick's College Manly - Some History Notes  Harry Wolstenholme (June 21, 1868 - October 14, 1930) Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga   Three Ferries Named Narrabeen (1883 To 1984) + One Named Barranjoey (1913-1985)  Rockley was Cricket for Girls 130 Years Ago - and this Team Visited Narrabeen as well  The Bus To Palm Beach: Some History  Surf Boats Season Kicks Off At Newport November 14; A Whole Range Of Local Sydney Northern Beaches Branch Carnivals Set To Roll Out Over The 2020-2021 Season + Some History Newport to Bilgola Bushlink 'From The Crown To The Sea' Paths:  Founded In 1956 - A Tip and Quarry Becomes Green Space For People and Wildlife Welcome To Country: Neil Evers – NAIDOC Week 2020  Marine Rescue Broken Bay Naming Ceremony for the new BB30 - The Michael Seale   Marine Rescue Broken Bay Unit's Beginnings In The Volunteer Coastal Patrol: Some RMYC BB Connections  Stokes Point To Taylor's Point: An Ideal Picnic, Camping & Bathing Place   Boy Scouts - The Pre-Nippers Life Savers: Some Notes On Local Troops From 1909  Pittwater Roads II: Where the Streets Have Your Name - Narrabeen  Warriewood Historic Farmhouse 'Oaklands' by Krisitin Zindel  John Illingsworth's Local History; 'The Water Dwellers' 1967, Enemark panoramas of Palm and Whale Beach 1917, 'Paper Run' 1956, John Illingsworth 1921 - 2012: 'A Newport Story  Pittwater Summer Houses: 'Cooinoo', Bungan Beach  Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment: Worth Looking After Past Notes and Current Photos  Pittwater Summer Houses: Ocean Beach House - The Combers, Newport Beach  Pittwater Aviatrixes On The Eve Of The RAAF's 100th: A NSW Women's Week - Women Of Aviation Week Celebration  Florence Mary Taylor   Doreen Mavis 'Bobby' Squire  2021 Tribute   Avalon Beach Reserve Heritage Marker For Old Kiosk Installed  Landing In Pittwater: That Beach-Estuary-Lagoon Looks Like A Great Place To Touchdown! Hawkesbury River: 1 In 100 Years Floods - What Washed Up On Pittwater Beaches   The Australian Air League Camps At Mona Vale Beach In The Old La Corniche Building + The Robey Family Of Manly; 'Always Looking Out For Younger People'  The Story Of Pittwater's Anti-Submarine Boom Net by John Illingsworth, Pittwater Pathways  Avalon's Village Green: Avalon Park Becomes Dunbar Park - Some History + Toongari Reserve and Catalpa Reserve Unseen Footage Of Nellie Melba To Celebrate Her 160th Birthday: The Day Dame Nellie Melba Lunched At Bilgola Cottage  Narrabeen Cenotaph + RSL History: 100 and 65 Years Markers Of Service In 2021  Avalon Beach Public School: Some History For A 70th Birthday  Bungan Head 'Bridge' and Tank Trap During WWII - by Malcolm Tompson  Currawong’s 10th Anniversary Funding: The Investment In Local Heritage Continues  The Wakehurst Parkway: 75th Anniversary Of Gazettal As A Main Road In 2021   Pittwater's Tropical Fruits: From The Middle Of Winter  Turimetta Beach Reserve: Old & New Images + Some History  National Fitness Centres At Broken Bay, Mona Vale, Narrabeen: Local History Shows We Like To Move It! Move It!  Nautical Words and Phrases Transposed Into Other Uses: Can You Fathom That?!  Mona Vale Cemetery: Some History  Narrabeen Lagoon and Collaroy Beachfront: Storms and Flood Tides Of The Past + Collaroy Beach Reserve Gazettal  The Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge: 75 Years old in 2021 + the Beluba Dam and Oscar Schulze  The Clareville/Long Beach Reserve: some History John William Pilbeam Goffage MBE ''Chips Rafferty'' Of Lovett Bay: Victory In The Pacific Day 2021  The Fern Creek - Ingleside Escarpment To Warriewood Walk + Some History  The Cowan ‘Creek’ + Lovett Bay Heights Tracks: Some Notes From The Pages Of The Past With Early Photos Trafalgar Square, Newport: A 'Commons' Park Dedicated By Private Landholders - The Green Heart Of This Community  The  Rock Lily Hotel Mona Vale - A Place and Hotel Named for a Local Flower  Whale Beach Ocean Reserve: 'The Strand' - Some History On Another Great