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Phippen, Angela

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Phippen, Angela

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Angela Phippen is local studies librarian at Ryde Library, Sydney

Denistone as Author

Denistone East as Author

Denistone West as Author

East Ryde as Author

George Caleb Hedgeland as Author

Gladesville as Author

Marsfield as Author

Meadowbank as Author

Melrose Park as Author

Ryde as Author

Tennyson Point as Author

West Ryde as Author

George Hedgeland c1880 as Collection

George Hedgeland's fieldbook for the alignment survey of Marrickville 1888 as Creator

Headstone of George Hedgeland, Annie Hedgeland and Edmund Hedgeland at Field of Mars Cemetery February 2014 as Collection

Headstone of George Hedgeland, Annie Hedgeland and Edmund Hedgeland at Field of Mars Cemetery February 2014 as Creator

West window of Norwich Cathedral in England, completed September 1854, October 2016 as Collection

West window of Norwich Cathedral in England, completed September 1854, October 2016 as Creator

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Denistone

Wallumedegal country until the Europeans arrived, the land that became Denistone was granted to Europeans in the 1790s and became farms owned by some of the colony's leading families. Subdivision during the twentieth century created a series of pleasant suburban localities in the City of Ryde.

Denistone East

Part of Wallumetta, country of the Wallumedegal before the Europeans came, the area that became Denistone East was granted to settlers in the 1790s, and farmed until the 1880s when subdivision took place. Though the promised railway line did not eventuate, substantial housing development took place, with two public housing estates built after World War II.

Denistone West

Part of the country of the Wallumedegal, Denistone West is a post-World War II suburb largely developed though the Ryde Council Housing Scheme, one of the most innovative schemes of its type.

East Ryde

Wallumedegal country until the Europeans came, East Ryde was part of the Field of Mars common from 1804, until it was resumed in 1874 and sold in the 1880s. A tramline and a railway link, long promised, were never built, and the area remained undeveloped until the 1950s building boom when a large subdivision increased the population enough to warrant a new school in 1961. Further residential development has made East Ryde a popular suburb.

George Caleb Hedgeland

George Caleb Hedgeland was a colonist who successfully turned his hand to several diﬀerent professions during his lifetime. A surveyor who undertook alignment surveyors of streets across Sydney in the late nineteenth cenutry, he had also been a pastoralist, artist and stained glass artist.

Gladesville

Established on traditional Wallumedegal land, Gladesville's farms and dairies supplied Sydney. Better transport and postwar housing demand later resulted in rapid expansion.

Marsfield

Originally the country of the Wallumedegal, Marsfield is built on part of what became the Field of Mars common, proclaimed in 1804. The common was resumed in the 1870s and sold in the 1880s, when Marsfield was subdivided. The expected tramway was never built, and Marsfield remained semi-rural, with poultry farms and orchards into the 1960s.

Meadowbank

Wallumedegal country until the Europeans arrived, the land was granted and sold to settlers, with William Bennett building Meadowbank House in 1835. When the railway linked Strathfield and Hornsby in 1886, Meadowbank was subdivided, attracting professionals who commuted to the city. By the mid-twentieth century, industry and public housing had filled in open spaces, except for parks along the river.

Melrose Park

Traditional land of the Wallumedegal people, the area that became Melrose Park was granted to two ex-marines in 1792. Edmund Lockyer bought the land in 1826 and built a grand house and a private wharf. There was also a government wharf used to transport timber and produce to Sydney. By the end of the nineteenth century the property had been broken up, and further subdivision between the wars and in the 1940s led to the new suburb being named Melrose Park in 1947.

Ryde

Wallumetta to its traditional owners, the Wallumedegal, the land that became Ryde was settled early and provided food to the growing town. From the 1870s, subdivision started, and the railway brought more development from 1886. In the twentieth century, Ryde became suburban and one of Sydney's earliest shopping centres was built there in 1957.

Tennyson Point

Originally the country of the Wallumedegal, Tennyson (later Tennyson Point) was highly regarded as a vantage point for the regattas and world championship rowing that took place on the Parramatta River.

West Ryde

Built on Wallumedegal land, West Ryde was mostly rural estates until the railway arrived, and with it, subdivision and development, in the 1880s. Housing development was fast and varied, with a commercial centre growing near the railway station. West Ryde has also been crucial to Sydney's water system, with two pumping stations built there.

George Hedgeland c1880

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George Hedgeland's fieldbook for the alignment survey of Marrickville 1888

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[NRS 13889/33/2, 3797, Alignment Surveys: Municipality Marrickville, Parish Petersham, County Cumberland, Book 1 Marrickville by G C Hedgeland]

Headstone of George Hedgeland, Annie Hedgeland and Edmund Hedgeland at Field of Mars Cemetery February 2014

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West window of Norwich Cathedral in England, completed September 1854, October 2016

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The great west window of Norwich Cathedral, England, designed by George Hedgeland and completed in 1854, created controversy with its vibrant colours and naturalistic approach to the human figure. The design was exhibited by Hedgeland in the 1870 Intercolonial Exhibition.

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