Author: Mosman Library

Ron Wylie’s Recollections Part II

1965 — 2008 Almora Street, Redan Street

These memories relate to 16 Redan Street. Read Part I at Badham Avenue. Prologue Have you ever wondered where the names of some of the streets in and around Mosman came from? With a little help from a book called The Streets of Mosman by D. “Jack” Carroll and my research I came up with […]

Dad’s Shop c.1960

1960 Avenue Road

Joseph Maurici outside 56 Avenue Road, Mosman, late 1950s early 1960s.

Charles Cowles, Myahgah and Mena Hospital

of Canada asks if anyone knows more about Charles Cowles: What a wonderful site which I came across whilst researching Charles Cowles (1837-1923) owner of the largest gun firm in the second half of the 19th C up to WWII. He lived at ‘Myahgah’ Mosman and Cowles Road is named after him. The best information […]

Site upgrade in progress – your feedback?

Over the next month or so we’ll be working to better this site – both for contributors and for visitors. One of the key features planned is a cartographic view of the stories and photos submitted to the site, allowing the visitor to explore Mosman Memories on a map. Other improvements will be less visible […]

14 Clifford Street

1915 Clifford Street

Home of James Henry & Martha Mulligan and their six children until approx 1949. The home was named Sebrof. Note large statue on the left.