HOBBY'S REACH MUSEUM ! BLUE MOUNTAINS BLAXLAND ROAD WENTWORTH FALLS i HISTORICAL SOCIET) I -·- """'"f· VOLUME 2 NUMBER l .JV""tE,.,..,q,
OFFICE BEARERS 1991-1992
President: J. Ke\~n Bennett 822971 Secretaty : Brian Ctaven 57 34 3 3 · Vice President: C. Slade 8:21648 Treas1..ir·etH ours Officer: Geoff Sadler 821402 Vice President: Prof. J. Still 881041 Curator: Bill Graharn 573436 Res em h Ortic er: G\11en Silvey 8 2 12 9 2 librarian : Valerie Ct-aven 573433 Pu blic:it":-" Ortic er: Bruce Mc W'hirt er 8 23 O3 3 Editor Pat Bm·g e 571840
New Member Applicalions
, •The pereone, 'vthose nemes appear in the list. belo·v1, have applied tormember:::hip ot i ; the Society. Their Membership Fees have been pald and their applications ha.ve been I cotrectlynominat.ed and seconded . I •under the terms ot Section 5 of the Societys' Rules ot A.ssoclation, any objecti on to an I application formembership must be lodged, in ~,..nting, ·vAth the Secretery·within 14 days ot the ! applicants n&rn e being circulated to members. ·
I •it no such objection t.o any of the tollo'wing applications is received by 14th M~.y 1991 1 I the persons concerned 'will be deemed to have been accepted as members of the Society.
Mr Nigel Irving & Mrs Jackie Irving. 26 Blaxland Road. Wentworth Falls. 2780.
GEORGES RIVER CRUISE
A cruise on the Georges River has been organised for TUESDAY 18TH JUNE 1991. Our last cruise in this area journeyed down river from Milperra but this one will travel up river into the Chipping Norton Lakes. The day trip will also take in the Army Engineer Museum at Casula.
A light sandwich lunch will be included in the cruise.
A BROCHURE WITH PRICES AND FULL DETAILS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Enquires or bookings - Phone Geoff Sadler 821402. Muse um Roster Volunteers
As there is still a shortage of Roster Volunteers - most of us have had to "double up" for the three special week-ends in April (1 Oam to 4pm). Apologies and thank you to those volunteers.
Can you offer your help. please? - call Dulcie Toseland 841682
MAY
Sal. 4t h C. A'vis &G . Sadler Sat. 25th R. Radnidge Sun. 5th J. &J. Hon ~ en Sun . 26th D. &A. To~e l end : S;:,.t. 11th G. Silvey& S. \A/~ n ·wtight Sun. 12th Vacant - Mothers Day
Sat. 18th V & BCraven Sun . 19th K. Edvterds
JUNE ::,;;,t., 13t, K 8 tnn ett :;,.., G. :~~ . rj! er '38t22nd P. E~ell &. 8. ForgMrd ·3•m. 2nd 8. Mc ··Nhirt er Sun. 23rd M. ,A,11fa ,~!. L Evetin g hein-1
Sal: . 8th P. Sh8rp e&.N . Pollock Sat.29th A. Ba urn gert en Sun . 9th R. &. f. Dash Sun .30th Vacant
Sat. 15th D. T 03 eland & .J. Ross Sun. 16th C. Slade
Research Sub-Committee - Coming Erents
Sunday, May 12th - Wentworth Fails will be th e venue for the May walk/drive to com me nee ar 1 .30pm fror.1 :he corner of Gr em Western Highway and F al!s Roac; .:·:,,:s·Jr: Park). 'Ne si:a:: ~.:,,::); at :·r1 cff·Y ol d houses and sites (including "Whi::>;Je r 1 ~ g P!nes") . 3nd learr. J.bJ'Jt tne V!llage of Brasfort 1Nh1ch was gazetted in the 1880's for residential use.
