The Marrickville area has a rich heritage of famous women such as Louisa Lawson and Maybanke Anderson involved in the struggle for equality between the sexes. This story is about three sisters who have been largely forgotten.
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Signs of the time – Ghost signs
Several years ago, during the refurbishment of 248-250 Marrickville Road, Marrickville Heritage Society (MHS) committee member Iain Carolin spied a number of signs on an internal wall – ‘ghost signs’.
Marrickville Heritage Society – Foundations (40th Anniversary)
Marrickville Heritage Society is 40 years old. We look back at its formation and events which forged its activities in the early days.
Lest we forget
Who could possibly understand the horrors, the humour and the camaraderie of the ordinary enlisted soldiers of WW1?
Heritage Lost: ‘Brockleigh’, Marrickville
On Saturday 13th of June 1987 two police constables attended 86 Illawarra Road, Marrickville. They noted a bulldozer on the site plus a group of workmen, a house with the roof removed and part of the upper storey missing.
Alice Cashin – the Queen of Marrickville
Alice Cashin, Gold Royal Red Cross Medal and Bar (First Class), 1914 Star (Mons Star),twice mentioned in dispatches and Marrickville stationer.
Marrickville Girl Guides 1922-2022
Nineteen twenty-two was a momentous year in the history of Marrickville. We got a new town hall, a building boom to deal with a housing crisis was underway and the Girl Guide movement arrived.
Marrickville Town Hall – dancing days
After its official opening in February 1922 the Marrickville Town Hall quickly became the centre of Marrickville's social and cultural life.
Where the babies went: baby farming and child abandonment
Childhood was a dangerous time in the 19th century, due to illness and living conditions. The morals of the time also played their part.
Marrickville floods
Marrickville floods. Today's residents know this very well. Marrickville has always flooded, but it only became an issue when European settlers arrived, took possession, and set themselves down permanently on the land.
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