The History of Hurlstone Park - Canterbury City Council

Celebration Cakes
Cnr Old and New Canterbury Road
T:9558 6036
Fruit Market – Fruit & Vegies 25
T:9558 2049
Dhaka Market 14/96
T:9558 5844
Punn The Phay Groceries 87-89
T:9558 9716
Manuel’s Superior Meats &
Souvlakia 10
T:9558 5000
Hurlstone Park Rite Way
Supermarket 8
T:9559 1169
Luu Tuong Ky Bread & Cakes 7
T:9558 3133
The Hole in the Wall Take Away 4
T:9558 1663
FOOD
Theos Frames 710
T:9558 6190
Master Workwear 706
T:9559 2956
All Natural Traditional Chinese
Medicine Shop 2, 682-704
T:9559 8885
Recon Appliances Pty Ltd 630
T:9558 7836
Porters Liquor 28
T:9559 4550
St Vincent De Paul Centre 20
T:9558 0361
Cons Handmade Shoes 13
T:9558 9274
Hurlstone Park Newsagency 12
T:9558 3164
Leichhardt Garden Centre 5
T:9559 8100
PERSONAL &
HOUSEHOLD
George’s – Korruption Hair Stylist 6
T:9558 2841
Classic Marble Art & L & L
Professional Dry Cleaners 27
T:9558 0206
Hair Haven Hairdresser 16/96
T:9559 3340
Fair Lady Hairdressing Salon 88
T:9558 5270
HP Laundromat Self Service
Laundry & Dry Cleaning 34
T:9558 3053
Message from the Mayor
Canterbury is the multicultural heart of Sydney – a truly
culturally diverse City proud of its fascinating history and unique
community. With almost half of our population born overseas and
137 countries represented in our population, we are fortunate to
enjoy a wealth of cultural influences which enhance our City’s
diverse character.
Council’s relationship with our local community and a variety
of community organisations is a source of great strength and
pride. We work cooperatively with many business and community
organisations across our City to provide a diverse range of
services and facilities for our residents. These activities include
Town Centre and community festivals and events which draw
huge crowds from across Sydney, keen to sample the unique
range of cultures and cuisines we have come to expect in
Canterbury City.
We are keen to highlight all the delights Hurlstone Park has to
offer. As part of our Town Centres Development Program we are
working with the local business community and residents to
revitalise our town centres and to showcase their unique culture
and diversity. This guide is one in a series we are producing to
inform visitors and residents alike of the businesses and services
our town centres have to offer. The Hurlstone Park Guide is our
first that also provides a self-guided Heritage Walking Tour for
residents and visitors, highlighting the history of the suburb of
Hurlstone Park.
How to get here
Australia Post 25
T:9558 0064
Oasis Home Video 3
T:9559 5670
SERVICES
Hurlstone Park Bowling &
Recreation Club (Marcia St)
T:9558 4614
Hurlstone Park Wanderers
Soccer/Football Club
(Tennent Pde)
T:0411 016 700
SPORT & RECREATION
ION Design
T:9554 6011
Lampright
T:9716 4088
Ausbest
T:9558 7268
Hurlstone Marrickville
Business College
T:9558 7268
Halcom Systems
T:9798 7360
GBS Technology
T:8577 5033
Living Experience
T:8577 5055
Artemis Security
T:8577 5002
Social & Ethical
Accountability Centre
T:8577 5001
Consultgroup
T:9577 5000
Larkin & Kaye Consulting
T:8577 5000
THE CHAMBERS
30 Floss Street
Workers Compensation
Risk Management 19
T:9559 6200
Redigo – Cost Reduction &
Contract Management
Consultants 19
T:9559 1433
I B Singh & Co, Accountants & Tax
Agents Shop 5, 700
T:9559 1483
Environmental & Safety
Professionals 604A
T:9554 7011
Hurlstone Park is less than 15 kms from the Sydney CBD and
is served by excellent road, rail and bus links. By rail on the
Bankstown line it is located between Dulwich Hill and Canterbury
stations; by car Hurlstone Park is easily located from
Canterbury Road.