Tuesday. May 28th - Speaker for th is Research Meeting at Hobby's Reach Museum. Wentworth Falls at 7.30 p m. will be well-known local architect Nigel Bell. His talk entitled "Heritage Streetscape" wi ll include details of many urban areas on the Blue Mountains sti ll intact from the early days.
Sunday. June 9th - Our June walk/drive will be in the village of Hazelbrook, where we will meet in the main shopping area (near the "Footsteps in Time" monument) on the northern side of the Highway.
Tuesday. June 25th - We are planning something different f.or our June Research Meeting at 7.30pm at Hobby's Reach Museum, Wentworth Falls - a Historical Quiz night. Members ar.e encouraged to each submit a question (and answer! ) on Blue Mountains Hi story to the Research Officer by 1st June for inclusion in the progamme. Interesting and unusual subjects should ensure that everyone participates in the "Prize" of an enjoyable and informative night.
2. Lucy Osburn - Our first professional Nurse
Faulconbrige has a strong association with a famous figure in Australian history He is Sir Henry Parkes who came to this country with his wife and chikten barely able to find the rent for a house and sufficient spare money to buy food. Yet he . rose from near poverty to become Premier of New South Wales between 1872 and 1894. and if often remembered as the Father of Federation. In 1874, a platform was built at Faulconbrige for Sir Henry. and named Faulconbridge after his mother. who had been Miss Martha Faulconbrigde before his marriage. He built a comfortable time home there which he named Stonehurst in memory of his home village. "Stoneleigh" in England.
He was later to build a second home at F aulconbridge. and on his death his remains were interred in a gave in the small cemetery adjacent to the ,railway station . where his son. who died at an early age . was also buried. Sir Henry was given a magnificent funeral, but strangely and sadly he was penniless when the died.
\.__..-One of the mo st important actions taken by Sir Henr·y was to organi se a grou p of tra 1ned nurses to come to thi s countr·'./. !r: the 1860's he sent an ur·gent e;::>::iea! to Florence Nightingale asking that a grnup ot professional nur·ses come to Sydn ey because the nursing standard in the colony from its first days ha d been unbelieveably bad. Florence Nightingale responded in 1867 by sending a professional nurse. Lucy Osburn, and five nursing probationers who were to work in the Sydney Infirmary (later named Sydney Hospital) and correct its deplorable conditions. In those days the hospitals were rat infested. operations were non sterile. and conditions in the wards left much to be desired.
So the Nightingale Wing in Sydney Hospital can claim to be the birth place of nursing in Austraiia.
The first new Ward was built in 1869 to provide accommodation for the Nightingale nursin g sent 1n response to the appeal made by Sir Henry Parkes ho was an ardent reformer, The nurses sai led for their three month voyage to "-Australia in the "Dunbar Castle". in the case of Lucy Osburn. a resolute, cultured woman aged 32 years, Governor Macquarie and his wife ha'd been the motivators behind the building of the hospital in 1816. and it was originally orderly and clean. but when she arrived Lucy Osborn could not believe the scene of dirt and desolation which she found. Unwashed patients lay in bµg-infested beds. the wards were so crowded that as one patient was carried from it to the mortuary. another climbed into the bed. having sat on a bedside chair waiting for the body to be removed!
So Lucy Osburn set to work, In spite of defiant, disrespectful hospital staff, under her instruction the filthy wards were eventually clean , new helpers were employed and a nursing training school opened, Sadly, four of her five original nurses began to plot against her authority, yet Lucy never gave in. although lonely and over worked. By 1873 she was able to write and advise Florence Nightingale claiming some success and progess in achieving a clean hospital and a more co-operative staff. As a result of a Royal Commission geater do operation began to take place. and sixteen years after her arrival, Lucy Osburn returned home to England, leaving a well-run Sydney Hospital.
3 Today the matron of that hospital may sit in the cedar chair used by Lucy Osburn, happy that the original hospital ward (now known as the Florence Nightingale Ward) created by Lucy Osburn and restored by the Public Works Department for the 1988 Bicentary is a visual tribute to those early nursing days.
