Collection: Pictorial Collection

Ki-ora was built by John Russell Brown, a civil servant in 1890. Hand painted glass windows were a feature of the boom period. The house has the unusual design of 2 attics above the entrance and above the right wing.

Lusitania Caspersonn (nee Browne) 1816-1884 married to Dr Solomon Edward Caspersonn. Lived in Brighton 1850-1857. Family had 3 blocks of land between Church Street and Well Street, close to St Andrews. Moved to Albury 1857. Lusitania became early, possibly second woman chemist in N.S.W. (Ref arti...

"Supposedly Dendy's manor house" also known as Dendy Park - the home of Henry Dendy and located in Manor street. The house was pulled down in the 1920's.

These photographs are taken of the original map which was put onto a stone block for publication. The map was commissioned by the Brighton Town Council R.K. Hammond (Mayor 1862) and councillors Harrison and Blundell. John Millar was the council civil, sanatory and hydraulic engineer and municipal...

The house `Landcox' was built in 1854 by J.B. Were. In 1862 it was bought by Archibald McMillan. In 1870 Kate McMillan commissioned Charles Webb to undertake alterations which were completed by 1874. The alterations consisted of a 2 story 8 roomed residence to the east of the existing house. In 1...

Photograph of Church street, Middle Brighton, looking up the hill beyond the station.

Photograph shows a side parking bay in Church street.

Photograph of Church street, close to St Andrews church. The new addition to St Andrews, 1962, can be seen left of centre.

This painting of Thomas Anne Ward Cole, nee McCrea was painted by the portrait painter John Irvine, Edinburgh in 1858. She was born in 1810 and married Captain George Ward Cole in 1842 at the home of her brother Andrew McCrea and his wife Georgina McCrea. She went to live at St Ninians in Brighto...

Photograph shows Nepean Highway being widened and the new railway overpass just before Gardenvale railway station.