Protected Pittwater Reserve  How Camping and Campers At Whale Beach Helped The Whale Beach SLSC Save Lives  Camping at Palm Beach  The Baird Family Of Mona Vale - The Wentworths Of Newport  The Rise Of The Surfboard As Life Saving Rescue Equipment: Some History  Opening Narrabeen Lagoon: Keeping The Community Safer For Over 100 Years  Ellis Rowan's Adventures In Painting Birds, Flowers and Insects: 'This Meant That I Was Tapu - Sacred - Because I Painted The Birds'  History Of The Modern Surfboat: Recognising The Surfboat Builders From 1950 To 2021 by Bert Hunt  The Bus To Palm Beach: Some History with Extras  The Landscapes Of Pittwater As Shown Through The Colonial Wandering Sketcher Artist  Remembrance Day 2021: Mona Vale's Hales-Smith Haynes Smith, Holding, Brentnall And Roby - A.I.F. Men Of World War One who died on the Fields of France  Pittwater Summer Houses: Gunjulla, Avalon Beach-Clareville by Helen and Deborah Grant  St. John's Anglican Church Mona Vale- Celebrating Its 150th Year In 2021   Original Sales Pamphlets Of Scotland Island, Mona Vale, Great Mackerel Beach, Bungan, Offer Images Into Our Past – A Pittwater Summer Idyll  Off To School In 2022 A Bit Quicker Than A Hundred Years Ago  Australia's First Tour Of England Cricket Team Was Indigenous: The Summer They Played At Manly - 1867  Narrabeen Lagoon Bridge No 1 History Notes  The History Films Of John Illingsworth: New Work 'The Newport Boys' + Past Features From Pittwater Pathways  Pittwater Regatta 2022 - Hosted By The RPAYC - Celebrates Over 130 Years Of Regattas On Our Estuary and Offshore Reaches  Lucinda Park, Palm Beach: Some History + 2022 Pictures   Barrenjoey House Celebrates its Centenary in 2022  Barrenjoey Boathouse In Governor Phillip Park  Part Of Our Community For 75 Years: Photos From The Collection Of Russell Walton, Son Of Victor Walton  Iluka Park, Woorak Park, Pittwater Park, Sand Point Reserve, Snapperman Beach Reserve - Palm Beach: Some History   Wreck Of Shackleton's Endurance Found: First Images After Frank Hurley's Last Photos Of This Ship Published   Pittwater's Torpedo Wharf - Bill Fitzgerald 2022  Avalon Beach 100 - Ray Henman's 100 Years Centenary Film  Of The Family Of Arthur Jabez Small Talk On Their Grandfather + Extra A J Small Notes; Reserves, A Golf Course, A Surf Club  Dorothy Wilga Hawkins Tribute: 1921 - 2022  Barrenjoey Artists Commune In The Lighthouse Cottages: Post WWII Social Infrastructure Investment Enriched Australia's Cultural Evolution  Brookvale Oval Marks 111 Years As A Community Space With The Opening Of A New Stand and Performance Centre - Some Current + Older History  Avalon Beach Sand Dunes: Some History  Duck Holes: McCarrs Creek  The Sly Family Of Manly and Narrabeen + The First Surfboat At Manly   Mona Vale War Memorials: A School Honour Board, A Victory Tree, A Cenotaph  The Petrov Safe Houses In Pittwater   Warriewood Surf Life Saving Club Celebrates 70 Years  Dorothea Mackellar Of Lovett Bay - The Poet From Whom The Electorate Received Its Name  Wilshire Park Palm Beach: Some History + Photos From May 2022   Narrabeen Hotel: Some History About The Licensees  America Bay Track Walk: Some History + photos by Joe Mills  Mona Vale SLSC: The Clubhouses - Some History  Avalon Beach Village Shops: Some History  100 Years Of Girl Guides In Manly + Some History Of Local Units  Snow Season 2022: Some Local History Connections With The Sport Of Skiing Beginnings  A Glimpse Of The Hawkesbury in 1883 - the Art of John Clark Hoyte   Pittwater Pathways A History Of Pittwater Films Remastered Be The Boss: I Want To Be A Ship's Captain - Princes Albert and George August 1881 Visit to Pittwater + Coast Waiters in Pittwater History  The 1957 Girl Guides Centenary World Camp At Windsor: A 65th Anniversary Celebration Grand Old Tree Of Angophora Reserve Falls Back To The Earth  Topham Track History insights     Brock's The Oaks - La Corniche From 1911 to 1965: Rickards, A Coffee King, A Progressive School, A WWII Training