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Resources

Willoughby Heritage - Main Page If you wish to do some research of your own, the following publications and links will help. You can start by reading about  Conservation Areas - 152 KB and  Heritage Listing - 154 KB in Willoughby, or visiting the Historical Society Museum.

Willoughby Council has no control over the following resources and cannot accept responsibility for advice found therein.

Websites

Publications

Colour Schemes:

Colour Schemes for Old Australian Houses” Vol 1&2 
 Ian Evans, Clive Lucas, Ian Stapleton
 The Flannel Flower Press, Sydney, 1984

Conservation Planning:

The Conservation Plan: A guide to the preparation of conservation plans for places of European cultural significance.”
 J S Kerr
 The National Trust of Australia, Sydney, 1982

Gardens:

Traditional Gardens in Australia
 Peter Cuffley
 The Five Mile Press, Balwyn, Victoria, 1991.

Interwar Gardens – A guide to the history, conservation and management of gardens of 1915 – 1940”.
 The National Trust of Australia (NSW)
 Parks and Conservation Committee

How the Australian House Developed:

Architecture in Australia”  – A History
 J.M. Freeland
 Cheshire, Melbourne, 1968

Australia's Home”  – its origins, builders and occupiers
 Robin Boyd
 Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1961

Identifying Types of Buildings:

A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture
 Richard Apperly, Robert Irving and Peter Reynolds
 Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1989

Local History

Artarmon Past Present and the Future
Compiled by Grace Warner
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

The Development of Castle Cove and Middle Cove
Compiled by Esther Leslie
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

Suburb of Castlecrag a community history
Compiled by Esther Leslie
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

The Heritage of East Chatswood
By Vince Egan
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

The Naremburn Story
By Eric Wilksch
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

The Suburb of Northbridge a community history
Compiled by Esther Leslie
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

The West Ward
By Nancy Booker and Ida Bennett
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

Willoughby: the suburb and its people
by Esther Leslie
Willoughby Municipal Council, 1988

Willoughby’s Fifty Years a retrospect 1865-1915
By Claude Leplastrier
Council of the Municipality of Willoughby, 1915

The Good Old Days
Edited by Valmai Phillips
Willoughby Municipal Library, 1983

Willoughby a centenary history of the Municipality from earliest times
By Eric Russell
Council of the Municipality of Willoughby, 1965

Restoring Houses:

Getting the Details Right  – Restoring Australian Houses 1890's  – 1920's
 Department of Planning
 The Flannel Flower Press, Queensland, 1989

The Federation House, Australia's Own Style
 Hugh Fraser
 Landsdowne, Sydney, 1986

The Federation House, A Restoration Guide
 Ian Evans
 Flannel Flower Press, Sydney, 1983

Conservation of Federation Houses  – Seminar, 16 May 1981
 Heritage Council of New South Wales
 ISBN 7240 4501 5

Australian Houses of the 20's and 30's
 Peter Cuffley
 The Five Mile Press, Fitzroy, Victoria, 1989

The California Bungalow
 Graeme Butler, Lothian Books,

The Australian Home
 Ian Evans
 Flannel Flower Press, Sydney, 1983