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From wikipedia: "The Baptists held their first service in the School of Arts building on the corner of Liverpool Road and Holden Street. After building a small church further down Holden Street in 1886, they returned to the School of Arts in 1903 which then became known as the Baptist Tabernacle. In 1937, they sold the building, which was knocked down and replaced with a cinema ... " (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfield,_New_South_Wales#Churches)

nice :)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sydney's Inner West, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Re the chemist shop on the right; John Ferris McKimm, 1872 - 1942, see mckimmfamily.com/john/index.html

Chemist shop was a milk bar for as long as I can remember 1953 onwards

This bandstand was first used as the pavillion to welcome the first Governor General of Australia, Lord Hopetoun, to Sydney when he landed at Farm Cove on 15 December 1901, as part of the Federation celebrations. See photograph at the National Library of Australia here: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24551979 It was recycled to be opened as a bandstand in Ashfield Park in 1903, and demolished due to decay in the 1940s (ref. www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/pdf_files/ashfield_park.pdf)

BobMeade The NLA have the year wrong; it was December 1900, just before Federation - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14353984 . Earlier photo at Farm Cove -

Right you are beachcomberaustralia. If you send NLA a note to correct it via their online form they will eventually fix the record.

BobMeade Submitted !