For its rarity, intactness, landmark qualities and community links, the Church of Christ is an important part of Marrickville's heritage.
Author: RA
Pneumonic-19
Read the story of the precedent to the "unprecedented" times of Covid-19.
What do I know of Pemulwuy?
MHS member Gayle Adams reflects on history lessons.
A Hidden Life
"For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who faithfully lived a hidden life." - Middlemarch, George Eliot.
Purple Reign
It’s jacaranda time and Sydneysiders have been in rhapsody over the lavender flowered trees as they blossomed.
Meet the Smidmores
The Marrickville Metro is about to expand across Smidmore Street. "Who were the Smidmores?"
Pay your rates!
The Fall… and sad end of Thomas Chalder.
Death casts a shadow
One of the foundational events, if not the foundational event, of European history in the Inner West is surely a murder.
Building roads to the south
Poor roads, tolls, and the destruction of properties are constantly in today’s news. Was it any different in the past?
Marrickville’s first hipster?
Not only could we call Thomas Chalder a hipster, we could say founding father, community leader, developer and 10-pound Pom.
Marrickville Heritage Society 