Ground  The Sirius Circumnavigation: Nossiter Trio Make Australian Sailing History - Sirius Now Needs A Saviour  Bungaree was Flamboyant by Neil Evers - Commissioning of MRBB 'Bungaree' special celebration  Stony Range Regional Botanical Garden: Some History On How A Reserve Became An Australian Plant Park  Mona Vale Library Celebrates 50 Years As A Community Hub  Mona Vale SLSC's Frederick Claude Vivian Lane Inducted Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame - A Few Insights Into A Local Legend  Newport Hotel Wharf Named For Queen Victoria   Bill Goddard Shares Family Insights  Avalon Beach in 1970-71 - more great photos shared by Gary Clist  Freddie Lane's granddaughter Visits Pittwater on Eve of Mona Vale SLSC's Centenary Celebrations  Harry Wolstenholme - Bird Man of Palm Beach  Duke Kahanamoku Celebrated In Our Area's First Blue Plaque At Freshwater SLSC   The Advent Of The Surfoplane Phenomenon On Our Beaches Led To An Increase In Lifesavers Responses, A Fatality, Along With Lives Being Saved  Gerald Joseph McPhee - A World War II 'M' Special Unit Member: Remembrance Day 2022  Goldthorpe & Smith Boatshed Becomes Port Jackson & Manly Steamship's Palm Beach Marine Service: Palm Beach Boatsheds  Avalon Recreation Centre History: 1954 to 2002  Wings Over Illawarra 2022: Some Brilliant New + Old Machines + Some History Of Pittwater's 'Aces'  Margaret Mulvey (Lady Schlink) of Careel Bay 1916 - 2001  St Michael's Cave - North Avalon Headland: Some History  Pittwater Summer Houses: The Cabin, Palm Beach - The Pink House Of The Craig Family (extra images added in)  Barrenjoey Lighthouse - The Construction: 2023 Reprise  The First Weekenders On The Palm Beach Beachfront + A Look Into Palm Beach SLSC Clubhouses In The Club's 101st Season  Broken Bay Customs Station At Barrenjoey: 2023 Reprise  Getting To School By Ferry - Australia's First 'School Boat' Ran In Pittwater - Some History  Hy-Brasil, Avalon Beach: An Alexander Stewart Jolly Hand-Built Home  Back To School 2023: Getting To School By Ferry - Australia's First 'School Boat' Ran In Pittwater - Some History  Pittwater Summer Houses: 'Billabong' + 'Ocean House', Ocean Street, North Narrabeen - The House At The End Of The Road - Became Site Of North Narrabeen SLSC's 'Batchelor Club   Country Women's Association Manly Branch Celebrates Its 100th Year - 1923 To 2023: Some History  A Community Memorial Hall For Mona Vale - A 22 Year Odyssey That Culminated In Victory: November 1944 To November 1966  New Marine Rescue Broken Bay Base Commissioned: A Building Designed To Look Like A Boat To Honour Its Purpose - The Work Of Marine Rescue Volunteers  Jack ‘Johnny’ Carter's Ashes Returned To His Palm Beach Home  Vale Sydney Fischer AM OBE   Early Mona Vale Constable Owned Mona Vale Hotel Site: Some History  The Mail Route To Pittwater + Establishment Of Local Post Offices: Some History   Narrabeen Prawning Times - A Seasonal Tide Of Returnings: New Found Records Added In  Mona Vale Woolworths Front Entrance Gets Garden Upgrade: A Few Notes On The Site's History  Angophora Costata Named Eucalypt Of The Year: The Tree One Of Our Local Reserves Is Named For - A Celebration    Avalon Beach Norfolk Pines: To Honour Those Who Served – Anzac Day 2023 History Precursors   Lewis George Pimblett - Inventor Of Harbord + Mona Vale: Toymaker Of 'Pim's Toys' + First Speaking Robot Maker Of 1952   W. G. Taylor Memorial Home At Narrabeen: Some History (Wesley Taylor home for the aged)  The Mona Vale-Bungan Beach-Bayview Tank Traps: Coastal Defences Of Pittwater During World War Two - Some History  'Little Mountain' Bayview - The Modernistic Art Deco House William Watson Sharp Built For Kenneth Gordon Murray During The Rise Of The K G Publishing Empire  The First Boat Builders Of Pittwater: The Short Life and Long Voyages Of Scotland Island Schooner The Geordy  Historic Heritage Listed Bantry Bay Explosives Depot At Middle Harbor Falling Into Disrepair From Long Neglect  Early