Surrounded by the suburbs of Canterbury and Dulwich Hill,
Hurlstone Park is a beautiful historic suburb and shopping village
providing an oasis for residents and visitors alike.
Hurlstone Park is part of a 673 hectare estate, inherited by Sophia Ives Campbell from her father, Robert Campbell in 1846. This was subdivided
in 1865 into small farm blocks on three streets later named as Floss Street, Kilbride/Burnett Streets and Fernhill Street (now Foord Avenue). It is
thought probable that these streets were originally cart tracks used by local quarrymen to access the sandstone quarries used to build the Sugarworks
(1840-42) and St Pauls Church (1859-60) at Canterbury. The general street pattern is in use today, with only the construction of the railway and
resubdivision of the farms causing some changes. The north-south streets were Garnet, Duntroon, Dunstaffnage (now Dunstaffenage) Melford and
Foord Avenue. East-west streets were Crinan, Floss, Kilbride and Canberra Streets. Most were named after sites associated with the Campbell family.
In 1895 a new branch railway from Marrickville to Belmore opened with a railway station initially called Fernhill at the junction of Floss, Duntroon
and Crinan Streets. Sophia Campbell’s home in Hampshire was called “Fernhill.” Some development occurred around the railway station at the time
of its opening, however Fernhill’s real building boom took place at the height of the Federation Period between the turn of the Century and the end of
World War I, when the small farms were subdivided into housing estates and builders from Fernhill, Croydon, Ashfield and Marrickville were active all
over the suburb. In 1910, a new post office was planned in Fern Hill, but the Postal Department insisted that the name of the locality would need to be
changed, because there were already two post offices with that name, one in Victoria and one in Queensland. A referendum was held in conjunction
with a municipal election, and the electors, given a choice of Fernboro, Garnett Hill or Hurlstone, chose Hurlstone, the name of the nearby Agricultural
High School. The Railways Department agreed to the change in the area name, as well as the station, on condition that “Park” would be added to avoid
confusion with Hillston in western New South Wales. Many of the builders and apprentices who built the suburb are commemorated on the Hurlstone
Park War Memorial, originally erected at the railway station in 1920 and moved to Euston Reserve after World War II.
Richardson & Wrench 21
T:9558 0322
Active Financial Solutions 21
T:9558 2541
Robert R Andrew Real Estate 11
T:9558 6570
Century 21 Parkside 9
T:9558 4955
Choice Home Loans 2
T:9559 3642
PROPERTY & BUSINESS
SERVICES
7 Eleven 670
T:9558 2611
Stevens & Brennan
Automatic Services 680
T:9559 5956
Combined Auto Repairs 610
T:9558 6900
G n G Auto’s 610
T:9559 6033
Café and Restaurant Guide
Grumpy’s Hotel 590
T:9558 2131
Baldmen’s Brassiere 590
T:9559 8299
The Hurlstone Perk Café 12/27
T:9554 6986
Thai Take Away 610
T:9554 6214
Hurlstone Park Golden Rice
Chinese Restaurant & Take Away
Shop 7 & 8, 682-704 T:9559 7640
Regular meeting time of the Hurlstone Park Chamber of
Commerce is the third Wednesday of the month at 6.30pm.
137 Beamish Street, Campsie, NSW 2194
Phone: 02 9789 9300
www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au
Speedway Petrol 610
T:9559 1422
MOTOR
Fernhill Medical Centre 23
T:9558 6680
Crinan St Dental 19
T:9558 9876
HEALTH
St Stephanos Child Care Centre 650
T:9559 6308
St Stephanos Greek
Orthodox Church 650
T:9558 8430
Helmos Philanthropic Assoc. 608
T:9554 6911
Pan Pontian of the Virgin Soumela
of NSW Limited rear 604
T:9558 2606
COMMUNITY
Mort Bay Communications 36
T:9559 2629
COMMUNICATION
Colours correspond to the street names on the map overleaf.