And Sir Henry Parkes, resting in the peaceful Blue Mountains cemetery at Faulconbridge, which was and tourists may visit. provides a link with some of Sydney's well-known and valuable services to the public.
Another exciting "near to home" fact - if members would care to read more about those early days of nursing. in the Society's Library they will find in the reference section, a copy of "The First Fifty Years" by Dorothy Armstrong (RM 70).
Frances Pollon March 1991
Progrtss Rtport on Butldtng Projtot 1nd T11r1J14.
At a recent Specia1 Meeting of the Executive Committee ( 9 / 4 /91 ) it was d•cided to appoint a Project Committee to prepare briefs for' a conservation report on Tarella and architectural plans for the extensions to Hobby's Reach Museum.The members of this Committee are: Glen Bowditch, Judith Graham, Valerie Craven, Marlene Jones, Jack Still and Brian Crav•n. The Committee has bten asked to report to tht Executive Comm1ttet of th• Society by 4th Junt, 1991, so that the Exeoutiv• oan make th• neoessary deois:ions: . Brian Cr av en, Honorary Secretary .
Progn1mmt for Fortboomtng S1turd1y Mttttngs.
Saturd~, 4th M.ty, 1991. T.t lk by Theo B.trktr, of Bathurst. "History from th• Newspapers."
Saturday , 1st June, 1 991 . Talk by O.or9• Gyford, of Cambridge P.trk. "past and Present Activitits of tht Ntpean Archto logica 1 Society ".
Saturday , 6th July , 1991 . Forum - "Tourism in Katoomba." To b• org.inis.d by Gwtn Silvey .
Saturday, 3rd August, 1991. "Show and T•ll" Morn;ng. To b• organistd by Colin Slad•.
A A Brief History of Lilianfels, Katoomba, ·and its Owners
The first land grants at Echo Point vere made in 1883 under the Volunter ,,orces Vickery sold Lilianfels on 11th March 1913. to Alexander A. Kemp of SydnC:Y · Regulation Act of 1867 . The promontory vas divided into three portions. each 50 acres Alexander ~emp was the director of Drug Houses of Australia. and he and his wife in area (nos 103.10" and 105) played prominent roles in the activities of the Red Cross and the Presbyteria.n . Church in Katoomba. openin g Lilianfels on many occasions for fetes and fund ra1smgs for On Hth August. 1888. Sir Frederick Darley purchased 11 acres. 23 perches of portion both organisations. 10_., from Ernest Charles Erbsloh (merchant) and Adam Leigh. both of Sydney. Darley then engaged Varney Parkes. the architect son of his close friend Sir Henry Parkes. Kemp made Lilian fe ls his permanent home, travelling to and from Sydney for his to build Lilianfels. Tenders vere called on 27th July 1988, for the erection and work . He subdivided and so ld several lots (about two acres) between 1915 and 1920 . He completion of a 'high class cottage'. It vould seem that Lilianfels vas built during sold the re~ainins twe nty acres on 2nd November, 1920 to the Hon . James J.oynton 18&9 a.nd completed by 1890. as a picture of the house appears in the Illustrated Smith. M.L.C . (once owner of the Carrington Hotel. Katoomba) . Otto Camph1n . and Sydney News, 20th February, 1890 . Bernard Alphonsus McBride. a Sydney solicitor. They formed the Joynton Smith.Trust. and subdivided th e twe nty acres of land into 31 blocks. They sold these by auct10n on Prior to the purchase of the land and the building of Lilianfels. Sir Frederick and his 26th January 1921 . r etaining Liliarlfels. the house. on appro1imately two acres (lot 33 family rented premises in Katoomba. for the purpose (it would seem) of curing their on the subdivision l The Joynton Smith Trust retained lot 33 until 30th July 1923 . daughter Lilian of tuberculosis. However Lilian Constance Mayne Darley died on 21st when it was sold to Samuel George Baker, a Sy\iney manufacturer. April. 