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Hoarding for Manly Fun Pier prior to demolition, Manly.Freshwater Surf Carnival 1912, Freshwater BeachWindsurfing on Narrabeen LagoonPicnic at North Palm BeachSpit Bridge from Seaforth side, 1925The hydrofoils "Curl Curl" and "Fairlight"A 4-cylinder 1924 Buick in Clontarf Street, SeaforthManly 16ft Skiff "Tashina"First tram to BrookvalePittwater from Lovett Bay

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History Hub is your online source for Northern Beaches Library's Local Studies collection. Here you can discover past and present stories of the Northern Beaches, its people and local environment.

 

About the Collection

Our physical resources and family history collection are available at our Local Studies Offices. You can search our physical collection using the Library's catalogue.

The Local Studies team is always keen to obtain historical material relevant to the Northern Beaches. Please contact us if you would like to donate. 

Please note: Names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may be contained within this collection.

 

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Manly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sPortrait with Australian Jazz Hall of Fame artist James Morrison on trumpet, at the Manly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000s Manly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sManly Jazz Festival, Manly, c2000sJazz musician James Morrison on the tuba, left, during the Manly Jazz Festival, Manly Wharf, Manly, 1982Manly, 1865Cousins' Steyne Hotel and beach reserve, Manly, c1885 to 1892Original Plan for the South Steyne Surf Pavilion, Manly, 1939Pier Hotel, Manly, c1858Alterations and additions for Manly Post Office, Manly, c1922Steelworks Plan for Manly Post Office, Manly, c1922Original Plans for Manly Post Office proposed to be erected at Manly Beach, c1881Original Plans for Manly Post Office, Manly, c1881Soldiers Memorial Hall in the course of construction, Manly, 1920sSebastopol Street and view of the ocean from Fairview, Manly, c1855View of Shelly Beach from Fairview Estate, Manly, c1885North Harbour overlooking Mr Lawrence's Villa from Fairview, along the Crescent, Manly, c1885From Fairview above Mr Board's House, Manly, c1885Portrait of Colonel Thomas Rowe, first Mayor of Manly, 1877Manly Post Office, Corner Belgrave Street and Sydney Road, Manly, c1886Unidentified woman sitting at a loom with weaving in the background, date unknownPortrait of Doctor Margaret Rosenthal, c1940sMuff Smith, one of the Manly Daily's first paperboys, c1970sPortrait of the Honourable William Bede Dalley, QC, MLC (1831-1888)Portrait of Henry Gilbert Smith, aged eighty years old, 1882Group portrait of Manly Amateur Swimming Club members, date unknownPortrait of a young Reverend Stanley Drummond, MBE (1884–1943)Portrait of Captain Thomas Heselton (1831-1902) director of the Port Jackson Steamship Company, c1870sPortrait of John Randal Carey (1834-1923) director of the Port Jackson Steamship Company, c1870sPortrait of Mrs Maude Casey, nee Trevaskis, 1922Mr And Mrs W Higham at St James Railway Station en route to Manly, Sydney, 1936Group portrait of men constructing a building in Manly, c1940sCurl Curl North Primary School grounds, buildings and soccer goalsCurl Curl North Primary School, Upper Kindergarten class of 1965

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