If you worked in a library and had to catalogue Bronwyn Gartside’s new book, you might wonder which section it belongs to. Is it a memoir? Is it a history book? Is it a recipe book? It’s a little bit of all three. This is how Bronwyn describes her book and her chosen title, “Lemon…
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West End to Lismore: Election corflutes warm flooded homes.
In a show of non-partisan cooperation, three local supporters of different political parties have combined efforts to collect unwanted election signs for use by flood victims in Lismore.
Flood-affected buildings make way for expanded Riverside Green at South Bank
Tim Quinn, long-term West End resident, former Council Planning Chair and Lord Mayor and current board member of South Bank Corporation, is excited about the recently open new green space along the riverfront. Riverside Green has been established on the site of former riverside restaurants that were severely damaged in the 2011 floods. Former Deputy…
Meeting L. K. Anh Tuan – artist and storyteller, Vietnam and West End.
Meeting L. K. Anh Tuan – artist and storyteller, Vietnam and West End.
Boundary Street history panels tell us the story of West End
This morning the first of the West End Making History Group‘s history panels was installed outside Terry White’s Chemist on Boundary Street while members of the group stood proudly by. Keep an eye out as more panels are installed over the next two days by local signwriter Shane Kunst and his team, ready for the…
Lap of Honour for Legend of Musgrave Park Pool
Musgrave Park Swimming Pool is something of an oasis for inner city West End. It sits, surrounded by park and trees, before a backdrop of city high-rise. It is also a community hub: a centre for local events, a place for young people and families, and the swimming home for the Barracudas Water Polo Club…
Our heritage places make West End unique
Westenders have a history of celebrating and protecting their heritage, from the re-purposing of the Croquet Club at Musgrave Park, to the preservation of the stone steps of the one time Aboriginal Girls Home at Cranbrook Place in Orleigh Park. Sometimes, on the surface at least, these apparently unremarkable objects and places in our neighbourhoods…
Water Rats walk through West End History
On a wet Friday evening on 22 August West End locals packed into Avid Reader Bookshop for a charge of West End history: the launch of the West End Making History Group’s third and latest walking guide, Walking with Water Rats … Kurilpa Point to Davies Park and Beyond. They were joined by special guests,…