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Captains Hunter, Collins & Johnston with Governor Phillip, Surgeon White &c. visiting a distressed female native of New South Wales at a hut near Port Jackson, 1793 trove.nla.gov.au
The arrest of Governor Bligh, 1808 - sl.nsw.gov.au
Johnston's Estate, Annandale, 1877 / Samuel Elyard - sl.nsw.gov.au
Annandale House, Johnstone Estate / J. C. Hoyte, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Annandale House, home of the Johnston family - . Annandale House was located between Macaulay and Albany Roads, in the Southern part of the Annandale estate in what is now Stanmore.
The entrance, Annandale House, which was demolished in 1905, the gates now stand in the Annandale Public School grounds
Annan Grove Cottage, once a family home, then the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, now the Holy Family Convent (55-61 Albion Street)
Houses and Terraces, Johnston Street, Annandale 1880)
Victorian Two Story Residence with iron lace trimmings.
North Annandale Hotel, corner of Johnston and Booth Street. It was later clad with an Art Deco facade.
1886: Annandale Public School and Hunter Baillie School Hall
The Abbey, Witches Houses and Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church are examples of Gothic Revival.
The 1886 Hunter Baillie School Hall, The Annandale Post Office and St Brendan's Presbytery, Annandale Police Station are examples of Arts and Crafts/Federation Architecture.
The timber ceiling and woodwork of the 1899 Annandale Chambers (upstairs hall) is very similar to the interior of the Hunter Baillie School Hall.
There are examples of Art Noveau Tiles on the fronts of steps of homes in Annandale.
There is a stunning example of Federation Tiles, with Australian Motifs, at 335 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt NSW 2040
Federation architecture featured sandstone, timber fretwork and the motif of the rising sun - to mark the new century. As it became a popular and recognisable architectural style, many earlier and later homes have been "Federated".
The Beale Piano Factory opened by Edmond Barton, Australia's first Prime Minister, in 1902. The adjoining house has a Sandstone Facade.
The Electricity Substation in Johnston Street, built in 1910 and the Water Board pumping stations are examples of Federation architecture featuring sandstone.
The Annandale Police Station has been identified as Federation Queen Anne.
The Empire Hotel and North Annandale Hotel were clad with Art Deco facades. The Royal Theatre once stood next to the Annandale Post Office. The Olympia Theatre, on the Southern side of Parramatta Road, is now apartments.
Blocks of Flats
Owner builder - DIY renovations
Substation site Annandale Street,
Adaptive Reuse of Warehouses & Stables248 Johnston St.
ANNANDALE URBAN CONSERVATION AREA is bounded by Parramatta Road, Macquarie Street and White's Creek in the west, Johnston's Creek, in the East, and the shoreline of Rozelle Bay in the North.
One of a number of conservation areas that collectively illustrate the nature of Sydney’s early suburbs and Leichhardt’s suburban growth particularly between 1871 and 1891, with pockets of infill up to the end of the 1930s (ie prior to World War II). This area is important as a well planned nineteenth-century suburb- Area 18 Annandale Conservation Area
The suburb of Annandale is located between the suburbs of Glebe and Leichhardt. Bounded by the City West Link Road to the north and Parramatta Road to the south, Annandale is a small suburb with a very distinct character. This character is shaped by its unique street pattern, dominated by a series of wide, north/south streets, and large terraces and cottages mostly oriented to the east and west....DCP Amendment No. 3 – 7 November 2001
Heritage Items in Annandale are listed in the Annandale Association Register of Buildings, National Trust Register, State Heritage Register (NSW) and Draft Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2011 some bear Historic Engineering Plaque
"Technology is the branch of knowledge that deals with science and
engineering, or its practice. It is ever ever-changing and accelerating in
development.
Engineering is the practical application of technology into the social world in
which we live.
Industry is the application of technology to produce goods for our social world... - HERITAGE INFORMATION SERIES
ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE (2006)
Evidence of Engineering Heritage, in Annandale's footpaths, roads and backyards - there are 19th Century Earthen Ware Storm Water and Sewerage pipes and covers still in operation. Logos and Brandings of Telecom Australia, the PMG, the Sewerage Committee of Sydney City Council, Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board, Gas Street Lighting was replaced by Sydney City Council Electric Light and 1948 Shell as well as Surveyors Markings.
. The Creeks have been converted into Storm Water Channels. Horse drawn vehicles gave way to steam, electricity, diesal and gas.Rozelle Bay was once a busy timber wharf supplying logs for the Beale Piano Factory. Patents for a Cinema Sound System, Steel Piano Frame were commercialised in Annandale and Allen Taylor promoted and benefitted from the exploitation of NSW's Hardwood Timber of NSW and oversaw the deployment of electric light as a Sydney City Council Alderman, while living in Annandale.
Johnstons Creek Sewage Aqueduct, Hogan/Spindlers Park, Off Nelson Street
Police Station at corner of Annandale and Collins Street
ANNANDALE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE formerly the Annandale Borough Chambers
"Railway Truss Bridge: "The Annandale (Johnston Street) underbridge was constructed in c1920-21 as the final part of the Metropolitan Goods Line linking the Darling Harbour Goods Yard with the Rozelle Yard...an example of a modified Pratt-truss design bridge. The Pratt truss design was preferred for railway use in NSW after 1892, with riveted-steel construction for railway bridges becoming the standard from this time. " - www.heritage.nsw.gov.au
