Lost Manly History Blog

Gosbell-s-Corner 

Gosbell's Corner

Lisa Lipman

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

Lisa Lipman

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...

This was Collaroy in it's heyday. 1914 Photo from Dennis Fraser

On the Buses

Lisa Lipman

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

Lisa Lipman

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

Lisa Lipman

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

Lisa Lipman

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-My-Family-History-Research 

They Came by Sea

Lisa Lipman

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

Lisa Lipman

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

Isabel Letham - Australia's First Lady of the Surf

Lisa Lipman

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

Lisa Lipman

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... 

He was only 19...

Lisa Lipman

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...

Lisa Lipman

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....