Business Listings
Poong Charcoal Korean BBQ 716
T:9558 1122
Domino’s Pizza 720
T:131 888
McDonald’s Restaurant 312
T:9798 5698
Canterbury – Hurlstone Park
RSL Club 20-26
T:9559 0000
BLDB330
The History of Hurlstone Park
Welcome to Hurlstone Park!
Hurlstone Park is a pretty, bustling local village immediately
adjacent to busy arterial roads and train services. Local
businesses provide valuable services to the local community
in premises which date back to the turn of the last century.
While the nature of the businesses has changed from
the ‘ham and beef shop’ and ‘fruiterer’ of old, the marks
of these businesses can be seen in the tilework outside
today’s businesses. In 2001 the Hurlstone Park Chamber
of Commerce was formed, drawing together local business
owners from the town centre, together with locally home-based
business owners. In an effort to promote the area, the Chamber
meets regularly to address local issues and plan activities for
the area. This Town Centre Guide and Heritage Walk is part
of a series produced by Canterbury City Council as part of
the Town Centres Development Program. Council has joined
together with the Chamber of Commerce and the Canterbury
and District Historical Society to produce this guide which
not only lists local businesses but outlines a detailed Heritage
Walk through the suburb of Hurlstone Park. We hope you find
this guide informative and interesting.
Discover Hurlstone Park
HURLSTONE PARK
TOWN CENTRE GUIDE
& HERITAGE WALK
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HURLSTONE PARK
FEDERATION WALK
From Hurlstone Park station, commence by walking north along
Duntroon Street, towards New Canterbury Road.
Interest Point 1
Duntroon Street was named after Duntroon (or Duntrune) Castle in
Argyll, a stronghold of the Campbell family, and one of the oldest inhabited
houses in Scotland.
The Hurlstone Park Picture Show, later the Dudley Picture
Theatre, built about 1913, once stood on the west side of Duntroon
Street south of Marcia Street. It was demolished about 1927, and
replaced by the houses at nos.75-77 Duntroon Street.
Hurlstone Hall, on the northern corner of Marcia Street, was built
about 1912 as a meeting place for the residents of the suburb. A new
facade and side extension was added in 1981 for the Masonic Centre.
Interest Point 2
All of the houses on the south side of Wallace Avenue, except no.6
were built by James Herring Peddie of Marrickville. No.2 ‘Abbassia’
and no.10 ‘Rosalie’ still have his characteristic timber fretwork veranda
decoration, and other classic features of houses of the era including
original nameplates. No.3 ‘Reading’ and no.5 ‘Gnaroo’ on the north
side of the street is a pair of high quality houses built by Albert Andrews of
Dulwich Hill. They have banded brickwork, no.3 dark on light and no.5
light on dark, and both retain their fine windowsill scrollwork, tiled stair
risers and very elaborate timber fretwork.
Dunstaffenage Street, formerly Dunstaffnage Street, was named
after Dunstaffnage Castle, a 13th century Campbell stronghold near Oban
on the coast of Argyll, Scotland.
There were shops on the corner of Crinan Street. On the northern corner
was a grocer, built in 1912, and on the southern corner were two shops,
a butcher and a greengrocer, probably built about 1904.
Interest Point 3
Nos. 28, 30 and 32 Dunstaffenage Street were built in
1911-12 by Arthur Genders, who lived in Gower Street. There is a very
fine Federation sunrise motif in the gable of no.28 ‘Megal’, which also
has high-quality ceramic tiles decorating the veranda. Genders was a very
stylish local builder, who had a good eye for detail. Two of the houses have
sandstone foundations, probably quarried locally.
Nos. 34, 36, 38 and 40 Dunstaffenage Street were built in 1911 by
William Pendlebury, son of the brickmaker, who lived around the corner
in Crinan Street. No.36 ‘Mignon’, later ‘Mayence’, retains its original
tile risers on the front steps, and no.38 and no.40 show the variation in
houses designed by the same builder in the Federation era. Pendlebury
was a prolific builder in Hurlstone Park, whose houses can be found in
many streets in the suburb.
