David and Sue are just back from 4 weeks in India touring world heritage sites in Mumbai, Vasai, Delhi (Old and New), Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Jaipur and Udaipur. We are looking forward to continue the love affair and exploration of India's heritage. After years of addiction to Indian literature, think Rushdie,…
Sue and David explored Retford Park and it's wonderful gardens with the Twentieth Century Heritage Society and enjoyed a walk led by Mr Roy Lumby. Mr James Fairfax AC had cared for this property and it's gardens for over 50 years and it showcases multiple garden types, pool and pavillion,…
Dr Andrew Richardson's review of Scorched Earth was published in the May 2018 issue of the Australian Historical Studies journal. Dr. Richardson is Historian at the Australian Army History Unit, Department of Defence, Canberra. While the views expressed are his own, it is a robust and even-handed review of the publication by a specialist military historian. "...…
Its easy to take this 1920 bungalow at face-value when you walk down the street; it's a neat, old house that looks like it 'belongs' in an inner-west Sydney street. While the bungalow is special in its own right, when we dug deeper into the history of the site and its surrounds, we…
The Epping community are not alone in their plight to stop their irreplaceable heritage streetscapes being forcibly flattened in the name of 'progress'. The following opinion piece by Aidan Anderson appears as first published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 July 2018. Suffocating Sydneysiders rise up against overdevelopment Look around Sydney and you’ll see battles…
Over the past five months, Sue Rosen has been assisting the Epping Civic Trust in their plight to save a locally iconic heritage-listed cottage from demolition. The Victorian cottage, built circa 1900, is located at 48 Oxford Street, Epping. The current development application proposes to demolish all the buildings at 44-48 Oxford Street…