Pittwater Surfers: Alrema Becke, Queen Of Palm Beach  Lucy Edith Gullett (Dr.) 28 September 1876 - 12 November 1949   The Mona Vale Outrages by George Champion OAM  Sarah A. Biddy Lewis and Martha Catherine Benns: Midwives of Broken Bay and Pittwater - Reconciliation Week 2023 History  Pittwater's Tropical Fruits: The Estuarine Farmlets At Mona Vale-Newport That Kept Sydney Stocked With Hot Area Fruit In The Middle Of Winter Vivid Sydney 2023: World First Installation In Wynyard Tunnels Raises Spectre Of Long-Forgotten Train To Narrabeen Or Manly  State Government Announces The Return Of The Freshwater Class Ferries To Manly Route - Three Ferries Named 'Narrabeen' + One Named Barranjoey: Some Historic Manly Ferry Songs  Bilgola Beach - The Cabbage Tree Gardens & Camping Grounds + Bilgola The Story Of A Politician, A Pilot And An Epicure by Tony Dawson and Anne Spencer  Avalon Beach Historical Society's June 2023 Meeting: Avalon Golf Links   Snow Season 2023: Some Local History Connections With The Sport Of Skiing Beginnings - The Founders Kerry, Hunter, Schlink  The Cowan ‘Creek’ + Lovett Bay Heights Tracks: Some Notes From The Pages Of The Past With Early Photos  Narrabeen JRLFC's 90th Celebratory History A Shark’s Tale Book Launch Featured A Legends Q&A With Alan Thompson, Anthony Watmough, Mark Gerrard, Anthony Balkin  Mona Vale Road  George Mulhall First Light-Keeper At Barranjuey Headland - Commenced July 20 1868 - First Champion Of Australia In Rowing  Royal Avalon Golf Links: Geoff Searl OAM's Presentation - Film By Pittwater Pathways (John Illingsworth)  Church Point, Pittwater: Winter 2023 + Some Photos and Snippets From The Past  The Tasmanian Countess and Marquise of Scotland Island  Pittwater's Fire-Boats: Some History   Stokes Point Careel Bay: The Shift From Warner's Hut In 1813 To Finisterre In 1924; 1934 Additions Probably Designed By Australia's First Women Architect, Beatrice (Bea) May Hutton - A Pittwater Rendezvous Site For Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Members Is Still A Home With A View For Those With A Passion For Sailing Vietnam Veterans Day (Northern) 50th End Of The War March At Palm Beach - All Welcome, All Belong Anniversary      Avalon Beach RSL Sub Branch Celebrates 75 Years Of Members Looking After Each Other Vietnam Veterans Day Services 2023 - 50th Anniversary Of The End Of The Vietnam War: Collaroy, Narrabeen, Palm Beach   The Myra + Merinda II: Pittwater Ferries Of The Palm Beach Ferry Service (Commenced 1976)- A Few Other Verrills Ferries Of The 1980'S To Early 2000'S + Palm Beach Boatshed Insights  The Bayview Tea Gardens - When Run By Thomas Edward and Annie Newey (Nee Costello)  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  The Wakehurst Parkway: 75th Anniversary Of Gazettal As A Main Road On May 29th 2021 - the Long and Winding Road   'Longa Linga' At Church Point - The John Lander Browne Pre-WWII Designed Linear Home For An Aunt  Dee Why Hotel Opens In 1930: Introduces 'Beer o'clock' For Thirsty Locals   Avalon Community Library Celebrates 40th Anniversary  Narrabeen Folk Arts Club In The Shack: Some History As We Head Into The 2023 Northern Beaches Music Festival Utzon's Pittwater: A Place Of Peace For A Plain Sailing Man - A Quieter Sydney Opera House 50th Birthday Celebration   Australian + English Women’s Cricket Teams Picnic In Pittwater- The 1934-35 First Women's Test Tour That Healed The Bodyline Rift     Barrenjoey High School Inaugural Students: 1968 To 1973 - 50 year celebration of Inaugural graduating class  Waiwera - Hopton Lodge, Bayview  Pittwater's Ocean Beach Rock Pools: Southern Corners Of Bliss + One Northern End Of Beach Rock Pool At Narrabeen: Some History  Pittwater High School Alumni 1963 To 1973 Reunion For 2023: A Historic 60 Years Celebration + Some History  Avalon Beach Historical Society: December 2023 Meeting Slide Night Featuring The Original Avalon Beach Community Library, The Avalon Stomp, The Hail Storm Of 1956 The Black Swamp