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By 1876, the subdivision of the Annandale Estate had begun. In 1877, John Young acquired North Annandale for £ 121,000. The following year his company offered a prize of £ 150 for the best design for Annandale.
Ferdinand Reuss Junior put forward a plan, to subdivide the land into a grid pattern. A grand 100 foot wide Johnston Street would be the "location of villas and the better class of houses, as much as possible by themselves"; Annandale St, would be a slightly less grand, with the streets reduced to 80 feet in width; and the rest of the estate would be divided into 66 foot wide streets, with 66 foot frontage blocks, to house artisan's.
A company with a capital of £50,000 has been floated by 148 shareholders to purchase the Annandale estate, in tho suburbs, comprising 300 acres, suitable for building purposes.
The Premier contradicts the statement respect-ing his acceptance of a seat in the Upper House or permanently filling the office of Minister for Land. Who will probably sit tor the Bogan if elected for that constituency next Monday, and for which Sir Henry Parkes ia also nominated.
- The Brisbane Courier Thursday 8 November 1877
The Building Society movement grew quickly in Australia but many Societies collapsed in the 1888 depression combined and the ongoing post- depression distrust left a gap, which was filled by the "alternative" Starr-Bowkett Society. The Leichhardt, Petersham and Annandale Starr-Bowkett Society, registered in 1898 heralded the growth of surburban Building Societies - The Alternative Building Society- Starr-Bowkett Societies
The Whites Creek Johnstons Creek Sewer Aqueduct, built in 1895, was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Australia - A brief History of Concrete in Australia (PDF). See Early Photograph of the Aquaduct and St Brendan's.
The facade of the Annandale Methodist (now Uniting) Church (built 1890) features a parrot, koala, gumnuts and a kookaburra eating a snake. This was recycled from Bull's warehouse, on the corner of Pitt St and Martin Place, which had been gutted by fire. - Annandale Uniting Church - Local Heritage at a Glance (PDF)
In 1897, Artist and Naval officer Narcissus George Arguimbau was living at Clivenden and his 5th daughter married in St Aiden's, Annandale. Dictionary of Australian Artists Online
John Young, who had been an Alderman and Mayor on Leichhardt Council, subsequently lead a secession movement which resulted in the creation of the Borough of Annandale. See The Abbey, Fate of a Ronisch Piano and Elections for the Annandale Municipal Council for more about the Annandale Borough.
In 1894, 360 acres known as the East Ward of Leichhardt between Johnston's Creek and White's Creek, from Parramatta Road to Rozelle Bay, became the Municipality of Annandale. - Leichhardt timeline.
The Annandale Public School was opened in 1886. In 1977, the gates of Annandale house were re-erected in the school's grounds.
Henry Parkes, Premier of NSW 1872 - 1892 and "Father of Federation" lived at "Kenilworth" in Annandale until his death in 1896.THE LATE SIR HENRYPARKES,THE FUNERAL CORTEGE.LARGE AND DISTINGUISHEDGATHERING - The Brisbane Courier Thursday 30 April 1896
FEDERATION ENABLING BILL IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CAMPAIGN.(By Telegraph from Our Correspondent) SYDNEY, Speaking at Annandale to-night, the Minister for Mines said the battle so far as federation went was not yet quite won. - The Brisbane Courier Thursday 29 June 1899
Henry Parkes is credited with introducing Camphor Laurel's to Australia, in the hope of creating an industry from their oil - unfortunately that industry did not eventuate and the legacy is the introduction of a weed species.
According to Chris, who called into 2BL brekky on 30/9/05, Mark Twain was a guest at Kenilworth during his visit to Sydney - which he documented in Following the Equator - A Journey Around the World. 'Kenilworth' is one of the Gothic houses in Johnston St, now popularly known as the witches houses.
Hunter Baillie Memorial Church
Photograph Tom Worthington
According to Sydney/Newcastle Tramway History there were two Steam Tramlines servicing Annandale one along Parramatta Road opened in 1883 and the Balmain line was extended from Glebe, along Taylor and Booth Sts to Balmain Road (across from Leichhardt High).
Between 1886 and 1889, The Hunter Baillie Memorial Church was erected by John Hunter Baillie' philanthropic wife as a memorial to her husband. Hunter Baillie had been a sub-editor of the Colonial Observer and later a financial advisor to the Bank of New South Wales.
The Annandale Sewer Aqueducts were constructed in 1896, over Johnston's Creek and White's Creeks. They were Australia's first reinforced concrete structure.
"The Mother-general of the congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in South Australia (Miss Mary Agnes Mackillop)...In 1866 ... opened the first school of the new instituts at Penola. On June 24 of the following year the first community of the Sisters of St. Joseph was established in Adelaide, Miss Mackillop being named the superior.... -The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) (about)10 August 1909
"... grounds of St. Joseph's Convent, Annandale...amount of the school account due to the sisters for her three little girls, who had formerly been pupils at the convent...." - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) (about) 21 January 1909<
In 1898, Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney laid the foundation Stone of St Brendan's Catholic Primary School, which was to be run by the Sister's of St Joseph founded by Mary Mckillop. Unfortunately around 2005, a Public Address system was installed at the tiny school. This is used by teachers, a number of times a day, to inform the neighbourhood about school issues.
The Council Chambers in Johnston St, were built in 1899, for the Annandale Borough, which had seceded from Leichhardt, in 1894. Sir Allen Taylor, was Mayor of Annandale from 1897 to 1902 and later went onto become Lord Mayor of Sydney. The building is now the Annandale Neighbourhood Centre.
FEDERATION.THE REFERENDUM IN NEW SOUTH WALES. GREAT VICTORY FOR FEDERATION AN IMMENSE FEDERAL MAJORITY GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN SYDNEY DETAILS OF THE POLLING. - The Brisbane Courier Wednesday 21 June 1899
Annandale in the newspapers of the day.
See Annandale a Discovery in Progress
This page www.ramin.com.au/annandale/story3.html last Updated: 30 December 2009.
