Kingsclear Books
Kingclear Books is a small but diverse Sydney based publisher. Our catalogue covers a wide spectrum from photographic histories of Sydney suburbs to health books, crime books and tourist books.
Pictorial History Hornsby
Pictorial
History Hornsby is a new book in the Kingsclear Books series of
pictorial histories which cover the suburbs of Sydney. In the Hornsby
history suburbs extending from Brooklyn to Castle Hill, Dural to Epping,
Pennant Hills to Mt Colah, Mt Kuring-gai to Wisemans Ferry and Berowra
are represented in a wide range of black and white photographs.
The book is a fascinating overview of the history of the area from Aboriginal
to modern times. Hornsby is known to any Sydneysider travelling north.
It is well remembered for the mansions and famous people who lived there
in the 19th century to enjoy the rural landscape and cooler climate.
Berowra Waters has played host to many holidaymakers and its houseboats
are a memory of our recent past. The advent of the road and rail bridges
opened up the north coast to many and the town of Brooklyn was home
to travellers and railway workers.
Mari Metzki is the author of Federation Hornsby: the development
of the Mount Errington area and The history of Hornsby Girls’
High School 1930–1990: ‘Faith with fortitude’, the
school, Hornsby, 1990.
The Pictorial History Hornsby has been produced by Kingsclear
Books with the assistance of the Hornsby Historical Society and the
Hornsby Municipal Council.
144 pages, black & white. A4 format. RRP $24.95 plus $5 postage
(includes GST)
ISBN 0-908272-80-4