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July 14, 2010
School scoops sustainability awards

Achievements of local schools in sustainable living recognised

A SENSORY Garden, an organic vegetable patch, a rain water tank and water wise taps are among the achievements recognised by the Strathfield Council’s first Sustainable Living Awards.

July 9, 2010
Get on your marks for fun run

Register now for this picturesque fun run for all ages and all fitness levels.

Have you heard the good news? The inaugural Cooks River Fun is just around the corner! This great new community event, which will follow a course along the picturesque river bank, kicks off on July 18, so you only have a few days to get into shape (see fitness advice, below).

Fun runners (and walkers) have the choice of completing either a 5km or 10km course, depending on their fitness, and the competition is divided into child, adolescent, adult and senior divisions. Medals will be awarded to the major place getters in each category.

June 4, 2010
Strathfield celebrates 125 years (1885-2010)

A celebration at Strathfield Town Hall marks the naming of the municipality in the Government Gazette on June 2, 1885.

It was a night of nostalgia and a night of celebration. A night when the old collided with the new.

A town crier, bell ringing and voice booming, greeted guests on the red carpet outside Strathfield Town Hall at Wednesday’s invitation-only party to mark the naming of the municipality in the Government Gazette on June 2, 1885.

June 3, 2010
First Mayor of Strathfield, George Hardie
June 3, 2010
First Mayor of Strathfield, George Hardie
June 3, 2010
Strathfield celebrates 125 years
June 2, 2010
Do you know?

Test your knowledge of the history of the municipality. 

1. Which tribe of Aborigines used the Strathfield area for fishing and hunting for 10,000 years?

2. After which renowned Aborigine was a northern Sydney electorate named?

3. Australia’s first bushranger was shot and killed in Strathfield in 1796. Name this outlaw.

4. Strathfield’s first pub was built in 1807. It is now the Horse and Jockey Hotel. What was its original name?

June 2, 2010
Do you know?

Test your knowledge of the history of the municipality. 

1. Which tribe of Aborigines used the Strathfield area for fishing and hunting for 10,000 years?

2. After which renowned Aborigine was a northern Sydney electorate named?

3. Australia’s first bushranger was shot and killed in Strathfield in 1796. Name this outlaw.

4. Strathfield’s first pub was built in 1807. It is now the Horse and Jockey Hotel. What was its original name?

June 2, 2010
Strathfield Station

With visionary town planning, the railway was built before the suburbs were established.

June 2, 2010
Surf shops, flying cars and high rise living

What will Strathfield be like in another 125 years? An urban planner’s predictions

As Strathfield celebrates a century and a quarter as a municipality, an urban planning expert has peered into the crystal ball to see what life might be like in the next 125 years.

His vision: it will be denser, smarter and more diverse, buzzing with personal vehicles that fly, peppered with second homes for international citizens – and possibly closer to the coast.

June 2, 2010
The sweet smell of success

From humble beginnings as a small Newcastle bakery, local icon Arnott's today employs thousands of people and supplies biscuits to more than 40 countries.

There are Australian towns that are built on gold rushes, others on oil or coal. But Strathfield originally thrived because of biscuits.

Not any old biscuits, mind. It’s in Strathfield that Arnott’s, the biscuit brand that’s Australian as kangaroos became the national force it is today. And it’s Arnott’s that helped make Strathfield the great town it is today.