1889. aged 22 years. ;it Sydney. Although no documentary evidence has been found. it is certain that Lilianfels vas named in honour of Lilian; the ending fels is Baker retained ownership of Lilianfels from 1923 to 1952. leasing it to sexeral people German and means 'high rocky ground'. Over the ensuing years Darley acquired for use as a guest house . In 1952 be sold it to Wladislaw Ujma. a Polish vater more land and extended Lilianfels's grounds to a total of 22 acres. Sir Frederick was construction engineer. Ujma also leased Lilianfels to several people as a guest house . greatly interested in horticulture and landscaped the grounds into fine gardens. He retained ownership until his deat!i in 1961; the house then passed to his wife Zofia planting many exotic trees as well as an extensive orchard. A coach house. stables. a Ujma on 6th July 1% 1. Zofia closed Lilianfels as a guest house and lived there as a tennis court and a caretaker's lodge were built near the house. semi recluse. Durin g Zo fi a' s occupancy the house and grounds fell into a state of disrepair. Mrs Gwen Silvey. Research Offi~er of the Blue Mountains Historical Society Sir Frederick Matthew Darley was born 18th September. 1830 in Dublin. Ireland. His contacted the Heritage se ction of the Department of Environment and Planning. family vere associated with the law and with the building industry in Dublin . which led to an interim conservation order under the Heritage Act. gazetted 27th July Frederick vas educated at the Royal School of Dungannon, in the County of Tyrone; l9lH. being placed on the house and grounds. along with a classification by the and at Trinity College, Dublin. On 18th January, 1853 be vas called to the Irish Bar. National Trust. A grant was made for the restoration of the roof and other stabilising He practised Jav in both London and Dublin . On 13th December 1858 he married Lucy repairs. Zofia was admitte d to a nursing home shortly before Lilianfels vas sold to Forrest Brown. daughter of Captain Sylvester Brovn. master mariner. They came to Den~ni Pty Ltd in December. 1987. Derani Pty Ltd in turn sold Lilianfels. earlier this Australia in 1862 on the advice of Sir Alfred Stephen (then Chief justice of N.S.W.L year to the Japanese hote l group Nara. vho has cqmmenced the building of a new 85 room Guest House co mplex on the land west of Lilianfels and vill undertake the full Darley was admitted to the bar of N.S.W. on 2nd July, 1862 . He worked hard in the restoration of Lilianfels house . areas of Crown Land. real property. constitutional Jaw. admiralty. and divorce. He was a member of the Legislative Council for 18 years. Darley had no ambition for political Over the years many notable people have either stayed at or visited Lilianfels. These office. and in 1881 he accepted his only political position. that of Vice President of the are the documented visitors. Executive Council. which he occupied until 1883 . After the death of Sir James Martin in 1886. Darley was offered the position of Chief justice. but he refused it. It was accepted by Julian Salomons. who resigned only two we!l.!S later. The .position was Royal again offered lo Darley, who accepted it and vas sworn in on 7th December. 1886 . as Queen Mary of England visited in June. 1901. when she was Duchess the sixth Chief justice of NSW . He was knighted in 1887. and served five times as of York . Lieutenant Governor of NSW . the longest and most important period being from 21lh King Edward VIII of England (later Duke of Windsor) visited in 1920. January, 1900 to 27th May 1902, spanning the founding of lhe Commonwealth of Au:otralia in 1901 when he was Prince of Wales. Vice Regal Darley was a man of distinction and dignity. uncorrupted by political or judicial Viscount Hampden. Governor of NSW. stayed in March. I 896. influences. and was at heart self effacing and humble. By nature conservative Darley Sir Walter David son. Governor of NS~. visited at Easter 19 I 8. was nevertheless responsible for several distinctly liberal pieces of legislation . including a Divorce Act. the Equity Act, and the Companies Act. Lord Jersey, Gove rnor of NSW. stayed in January 1893. Other Notables In the early 1900's Sir Frederick's health deteriorated due to overwork. He returned to Lord Bishop of Bathurst. the Right Reverend Dr Camidge, stayed in Ireland in 1908 . and died vhile in London on "th January 1910, a month after his January 1895 . resignation as Chief Justice. He vas buried in the family vault at Fern Hill, the Darley ancestral home. in Dublin . It bas been said of him that be was 'in many respects the Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos visited in 1893. noblest figure to sit on the Australian bench' and that 'he wore his robes as if born into them'. Sources - Compiled from various documentary sources. and written by Colin G. Slade. Katoomba Before his return to Ireland Sir Frederick sold Lilianfels. on 9th October. 