Camping Reserve Becomes Kitchener Park, Beeby Park & Mona Vale Golf Course - Pittwater Creeks series opener     The Australia Day Regatta Began As an Anniversary Day Regatta  Back To School In 2024 Inspires A Look Back At  A Pittwater Public School Set On The Estuary  Barrenjoey Boatshed In Governor Phillip Park Has Been Part Of Our Community For 77 Years: A Few Photos From The Collection Of Russell Walton, Son Of Victor Walton, Pilot + A Few Insights Into This Evolving Station Beach Institution     Pittwater Summer Houses: Kalua, Palm Beach  Station Beach, Barrenjoey, Circa 1879  Section Of A Squire Mural From Dungarvon, Mona Vale, Held In Private Collection + A Few Notes About His Focus On In Situ Aboriginal Sculptures & Local Burial Grounds Of First Nations Peoples  Historic 100-Year-Old Mona Vale WWI 'Victory' Tree To Be Replaced   Palm Beach Golf Course 1924 To 2024: Some 100th Year History Celebratory Insights   Flora Of Coastal New South Wales: 1920 To 1944    Pictures From The Past: Views Of Early Narrabeen Bridges - 1860 To 1966  SS Nemesis: 120-Year-Old Shipwreck Mystery Solved -Search For Relatives Begins  Pittwater Beach Reserves Have Been Dedicated For Public Use Since 1887 - No 1.: Avalon Beach Reserve- Bequeathed By John Therry  The Old Road To Narrabeen - The Unspoilt Days Of 100 Years Ago When You Could Still See The Sea  The Palladium Palm Beach (1930 To 1974) + Palm Beach Studio (1976 To 2024); from the March 2024 Meeting of the Avalon Beach Historical Society    A Tent Or Hut At The Basin During Holiday Times  Harold Tristram Squire Sculptures-Statues At Dungarvon, Mona Vale   Jonah's Road House Whale Beach  Damien Parer – A Bungan Beach And WWII War Photographer; Anzac Day 2024 Precursors  The 'Newport Loop': Some History  The Early Years of Bungan Beach Surf Life Saving Club - The Call to Bungan by W. E. Anschutz (Bill Anschutz)   Bilgola Plateau Parks For The People: Gifted By A. J. Small, N. A. K. Wallis + The Green Pathways To Keep People Connected To The Trees, Birds, Bees - For Children To Play   Bayview Sea Scouts Hall: Some History  Winifred Atwell - 'The Amazing Miss A'   Search For Modern Architecture Gems From 1940 To 1970 - An Invitation To Provide Input/Suggestions: 12 Local Examples   Peter Muller Designed 'Organic Architecture' - His Pittwater Buildings: 'Kumale' + Others, Are Great Suggestions For the ''Modern Architecture Study'' List  Narrabeen Lakes Amateur Swimming Club by Life Member Maureen Rutlidge OAM + North Narrabeen Rock Pool: Some History   Henry Lawson: A Manly Bard and Poet - for his birthday week  Roads To Pittwater: The Mona Vale Road   Milton Family Property History - Palm Beach By William (Bill) James Goddard II with photos courtesy of the Milton Family  Ella McFadyen's Love Of Pittwater: Children's Champion - for youngsters, for Winter School Holiday Break    Hordern Park, Palm Beach: Some History  Mona Vale SLSC's Frederick Claude Vivian Lane - Gold Medal Olympian At Paris 1900 Games: A Few Insights Into A Local Legend    Paris 2024 Olympic Games: 18 Locals Representing Australia  Eddie Scarf: an Olympian, butcher of North Narrabeen, Palm Beach + Dee Why & North Narrabeen SLSC Member   My Holiday By Charles de Boos – 1861: Manly to Barrenjoey  Historic boat winches restored to former glory at Long Reef + Dad's Fishing Shack at Long Reef by Ken 'Sava' Lloyd & Extras  History week 2024: North Head Quarantine Station, Manly - how Governor Ralph Darling saved Australians; saved Australia  Muogamarra Nature Reserve in Cowan celebrates 90 years: a few insights into The Vision of John Duncan Tipper, Founder  Manly's Wildflower Shows: Some History Careel Bay Steamer Wharf + Boatshed: some history  Avalon Beach Golf Links: Some History  Miniature Train Ride at Manly: a few history notes about having fun as a youngster  Avalon Beach Historical Society's September 2024 Meeting speaker: Ray Henman ACS on 70+ years of living in Pittwater 30 years since historic discovery of ancient