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Plaque: Field of Mars land grants - 1792Ermington Wharf
Ermington (Melrose Park)
It's Early History:
(The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, May 1927) : https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106220599searchTerm=Golf%20Links%20Estate%20ermingtonErmington (Melrose Park)
It's Early History:
Ermington Promised a Park (Cumberland Free Press (1897): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/144441643?searchTerm=%22ermington%20park%22
Dictionary of Sydney:
Dictionary of Sydney:
Melrose Park (Ermington) in 1940s (Trove)
Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of partner organisations, providing digital copies of newspapers, Government Gazettes, maps, magazines and newsletters.Melrose Park (Ermington) in 1940s (Trove)
Hundreds New Homes at Ermington- Rydalmere (Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers Advocate, Feb, 1941):
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107297101?searchTerm=ermington%20estate
West Meadowbank Church Wharf Rd (The Methodist, Feb 1941): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155467980?searchTerm=%22schools%22%20west%20ryde
Garbage Service in Ermington-Rydalmere (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Feb 1942): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107300078?searchTerm=ermington
Straying Horses Cause Concern (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, June 1944): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106130303?searchTerm=ermington
Afraid of Factories (The Sun, April 1945):
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231705032?searchTerm=ermington
Local Dairy (The Sun, Feb 1946):
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228796477?searchTerm=ermington
New House in Ryde (The Southern Mail, March 1946)https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118953779?
Victory Celebrations (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, May 1946): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105739656?searchTerm=ermington
Woman Injured in Sulky Accident (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, June 1946): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105741427?searchTerm=ermington
Stray Stock Problem (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Sept 1947):
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105741981?searchTerm=ermington
300 (ex-servicemen) Enter Ballot for Home SItes (Daily Telegraph, April 1948)
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248182503?
300 (ex-servicemen) Enter Ballot for Home SItes (The Truth, May 1948)https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169374483?searchTerm=ex-servicemen%20ballot%20ryd
Ryde Council's Housing Scheme (The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press, April 1948)https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124084294?
Ex-servicemen’s home ballot (The Picton Post, Sept 1948): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111054695?searchTerm=ermington
Radios in schools lessons (Forbes Advocate, October 1948):
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218578102?searchTerm=Radios%20in%20schools%20lessons
Opinion piece - The Local Environment (The Sun, March 1949): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231068139?searchTerm=ermington
Riding School in Wharf Rd (The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, June, 1949):
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111532434?searchTerm=ermington
The future of Melrose Park:
The future of Melrose Park:
Recent History
Recent History
Putt putt golf closing (John Besley, Online Northern District Times, March 10, 2017)
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-district-times/after-47-years-the-iconic-putt-putt-at-ermington-will-officially-close-its-doors-on-april-30/news-story/262b52b661a5a67bed50960e2601c96f
Future Development
Build Sydney: https://www.buildsydney.com/melrose-park-development/ (2019)Parramatta Council: Melrose Park Southern Precinct Structure August 2019City of Ryde: Ryde demands say on future Melrose Park developments (2018)Future Development
Ermington Park
Ermington Park
Ermington was located between Crowley and Lancaster Avenues, Melrose Park and was built c.1828 by Edmund and Sarah Lockyer. It was part of a 184 acre estate. Other owners included Jabez and Sophia Heydon and John and Agnes Linsley.
A plaque located outside 1 Crowley Crescent, Melrose Park.
The house had six bedrooms, drawing, billiard and dining rooms, library, play room, nursery maids’ rooms, main and back halls as well as servants’ quarters. A covered roseway led from the house to the ballroom where parties and balls were held. Visitors entered via Wharf Road and drove though an avenue of pine trees to the house where, ‘the camellias grew as high as the balcony’. In 1926 it was purchased by the City Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited. Parts of the Estate were used for housing and the Ryde-Parramatta Golf Course.
The house was demolished in the early 1930s. The site is currently occupied by housing.
More information: Golf Links at Ermington (Sunday Times, Sept 1926) & The City Mutual Golf Links Ermington (The Truth) 26 Sep 1926
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