1908 . to George Begg Vickery. on a 'valk out, valk in' basis. Vickery was a partner in E. Vickery and Son . merchants and colliery proprietors who ovned the Coal Cliff and Mount Keira coal mines near Wollongong. He maintained Ulianfels as a summer residence. Joyce Vickery. one of George's daughters. became a vell knovn botanist. attached to the herbarium of the Sydney Botanic Gardens. THE LINDEN WALK Sunday 14th April 1991 by Heather Mollenhauer
Each monthly historical walk has been 1ROst interesting learning the history of many old homes and buildings in the various mountain towns and villages. The last one at Blackheath attracted a large crowd, but only seven came to Linden. We missed the regulars -- especially Gwen Silvey, and Brian and Valerie Craven. Although rain threatened it held off, and we enjoyed a tour of surprises led by Keith Edwards.
1st Surprise : This walk wasn't going to be along paved roads looking at homes that reminded us of a bygone era of gracious living, but along bush tracks and through dense scrub! Keith took us to Linden railway station and told us some history of the area. It was called 17 Mile Hollow. Looking down the hill he pointed out where the tollgate had been, also the tollhouse and Toll Bar Inn, all demolished with the advent of the railway. Governor Macquarie had introduced the toll to be paid by users of the road. We walked along a track and what a surprise to come to an enormous well-constructed round in-ground reservoir, built in the 1880s. The water used to be pumped up from the Linden Dam and held in this tank for the use of the steam locomotives. Its capacity was 20,000 gallons.
2nd Surprise : We walked along the brick wall avoiding a rusty framework support and metal spikes and came to a section of the ~riginal road built by Co~ and his road-making gang in 1814. A little further on we came to a clearing, a flat rock area. Keith showed us holes at regular intervals and the end one had well-embedded stones around it; these were where the fence posts were fencing off the holding area for the stock travelling westwards. Nearby was a chute carved out of the sandstone cliff, and the animals would go down this race single file to be counted. The walls were relatively smooth so the animals wouldn't be injured. We walked down this steep narrow path coming out to where we left the cars by the Telecom building.
3rd Surprise : We went by car to a ~a-name road that took us to the railway line. We walked across the crossing and clambered over ~n ormous c onc rete sl abs Love r ing beautiful sandstone pillars. This is ~ de t e rre n t tu va n dal s , rl ~O i n the past have caused such destruction 2nd financial hardship to the owner. We entered the property that had belonged to Sir Alfred Stephen, who had been Chief Justice of New South Wales for thirty-four years. He had a home built which was the same as Sir James Martin~s Numantia Cottage. This country residence was named ~Alphington~. The grounds are enormous and we saw many evidences of a Qnce beautifully landscaped garden area with quite a few exotics surviving among the natives that have grown up. We followed a track to an enormous sandstone area. What a surprise to find a swimming pool here! It had been dug out to a depth of at least six feet. It was oblong and the pick marks could be seen around the walls above the water line. At the nearest corner steps had been carved down the side of the wall. From the pool the rock sloped down and channels had been cut to cause water to run into a depression. This catchment area had been made bigger by the addition of concrete on the shallow side. Further down was a large dam, now only mud and reeds. Excess water would have gone over the solid retaining wall to the creek below. Going back up the beautifully carved shallow steps we noticed a channel alongside which stopped water flowing down the steps, also holes at regular intervals presumably in which were supports for the water pipes.
