RAHS Special Lecture – The influence of English Revival architecture in Neutral Bay and Cremorne Point, 1885–1930

Event Date & Time: Wednesday, 11 September 2024 @ 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Event Location: History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000

Cost: Free

Event Description:

Delayed development on the north side of Sydney Harbour meant that houses in the waterfront suburbs of Neutral Bay and Cremorne Point were characterised by English Revival architecture, which rose in the 1880s to influence the so-called Federation style and continued into the 1920s. Walter Liberty Vernon, Edward Jeaffreson Jackson, BJ Waterhouse and other like-minded architects and builders left their mark on these suburbs so that they remain showcases of English Revivalism.

About the speaker:

Dr Ian Hoskins has been the North Sydney Council historian since 2003. He is the author of four major books. His most recent book, Australia and the Pacific: A History, won the Frank Broeze Memorial Prize for Maritime History in 2023