Nos. 42, 44, 46 and 48 Dunstaffenage Street were built in 1912 by
Clement Bond Witheford of Fernhill, another prolific local builder. No.42
‘Tresco’ still has its original nameplate.
Interest Point 4
In the mid-19th century, a whinstone quarry was opened in the vicinity of
today’s Euston Road and Gower Street, and Floss Street follows the
original cart track from the quarry to St Paul’s Church, Canterbury. The
Euston Road World War I Memorial was dedicated in 1920, and was first
located at the Railway Station. It was moved to Euston Reserve after World
War II because of congestion on the roads around the railway. Many of
the boys commemorated on the Memorial were local tradesmen or their
apprentices who built the new houses in Hurlstone Park and
nearby suburbs.
‘Euston’ 67 Floss Street. This large Federation Queen Anne house was
built on four allotments of Jeffrey’s Estate no.5, which was subdivided
by Sophia Campbell’s heirs in 1910. Vincent Campbell Sharp ‘Cigarette
Vin’, the son of a former Mayor of Canterbury, bought the land in May
1911 and built the very grand house, with its leadlight windows, elaborate
gable screen and ladder valance on the veranda. He and his wife, Florence
Puddicombe, were substantial investors in real estate in the Municipality
of Canterbury. In 1926, the house was sold to William Henry Whiddon of
Manly, Commissioner of Taxation. He was to become the first Director of
State Lotteries on 22 June 1931. In 1936, a small block from the Floss
Street frontage was transferred to Whiddon’s three daughters, and a block
of flats, ‘Euston Court’ was built. The house, ‘Euston’, appears to have been
used as a Private Hospital from 1950. In 1970 it was sold to the Christian
Brethren Community Services, and in 1990 it was transferred to Bethshean
Nursing Home Ltd. It was sold again in 2002.
Euston Road Precinct. Most of the houses on the north side of Euston
Road were identified as a group of heritage significance to the Canterbury
area in 1987. They are among the finest Federation Queen Anne houses in
Canterbury, and together they make a unified streetscape. No.1 ‘Florida’
and no.3 ‘Iberia’ were probably both built in 1912 by Mark Isaac Bear.
No.7 ‘Wyee’ was built in 1913. No.9 ‘Rowena’ and no.11 ‘Lyric’
form a pair, both built for Frederick Henry, company secretary in 1911-12,
and tenanted throughout World War I. The style is very similar, each having
interesting variations on the basic design. They both have a steep gambrel
roof, (small ventilating gables at the top), and each has a gable over the
front entrance, tessellated tile path, and the original tiled risers are still in
place. ‘Rowena’ has cup and ball finials and elaborate leadlight windows;
‘Lyric’ has ram’s horn finials and elaborate timber detailing, including a
ladder valance around the veranda. No.13 ‘Glenelg’, built 1912, has the
typical patterned slate roof with terracotta ridge capping, and a roughcast
chimney with brick strap detailing. No.15 ‘Roma’, built 1915, has a very
elaborate front gable with a tulip design. No.21 ‘Wyuna’ was built in
1911 for William Roughley of Marrickville, commission agent. In 1923,
Cecil Gunter, a local master builder, bought the house, and he may have
made some changes to the design, as the plain strapwork gable on the
Euston Road frontage is more characteristic of the post-war California
Bungalow style. No.2, on the south side of Euston Road, is a very
typical builder’s interpretation of a California Bungalow, built in 1927.
Gower Street. Euston Road and Gower Street are both part of the
same subdivision, and to own a house in this subdivision was probably
considered the height of success in Hurlstone Park. Gower Street has
a view stretching as far as Botany Bay, and at least three local builders,
William Pendlebury, Arthur Genders and Cecil Gunter, lived there.
No.17-15 ‘Hollis’, built in 1911, was occupied by the local Methodist
Minister from 1918. It has many features of the Federation Queen Anne
style, including a large bay window and pierced terracotta ridge capping.
