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Historical Society Publications
Previous publications are available for sale - click headings for details.
Early Pioneers of the Forest;
Fossils from Beacon Hill;
Bligh Park;
Queenscliff Motor Bus Service;
Slocombe’s Freshwater Bus;
Brief History of Manly Vale
Dee Why “Odeon”; Heidelberg – the Town that never was [Killarney Heights];
Farming at Mona Vale c.1850;
The Crow Tribe of Crater Valley
Aquatic Airways; The Fisherman [Bob Robinson];
North Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club;
Barrenjoey’s Small Slice of Earth History
Early Pittwater Reminiscences by Samuel Morrison 1929;
Warringah History in Context; Romance of the Bores;
St.Matthew’s Manly
Clontarf Reserve 1931-1935; Bridge Across The Spit – 1924;
Some Early Landholders of Beacon Hill;
Some Old Families of Pittwater
Dee Why – the Name; Drama at Dee Why in 1839;
Dee Why Lagoon – The Shape of Things to Come?;
Memories of Dee Why Beach;
Recollections of Early Cromer;
Stony Range Reserve;
Fond Memories of the Old Days in Dee Why;
Some Reminiscences of Dee Why by Horace Flint Hayman
Beside the Sea; La Corniche;
100 Years of Worship & Ministry in Mona Vale;
Yugoslav Tomato Glass House Growers at Warriewood;
Memories of Mona Vale; Mona Vale Zoo Farm;
“Dungarvon”, Catholic Ministry at Pittwater
Whitehall of Balgowlah & Its Notable Residents;
John Suchomlin – Sand Sculptor; Doctor Dick of Manly;
Dutch Submarine at Fairlight;
Allambie Heights – Top of the Hill;
Tent City at North Curl Curl Beach;
Trip Overland to Broken Bay 1861;
Early Pittwater Reminiscences 1929;
George Clay – The Magic Man of Mackerel
History of Turimetta Cemetery, Mona Vale;
Brief Biographies of Selected Burials;
Burial Index
Brief history from 1788 to 2006:
use of the land, main road, churches, schools, Chinese market gardens,
Scouts, water research labs, shops & business from 1921, etc
North Harbour to Collaroy built by James Jenkins in 1827
'Guide to the Historic Trigonometrical Stations of Sydney's North: by Tony Dawson.
Describes the early surveying history of Sydney's northern region and provides a practical guide to the stations established there in the 1880s for the Trigonometrical Survey of NSW. Published 2007. Price $16.50'
Manly, Warringah and Pittwater 1850 - 1880 by Shelagh & George Champion.
A detailed history of the area from primary sources, indexed, 279 pages. Price $35
Bathing, Drowning and Life Saving in Manly, Warringah and Pittwater to 1915
by Shelagh & George Champion. Indexed, 231 pages. Price $35
My Holiday and other early travels from Manly to Palm Beach: 1861 by Guy Jennings
A description of Manly-Warringah in 1861 from primary source documents, with notes,
photographs, maps and drawings. Indexed, 98 pages. Price $15
The Newport Story by Guy Jennings
Many aspects of Newport NSW from 1788 to 1988.
116 pages indexed and illustrated. Price $15
The Bassett-Darley Estates by Tony Dawson
A history of the Wentworth lands in NSW . On CD. Price $10
Pictorial History of Warringah by Jim Boyce
Published October 2006 Price $25
Pictorial History of Pittwater by Joan Lawrence
Published November 2006 Price $25