dinosaur trees: Wollemi Pine Trees  A Bunch Of Wildflowers: Historical Spring September Songs  Pittwater Electorate Placenames History: from the West to the East  Bayview Sea Scouts Hall History: Updated with insights provided by 'T of Church Point'    Palm Beach Public Wharf: Some History   Harry Wolstenholme; Ornithologist Of Palm Beach, Bird Man Of Wahroonga   Narrabeen Cenotaph + RSL History: 100 and 65 years markers of service in 2021 - Narrabeen RSL Site Sold in 2024  Clareville Public Wharf: 1885 to 1935 - Some History  Dr. Isobel Ida Bennett AO: Tasmanian Krill Research Aquarium to be named for Our Girl  Mona Vale Primary School's World War Two Honour Roll Board: The Stories Behind the Names  Newport SLSC's Surf Boat Carnival on Saturday November 16 will be A Taste of Fantastic Local Surf Sports Carnivals for All Ages this 2024-25 Season: A few Local Surf Boat Carnivals from the 1920- 1960 Insights  Boulton's Jetty on 'Old Mangrove Bay' + Newport hotel jetty + Newport Public wharf: Some history  Salt Pan Cove Public Wharf on Regatta Reserve + Florence Park + Salt Pan Reserve + Refuge Cove Reserve: Some History  Bayview Public Wharf and Baths: Some History   David Hazlewood: Photographer of Avalon Beach SLSC Founders meeting

George Repins' Reflections

The Nineteen Thirties  Remembering Rowe Street  The Sydney Push  Saturday Night at the Movies  Shooting Through Like A Bondi Tram  A Stop On The Road To Canberra  City Department Stores - Gone and Mostly Forgotten  An Australian Icon - thanks to Billy Hughes  Crossing The Pacific in the 1930s  Hill End  The Paragon at Katoomba  Seafood In Sydney  How Far From Sydney?  Cockatoo Island Over The Years  The Seagull at the Melbourne Festival in 1991  Busby's Bore  The Trocadero In Sydney  Cahill's restaurants  Medical Pioneers in Australian Wine Making  Pedal Power and the Royal Flying Doctor Service  Pambula and the Charles Darwin Connection  Gloucester and the Barrington Tops  A Millenium Apart  Have You Stopped to Look?  Gulgong  Il Porcellino  Olympia  Durham Hall  Sargent's Tea Rooms Pie Shops and Street Photographers  The Ballet Russes and Their Friends in Australia  Hotels at Bondi  Alma Ata Conference - 1978 Keukenhof - 1954 The Lands Department Building and Yellowblock Sandstone  The Goroka Show - 1958  A Gem On The Quay  Staffa  The Matson Line and Keepsake Menus Kokeshi Dolls  The Coal Mine At Balmain  The Hyde Park Barracks  The Changing Faces Of Sydney From Pounds and Pence to Dollars and Cents Nell Tritton and Alexander Kerensky  Making A Difference In Ethiopia William Balmain  J C Bendrodt and Princes Restaurant Azzalin Orlando Romano and Romano's Restaurant  Waldheim  Alcohol in Restaurants Before 1955  King Island Kelp  The Mercury Theatre   Around Angkor - 1963   Angkor Wat 1963  Costumes From the Ballets Russe Clifton at Kirribilli  Chairman Mao's Personal Physician  The Toby Tavern The MoKa at Kings Cross  The Oceaographic  Museum  in Monaco  The Island of Elba  Russian Fairy Tale Plates  Meteora  Souda Bay War Cemetery Barrow, Alaska  Cloisonné  Tripitaka Koreana Minshuku The Third Man Photographs and Memories  Not A Chagall!  Did You Listen? Did You Ask?  Napier (Ahuriri, Maori) New Zealand  Borobudur  Ggantija Temples Plumes and Pearlshells  Murano  University of Padua  Ancient Puebloe Peoples - The Anasazi   Pula  The Gondolas of Venice Cinque Terre  Visiting the Iban David The Living Desert Bryce Canyon National Park   Aphrodisias   The Divine Comedy Caodaism  Sapa and local Hill People  A Few Children  Cappadocia  Symi Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre   Aboriginal Rock Art on Bigge Island    ANZAC Cove (Ari Burnu) 25 April, 1997  Hotere Garden Oputae  Children of the Trobriand Islands  Page Park Market - Rabaul  Rabual   Kotor, Montenegro   Galleries of Photographs I   Lascaux  Galleries of Photographs II   The Cathedral of St. James – Šibenik, Croatia  Ivan Meštrović  - Sculptor   Delphi   Gallery of Photographs III  The Handicrafts