t_ 4th Surprise : We then went to ~aanool' in Martin Place. This is the site of ~Martin's Folly'. Sir James Martin, who was Premier of New South Wales three times between 1863 and 1873, owned much land in this area. He drew up elaborate plans for an enormous mansion, including a tower, but only got as far as the foundations when his money ran out and his wife wouldn't let him use her inheritance. Those stone foundations have been used in the building of the house called ~aanool'. We then visited one of the several wells and reservoirs Sir James had built called ~Lady Martin's Bath'. To get there we had to walk over fine ash and past blackened tree trunks -- the result of a recent bush- fire. We came to this oblong bath-shaped water supply tank full of water under a large overhanging rock. The sheltered position and continual drips keeps it full. We recalled the two Frank Butler murders, one of which took place near here in 1896.
5th Surprise : We went up Linden Bluff near the big water tank. Here we found parts of Cox's Road. We followed a law rock wall with pick marks in it. We came to drill holes and tried to imagine the BO foot .• ong wooden bridge, 15 feet wide at one end and 12 feet at the other. Thirty-five feet of it was planked and the remainder filled up with stones. 6th Surprise : We drove up a track opposite Bull's Camp, walked across the railway line and climbed up the steep rock face. Here we found a ledge carved out of the rock making a seat and as it overlooks Bull's Camp, possibly Bull sat here. It is called ~Bull's Chair'. Nearby is a narrow channel carved out of the steep rock, which channeled water all the way down into a collection area known as 'Bull's Bath'. The RTA will see to it that the Woodford Bends reconstruction won't destroy it. We looked at the cutting made for the single railway line (1867>. Some of this will disappear in the roadwor ks. We went a little further to view the remains a{ an old house, but the enormous earth-moving vehicle nearby must have recently removed it. ~th Surprise : We drove up the Appian Way to the railway bridge. Keith '--~old us he had found parts of Cox's Road behind the house opposite. He then took us along a section of road that is ,purported to be Cox's Road, but which he says is too well made for Cox's Road and still in too good a condition, it must have been Bathurst Road. As William Cox had to get the road made in a great hurry it was rough and ready in comparison to later roads. But Reg found out why this section of road had been cleared and in such good condition. !He found a spike hammered into the rock on the edge of the single line cutting, an ideal place for abseiling! We followed Keith through scratchy dense scrub until we came to an area he had cleared and proved beyond all doubt that this was Cox's Road -- not the section higher up. Then we went back and just near the bridge and Appian Way he showed us another section of Cox's Road he had uncovered. What a triumph for him and we shared his excitement. That brought to a close a remarkable tour full of surprises. Thanks a million, Keith! • DEADLINE FOR JULY/AUGUST HOBBYS OUTREACH IS JUNE 20th •.•• Ed •. 7 Found in Old Sl!l«=boMd tn T.v•lb. Uwttd -4 Unsipetl. (TM 11•U"1f· ,S,- fy~·1n·iffw1,, ..mt! ~IN by Mnd i1 im-,,· lflt:a ~~7~/N 1•w:i.-AA11 ts.- ~iN:W ~Y,, 11··rM :;/1¢f ~~:; ri1 ~lwfNll 41 n~~ U,.. n'INn~ .:INlw·) In th• urly d~s \'f'•ntworth Falls wu known as: 'w'.ath•rboard. 'w'illiam R.ad, •ldest son , of Sir 'w'illiam Read, Bart .