1890s Annandale
Author | : Marghanita da Cruz |
Publisher | : Marghanita da Cruz |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780244721879 |
ISBN-13 | : 0244721874 |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A short easy self guided historical walk around the heart of Annandale, starting at the corner of Johnston and Collins Streets. The book also covers Annandale of the 1790s. Adele and Alan Taylor married in Annandale in 1886. Taylor would go on to found Allen Taylor and Co, become and Alderman and Mayor of Annandale, in the 1890s, then Lord Mayor of Sydney and later a Member of the NSW Legislative Council. The walk is entwined with the Taylors and their local contemporaries Saint Mary Mackillop, John Young and Henry Parkes, the Father of Federation. The book also covers the Engineering Heritage listed Annandale Sewage Aqueducts, the first reinforced concrete structure in Australia, and Public Transport in 1890s Annandale.