of Chiang Mai Raft Point  San Simeon - "Hearst Castle"  Floriade - The Netherlands - 1982  Russian New Year  Mycenae  "Flightseeing" Out Of Anchorage Alaska  The White Pass and Yukon Route  Totem Poles  Tivkin Cemetery  Krka National Park - Croatia  Tavistock Square and the BMA  Orthodox Easter  Wieliczka Salt Mine  A Walk on Santorini  Indonesian Snapshots  Ephesus - The Library of Celsus  Ephesus - Some Places Of Interest  Waimea Canyon and the Kalalau Valley United Nations Headquarters 1958  A Miscellany of Flower Images  Gardens  Bath St. David's In Wales   Zion National Park Nicholas Himona - Artist  Kraków  Lilianfels  Collonges-La-Rouge  Gingerbread Houses   Cape Sounion   Delos  Wroclaw  Colonial Williamsburg  Gruyères   Strasbourg  Coventry Cathedral  The Roman Theatre at Aspendos  Turkish Carpets The Duomo of Orvieto  Rovinj  The City Walls of Dubrovnik Monaco - Snapshots   Bonifacio, Corsica  Autumn in New England USA  The Great Ocean Road  Pompeii  Didyma  Lawrence Hargrave 1850-1915  The Corinth Canal  Malta  Snapshots of Amsterdam Café Central - Vienna  The Forbidden City - Beijing, China  A Ride on the Jungfrau Railway - 1954   Snapshots in the Highlands of Scotland 1954  Must See Sights in Paris - 1954  Corfu  Reflections On the Nineteen Thirties The Gold Souk in Dubai  Stromboli   Ha Long Bay - Vietnam  Lake Argyle The Bungle Bungle Range Langgi Inlet, W.A.  White Cliffs, NSW - 1990  Sturt National Park - May, 1990 A Few Statues and Water Spouts  The Dodecanese Archipelago  Rhodes  Lindos The Church on Spilled Blood - 2005 Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Repin's In "Ladies In Black"  Signs of the Times at Sydney Museum: Repin Inns

Collectors Corner pages:

Blacksmiths and Tinsmiths  Nylon Stockings Poster Art Furphy's Water Cart   Mousehole Anvil  Sapphire One Armed Bandit  Gould's 1840 Single and Compound Microscope  Tibetan Thangka Wheel Of Life Painting  Cast Iron Seats  Mabel Lucie Atwell Prints  The Customs of Traditional Dining by Hans and Jenny Carlborg  Albert Collins Landscape   Boomerang Harmonicas  Drinking: 18th Century Style Part I by H&J Carlborg  Drinking 18th Century Style Part II by H&J Carlborg Fleece Shears  Wood Case Crank Telephone  1803 Timepeice  Vintage Guitars  Milestones  No.38 Rolls Royce Motor Oiler  Christmas Postcards  Seashells  McCormick-Deering Horse Drawn Mower  Rope Making Machine  Marilyn Monroe 1955 Calendar  Stubbie Holders  Hill's Hoist  Akubra Hat  Fowler's Bottling Kit The Bold Autographed Script  Fishing Tackle  Arnotts Biscuit Tins  Comic Books  Silver Opium Pipe  Mrs Beetons Book  Souvenir Teaspoons  Bendigo Pottery  Gianelli Figurines  Key Fobs  Model Aircraft-static  Porcelain Slippers Wagon Wheels Rhys Williams Painting  Chinese Guardian Lions Australian Halfpenny  Bud Vases  Rolling Stones Still Life LP Autographed  WL1895 Thinking Monkey  Estee Lauder Ginger Jar  Reel Mowers  Surf Reels Millers Car Collection Hilton Lingerie - Slips Miniature Books of Verse - A Romantic Tradition  REGA Pouring Can  R O Dunlop - Sailing At Itchenor Painting Morning Shadows by C Dudley Wood  The Father of Santa Claus - Xmas 2012  HMS Penguin Anchor at RPAYC - Newport  SS Birubi Mast at RMYC - Broken Bay  Helen B Stirling Ship's Wheel at Club Palm Beach   Woomeras  HMS Endeavour Replica Cannon at RPAYC Vintage Sheet Music: William Stanley's  Bay View Gavotte  The Doug Crane Classic Handmade Double Blade Paddle  HMS Bounty Wooden Ship Model Collecting Ladies - Ferdinand Von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists  Australian Bark Art  Chinese Ginger Jars  Hand Plough and Jump Stump Plough - Australian Inventions Frank Clune Books  Frederick Metters - Stoves, Windmills, Iron Monger  Trinket Boxes  1933 Wormald Simplex Fire Extinguisher is Pure Brass  Chapman 'Pup' Maine Engines - Chapman and Sherack  The Beach Ball  Figureheads Salty Wooden Personifications of Vessels  Binnacle at RMYC  The Australian Florin - Worth More Than 20 Cents to