~ at that tirn• Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol was 'w'.ath•rboard's stationmuter .It was through ~W\9 frwnds and neighbours of this famil'il after Sir John's (sic) r•tir•m•nt to 'w'averlt'ij that M1J Mother learned th• HrllJ histor'ij Of 'w'eath•rboard. My father ~for• he 'Was marrwd went out with a survt'il ing party in oharg• of Mr .Pitt - brother of the late Robert Pttt 'Who was surveying this north part of 'W'eatherboard. They a 11 thought then that a: large township was sure to deve lope there, but instead of that it happened at Katoomba. However after th.tt trip he acquired a volunteer land grant of 50 acres, at 1 Pound an J · acre of what he thought ttl~ most beautiful site on the mountains. Robert Pitt and John L. Hordern got their l "".rtffw1 '/JV /'f6-:; BwyI /'~l~lh ? ct·~:r.ntJ/f/ /'fr:; AU l~ ? 0-•{),,)fll ? Reference Library: - Bill Graham . RM 19 0"The Kings School Parramatta 18 31-1 98 1 RM 191 "Pears E n c~·tlo p edia" Early edition .. Date unkno\yn RM 19 2"Some Birds of the City of the Blue Mount ~ n s",. Reta Vell eng er RM 193"T h oma~ Rrov.·n Fo under ot Lit hgo1,,1& His Home Esk banl(, E.J . Mc Kenzie R~.; 194 "Ho·w·I !-~.\1' \he 8 l J~h " b~·· ~ "Btiti.,h Glo be Trotter" RM 195".~ VisitorsGutdetoNSW"', Bank NSW RM 1 96 '"t "'w'hat a day for a walk," w• mutt•r•d, H w• drov• through th• mist to our r•nd•z:vous tn Hat Htll Road . "'Vie won't be able to see a thtng!" But we were wrong. The mist worked its usual magic on the Mountains scenery, and we all (21 of us) thoroughly •njoyed th• afternoon. 'Vie met at the old airstrip, then drove to Mt Boor alee to walk in the extensive gardens there, made soft and inviting by the mist. 'W • wen de lighted by a s:hHt web, be-jewelled with water droplets and hanging from a branch like an inverted umbrella. The spider looked damp and fed up, and glared balefully at us: through all of its: eight eyes. (Question: Can a spider glare balefully through only some of its eyes, and simultaneously use the others for other purposes ? 'We don't know . Vou ·d have to ask a spider.) On to Redclyffe (built in 1890) for another dampish garden stroll, with a pause to admire ~. [ . the beautiful iron lacework on the verandah. G~nrOt,1 House presents a homely backside to Hat Hill Road, and keeps its attractive front up~t for those privileged ones:, which included ourselves:, who ar• W\vited to "W"alk ;n the garden. We were also able to see inside the hous•, thanks to th• generosity of Edna Pennc,,i, the present owner. Another short driv1!' brought us to Ty throp, the old farmhouse built in 189:5 by Arthur George Ives . Educated at Oxford , he became a carpenter and was later a builder at Blackhe Library Notes Those of you who were present a1 the AGM will be aware that Vaierie Craven was el ected to the office of Librari an. I am grateful to her for volunteerin g to take over these duties. Gwen and I have been busy in the past few weeks covering and listing some of the many books recently donated to th~ library. They are as follows:- - Shirley Wainwright In the lending section : I No .33 "H!,jnter Vv1nemekers" by Max Luke 00 No.36 "History of l ocal Government in NSW , H.E. Maiden 196 6 No .37 "Outback" b y C~-n ti a N olan No .36 "Vo un g" by Mayor .AJ d. R. H o'w'el"d No.46 "The Official Blc ent81Y Diar{ No.48 "In and .Around the Rocks - The EarlyVears", J. Coleman No .51 "Port M hur" Te.smanie.s Convict Settlm ent 18 30-18 77 No .52 "The Beaten Track" -Guide to bushland around Sydney, .AJan Fairley No .56 "BushrangerCountr{, PJan Sharpe - - Reference Section.- see_ _..pa~e_ 81 .. I