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Picnickers at Clontarf c 1913Picnic at Freshwater, Kilminster family group, c1902Family Picnic at Deep Creek, Narrabeen LagoonFriends picnicking at Narrabeen LagoonManly Oval and Dalley's CastleRandell family outside their store in FreshwaterChinese market gardens Brookvale Bus Depot SiteView of Mona Vale with La Corniche in distance, 1925Butler family sitting outside of house at 25 Milga Road, Avalon. Pittwater Road, Collaroy showing Tram linesPanoramic view centred on the Hotel Manly, showing Manly Wharf and Manly Municipal Council Chambers, Manly, 1927Bungan CastleGee family picnic at Middle Creek, Narrabeen LagoonMarr's Corner General Store, Ocean Street, NarrabeenComposite panoramic view facing south from Fairlight Street, Fairlight, over Manly and North Harbour, c1920sHayman family on holidays at MittagongMatt Pecar with a delivery of tomatoes for the markets, Warriewood, 1950sDee Why Panorama (part 5)Panoramic view looking north from the changing sheds, of beach-goers at Manly Beach, Manly, 1924View facing east, from atop the Pier Hotel, showing The Corso, Manly, 1922The bay and the tops of the concrete pyramids installed during World War II, Mona Vale.St Patrick's College, ManlyPanoramic view facing south over Manly, showing Eastern Hill with St Patrick's Estate, the flat of Manly, Manly Cove and Dobroyd Head, c1920 to c1923Camping Dee Why, c 1950"Fairlight House", FairlightPanoramic view of Manly Beach during the world's first surf carnival, Manly, 25 January 1908Narrabeen Hotel c1900 when under the management of Robert Norris

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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.

 

Warringah Council Minutes 1906 to 1997

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Isobel Ida Bennett (1909 - 2008)Collaroy Plateau Shops, Veterans Parade, Collaroy PlateauOriginal Building of Newport Public School, NewportCypraea caputserpentis, Wooli, 1986Bembicium nanumLittoraria luteolaNodilittorina pyramidalisNodilittorina unifasciataPolinices conicus and Egg CollarSagaminopteron ornatum, Bawley PointDolabella, Cronulla, 1986Hexabranchus sanguineus, Lord Howe Island, 1964Spirula and Lepas on Flatworm, 1964Panulirus versicolor, Michaelmas CayEuastacus armatus, Murray RiverOzius truncatus, Collaroy, 1986Prawn Boat, Tin Can Bay, 1986Penaeus plebejusPenaeus escultentus, Clarence River, 1986Squilla laevis, SydneyGaleolaria caespitosaHead of GaleolariaGaleolaria head regionGaleolaria and Morula, Warrah, 1973Sabellid tube polychaeteSabellastarte indicaCallioplana marginata, Minnie WaterCerianthus paracereanthus, Fairlight, 1965Cnidopus veraterActinia tenebrosaTubularia gracilis, 1964Tubularia gracilis, 1964Encrusting Sponge under Boulder, Norfolk Island, 1980Collection of Sponges on the Beach, Newport, 1978Caulerpa filiformis, Newport, 1978Caulerpa filiformis and red coralline, Newport, 1980Codium, Ulladulla, 1987Ulva lactucaPhyllospora comosa, Jervis BayColpomenia, Mona Vale, 1978Sargassum, Newport, 1980Ecklonia washed up, Newport, 1978Ecklonia with Red Coralline Algae, Wooli, 1979Ecklonia radiataHormosira and EnteromorphaHormosira close up, Wooli, 1979Hormosira banksii, Wooli, 1995Hormosira banksiiRed Coralline Algae, Wooli, 1980Champia compressa

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