No.13 ‘Hazelmere’ next door, has a fine Federation sunrise gable
decoration. No.5 ‘Kurranulla’ was built in 1918 by Arthur Coleman in
a later Bungalow style reminiscent of an English cottage. He also built
several houses in Acton Street. Nos.4, 6, 8, 9 and 21 were all built
by members of the Pendlebury family between 1912 and 1921. No.4
‘Myraville’, built 1912 and no.9 ‘Nordys’ built 1913 are typical of
William Pendlebury’s style. The name ‘Nordys’ comes from a combination
of the first names of the owners, Norman and Gladys Bragg. No.14
‘Highbury’ was built in 1911 by Cecil Gunter for his wife, Emma.
Creative builder Arthur Genders lived in no.1 Gower Street, built 1912,
a large house which has since lost its Federation detailing.
Interest Point 5
Crinan Street is named after a small town in Argyll near Duntrune
Castle, Scotland. A creek once ran across Crinan Street at the
lowest point.
The land on the south side of Crinan Street from Dunstaffenage
Street to the creek was all part of Pendlebury’s brickworks at the end
of the 19th century. Blamire’s brickworks, which operated from about
1833, was on the opposite side of Crinan Street. No.78 ‘Harlands’,
was probably built by another well-known local builder, Frederick Rossiter,
ATMs
Hotels/Clubs
Parking
Public Phones
Petrol
Heritage Walk
Points of Interest
Sandstone
Quarries
Sandstone Quarries
Tea Tree Swamp
EUSTON ROAD
CANTERBURY ROAD
MELFORD STREET
GOWER STREET
FLOSS STREET
BURNETT ST
CRINAN STREET
Whinstone Quarry Brickworks
DUNSTAFFENAGE STREET
Brickworks
Pendlebury
Crossing Place
FERNHILL STREET
HURLSTONE PARK RAILWAY STATION
HOPETOUN STREET
Sandstone Quarries
Sandstone Quarries
Blamire
COMMONS STREET
DUNTROON STREET
Sandstone Quarries
TENNENT PARADE
in 1895 for William Mackrell Mills, a merchant. The house has several
characteristics of the earlier Victorian period, including rendered walls and
classical detailing around the windows. No.68 Crinan Street has some
of the same Victorian characteristics, and was one of a pair ‘Lily Ville’
and ‘Ethel Ville’, built by William Pendlebury in 1897 and named after his
daughters. Nos. 68 and 70 Crinan Street show the contrast between
the Victorian and Federation era houses very well. No.70 ‘Lucielle’ was
built by James Findlay of Ashfield in 1915, and has his characteristic style
of timber veranda brackets. His houses, with similar brackets, can also be
found in Hanks Street, Ashbury.
The original creek once ran across Crinan Street, in the centre of the
brickworks. From the late 1920s, tennis courts stood on this site – ‘Blue
Wren’ and ‘Lauriston’ courts have now become a park and a Bowling
Club, while 1960s home units now occupy the site of tennis courts and a
nursery on the opposite side of the road.
Interest Point 6
William Pendlebury built the first shop near the railway station about
1903, and the shopping centre grew rapidly from that time. By 1916, there
were about twenty-five shops in Hurlstone Park, including two banks,
two estate agents, three confectioners and a pastrycook, three grocers,
two butchers, a ham and beef shop, three fruiterers, two drapers, a ladies’
outfitter and a seller of musical instruments. William Austin’s butcher’s
shop at no.14 Crinan Street still has its painted tiles advertising the
beef, pork and lamb sold within. Across the road, nos. 13 and 15 still
have their fine majolica tilework.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Written by Lesley Muir and Brian Madden from research by members
of the Canterbury and District Historical Society: Margaret Baker,
Deirdre Beacroft, Rae Fortier, Brian Madden, Lesley Muir and Jean Nolan.
PEARCE LA
MARCIA ST
NEW CANTERBURY ROAD
WALLACE AVE
STARKEY STREET
DUNTROON STREET
FLOSS STREET
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Sandstone
Quarries
GARNET STREET