Author: Philip Harvey

22 Harbour Street

c.1943 Harbour Street

My father Eric Harvey with his parents Bill and Lucy Harvey out side their home “Rose Cottage” 22 Harbour Street c.1943. This (and from 1971 a new house built on the block) was their home from 1943 till 1978, when Bill passed away.

22 Harbour Street

c.1943 Harbour Street

My father Eric Harvey with his parents Bill and Lucy Harvey out side their home “Rose Cottage” 22 Harbour Street c.1943. This (and from 1971 a new house built on the block) was their home from 1943 till 1978, when Bill passed away.

“Wyong” 11 Little Street

c.1916 Little Street

My great grandparents Hugh and Augusta Harvey built their home “Wyong” at 11 Little Street circa 1916. In this photo their children Ray, Harold, Bill (my grandfather) and Wyn are standing in front of the almost completed house.

2 Rangers Avenue

1930s Rangers Avenue

This photo, taken late 1930s is of my great grandmother Augusta Harvey (nee Curgenven) in the yard of her home at 2 Rangers Avenue. She is playing with a joey that my grandfather Bill Harvey sent home to her in a crate from a roo shoot in western NSW that he was taking part in.

2 Rangers Avenue

1930s Rangers Avenue

2 Rangers Avenue was the home of my great grandmother Augusta Harvey (nee Curgenven) from 1936 till her death in 1969. The land was initially purchased by Augusta’s youngest son (my great uncle) Harold Harvey c1933 and the house was built by her second son (my grandfather) Bill Harvey c1935.