These photographs are drawn from the Local Studies collection of Warringah Library Service. Local Studies is a special research collection held at Dee Why Library. It covers all aspects of the Warringah Local Government Area, including photographs. The following photographs have been taken by Warringah Council or donated by community members. Warringah Library Service would like to thank community members for sharing their precious memories with us all.
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In the class room at North Curl Curl Public School. (read more)
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A shop in Collaroy. This shop was probably on Pittwater Road, but we are unsure of its exact location. Do you have any clues? (read more)
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A busy day at Collaroy Beach in the 1970s. (read more)
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At the intersection of Pittwater Road, Warringah Road and Harbord Road. Leaving Dee Why and looking towards Brookvale. Harbord Road is to the left-hand side of ... (read more)
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Barbed wire and tank traps along Collaroy Beach during the Second World War. In case of attack, Defences were set up along the beaches. (read more)
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Sydenham family outside their home in Ocean View Road. (read more)
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In the back yard of their grandparents Arthur and Kathleen Watson's home at 98 soldier's Avenue Harbord, looking south. (read more)
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Playing in the sand on Queenscliff Beach. (read more)
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Looking across towards the Rock Lily Hotel, Mona Vale. (read more)
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Crowd watching a Rugby League exhibition match at Brookvale. (read more)
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Amy Staples standing on the Harbord (now Freshwater) Beach tramline cutting. This narrow rock cutting is now the site of Oliver Street below Cavill Street. (read more)
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Charles and Eileen Hayman standing on the Salvation Army Industrial Farm in Dee Why. Charles was a Salvation Army Officer. A large area of land along ... (read more)
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Men possibly from North Narrabeen Surf Club. (read more)
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The 'Camp' at the end of Queenscliff Road. Rachel Lewis and Elsa? on the verandah of the house opposite W.M. Farley's house. Farley married a daughter ... (read more)
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The inscription on the back of this photograph reads: "Garden Brookvale House Left Emma Rodgers (Aunt and Governess) Right Jane (Pansy) Malcolm Approx. 1899" (read more)
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"Freshwater Life & Surf Club Official opening" (read more)
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On Winbourne Road Brookvale, long before the garages and shops were set up. (read more)
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Wrecked boat at Long Reef during World War II. Was this boat used for target practice during the war? (read more)
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Men competing at Freshwater Surf Carnival in 1912. (read more)
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Tilly's father Amos Randell was the proprietor of Randell's Store and rented out camps at Freshwater Beach. (read more)
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A tram on Pittwater Road at Collaroy opposite the Arlington Hall. Trams reached Collaroy in 1912 when the Brookvale line was extended to Collaroy Beach. (read more)
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The Collaroy Surf Life Saving Club’s first Bronze Medallion qualifiers outside the second club house. The examination was viewed by a visiting party of New Zealand ... (read more)
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The Collaroy Ladies' March Past team in costume. The Surf Life Saving Association formed a ladies march past competition in 1946 and Frank Hall thought Collaroy ... (read more)
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Amos Randell on the verandah of his store at Freshwater. Amos and Ruth Randell moved to Freshwater shortly after they were married in 1905. They purchased ... (read more)
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Percy May riding a horse at the Brookvale Show at Brookvale Park. (read more)
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