Lost Manly History Blog
Gosbell's Corner
Image: Gosbell’s Corner, The Corso & Whistler St, Manly — colourised (c. 1919–1921).From a Corso landmark (c. 1919–1921) to Shelly Beach’s refreshment rooms and Le Kiosk By Lost Manly · 17...
Gosbell's Corner
Image: Gosbell’s Corner, The Corso & Whistler St, Manly — colourised (c. 1919–1921).From a Corso landmark (c. 1919–1921) to Shelly Beach’s refreshment rooms and Le Kiosk By Lost Manly · 17...
On the Buses
Manly’s First Bus Service Manly can lay claim to having the first regular private bus route in New South Wales. In 1905, Charles Reid and his brother imported the chassis...
On the Buses
Manly’s First Bus Service Manly can lay claim to having the first regular private bus route in New South Wales. In 1905, Charles Reid and his brother imported the chassis...
The History of the Northern Beaches
The history of the Northern Beaches intertwines with Australia’s broader narrative of exploration and the legacy of indigenous communities. Manly serves as a shining beacon of this history. At the...
The History of the Northern Beaches
The history of the Northern Beaches intertwines with Australia’s broader narrative of exploration and the legacy of indigenous communities. Manly serves as a shining beacon of this history. At the...
They Came by Sea
Many Australian family trees boast a convict or two in their lineage. While it was once a secret shame to be covered up at all costs, they are nowadays viewed...
They Came by Sea
Many Australian family trees boast a convict or two in their lineage. While it was once a secret shame to be covered up at all costs, they are nowadays viewed...
Isabel Letham - Australia's First Lady of the Surf
Australia’s first female surfer When Hawaiian swimming champion Duke Kahanamoku visited Freshwater to give a surfboard-riding demonstration, the event attracted an enormous crowd, including Letham, then 15. It was the...
Isabel Letham - Australia's First Lady of the Surf
Australia’s first female surfer When Hawaiian swimming champion Duke Kahanamoku visited Freshwater to give a surfboard-riding demonstration, the event attracted an enormous crowd, including Letham, then 15. It was the...
He was only 19...
I knew Stanton, he was in D.Co.XV Platoon, his initial was C. or S. He came over as a 17th Reinf. To 13th Battn. He was about 5ft8, fair, thickset....
He was only 19...
I knew Stanton, he was in D.Co.XV Platoon, his initial was C. or S. He came over as a 17th Reinf. To 13th Battn. He was about 5ft8, fair, thickset....