Collectors  Weathervanes; For Those Passionate About Seeing Which Way the Wind Blows Her Majesty's Theatre 1962 Programme - Luisillo and his Spanish Dance Theatre  Cooper's Sheep Shower Enamel Sign and Simpson's and Sons of Adelaide Jolly Drover Sugar Bowl and English Pottery A Means to Gaze into the Past Chief Joseph and Edward S Curtis; His Images of Native Americans an Inestimable Record of Images and Portrait Photographs His Masters Voice, Old 78s and Australia's Love of Music Jack Spurlings 'Tamar' Picture 1923  Resch's Beer Art - A Reflection of Australiana Now Worth Thousands  The Compleat Angler - Izaak Walton's Discourse Inspires Generations of Fishers Portable Ice-Boxes and Coolers How Many Claim This Invention as Theirs?  Malley's and Sons Ltd. - A Munificent Australian Family Company  Vintage Paddles and Gigs  Nautical Memorabilia  The Crinoline - a 550 Year Old Fashion  B.B. King - King of the Blues Goes Home: a Timely look into Photographs and Autographs and Being Buyer Aware  Deep Down Among the Coral - By Christopher Corr - A Limited Edition Print in Celebration of the seventy fifth anniversary of QANTAS Airways  Old Chinese Rice Bowls for Marriage: Worth More Than You Think...   Commanderie St. John: An Ancient Wine - From 1927 with Lineage to Cyprus in 1210/92 and Methods of Production to Greece in 800 B.C.  Pittwater Regatta Air Race Trophies: from 1934 and 1935 and The Pilot Who Saved William Hughes  Vintage Brass Mortar and Pestle  1958 Bedford 'D' Truck and GM Holden Australian Made Car Bodies  Heart Padlock Charm Bracelets for Newborns: A Golden Tradition  Marvellous Marbles: An All Ages Preoccupation for Collectors  Antique Silver Fish Servers: Artisans Past  Tuckfield's Bird Cards: to Swap or Collect   Joseph Lyddy – O.B.B. Dubbin Boot Polish  Vintage Wooden Tennis Racquets: A Collectors Item As Popular As Summer  Australian Trade Tokens Record Enriching Colonial Histories: the Cascade Shilling First Art Form To Record 'Tasmania' And Kangaroos  Australian Vinyl Singles of the 1950's and 1960's  Dicken's The Old Curiosity Shop bought at The Old Curiosity Shop  Pear's Soap: Artworks For The Masses  Collecting Vintage Photographs: Early Tasmanian Photographer - J W Beattie  Cyclops Vintage Toys  Year Dated Beer Bottles Found In The Estuary Adjacent To Taylors Point - Roger Wickins   Collecting Matchboxes: A Great Way To Explore History And Art  Black Bakelite Telephone: Early Pittwater Phone Numbers  Butter Churns and Milk Separators: Early Pittwater Dairies F100 Ford truck: 1977 model   Collecting Buttons  Photographers Of Pittwater Capture Historic Insights: A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan, 1859-1948 Historic Photographers Of Pittwater: Harold 'Caz' Cazneaux 1878 - 1953  Photographers of Early Pittwater: The Macphersons of 'Wharriewood' and Bayview  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Charles Bayliss Photographers Of Early Pittwater: Henry King  Photographers Of Early Pittwater: David 'Rex' Hazlewood  Were Manly's Statues, Smashed For Road Ballast, Sculpted By Achille Simonetti?  Tablespoons - The Original Soup Spoons  Tram Memorabilia - Historic Daylight Run For Sydney Light Rail Begins 80 Years After Last Tram To Narrabeen Closed  Samuel Wood Postcards of Pittwater and Manly   The Victa Lawnmowers Story With A Careel Bay Link  Collecting Snow Globes Sydney Bus Museum Volunteers Helps Mona Vale Bus Depot Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Opening  Manly Children's Festival Federation Of A Commonwealth Medals Of 1901: Collecting Commemorative Medals  Ranelagh Hotel 'Mist' Scent Bottle (Robertson Hotel): Collecting Vintage And Antique Perfume Decanters Stargazing In Pittwater: An End Of Daylight Savings Pastime - The 2020 CWAS David Malin Photography Awards Are Now Open  QANTAS During Centenary Year: 2020 Stamp Collecting Month 2020: Wildlife Recovery Miniature Books of Verse for Spring 2020  June 1942 Rhys Williams Painting of Sydney Harbour Attack