Image and text from Picture’s From the Past (facebook)
Looking over Yagoona in the 1950s.
The area now known as Yagoona—Bass Hill, and north Bankstown—was once known as Irish Town, due to the high concentration of Irish rebels transported here from Ireland in the late 1700s. Land grants were issued to Irish families and finally the suburb of Yagoona was created in 1927. St Matthew’s Anglican Church was built on Liverpool Road (now Hume Highway) in 1861 to cater for the Protestants of the district as well as to function as a school.
Photo Source: Transport Heritage NSW
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I find old pictures so interesting to look at, trying to see the differences in how people lived, or pick out things or road patterns that are still present today.
Oooo the weekly thread is back? It looks like it went missing the last couple of weeks!
I’ve been a bit busy since moving to Adelaide. I keep meaning to set up sydbot properly. Maybe by next week I will. Soz.
Oh no need to apologise! I had no idea you had to manually post it! Thanks for putting in the work to keep the community active :)
