This view of the Princes Highway is from the southern suburb of Arncliffe, looking south towards Rockdale. The highway was carved out of sandstone and footpaths have been created on either side. The footbridge is located between Arncliffe Public School and St Xaviers Catholic School, allowing students and pedestrians to safely cross over the road. This photo was taken this week in 2025 but you can compare it to the heritage photo from 2007 which I posted last week. Some changes include views of some of the seven high rise apartments built along the highway and other high rise buildings in the distance. The median strip has been removed and lane bollards are now used to change the lane configurations for peak hour traffic. The school has a new shelter and canvas has been installed along the fence for privacy. If you look closely, the sandstone walls are covered in grime and there is now graffiti on the road sign further along.
Linked to: Shadow Shot Sunday, My Sunday Snapshot, Sunday Best.
This view of the Princes Highway is from the southern suburb of Arncliffe, looking south towards Rockdale. The highway was carved out of sandstone and footpaths have been created on either side. The footbridge is located between Arncliffe Public School and St Xaviers Catholic School, allowing students and pedestrians to safely cross over the road. This is a heritage photo from 2007 but I have recently taken a new photo here and I will share it next week.
Arncliffe railway station is on the T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. This is a view of the Firth Street entrance leading up to the concourse and former station master's office, then down to the platforms. The cranes rising behind it are on a major redevelopment site which has seen public housing demolished to create a number of high rise apartments.
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Part of a mural on the wall of a pedestrian tunnel, under the railway line in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. Students at the nearby Al Zahra College provided drawings centred on the school's vision and purpose, which the artist used to create this thought provoking mural.
"Lourane" is a Victorian style cottage along Dowling Street, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. This heritage listed house was built in 1898 and has some Federation style aesthetics.
Arncliffe Public School is located along the Princes Highway, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. It was established in 1861 as the West Botany School. The name was changed to Arncliffe Public School in 1885 with heritage listed buildings such as this one constructed in the early twentieth century.
'Coburra' is a heritage listed house located along Forest Road, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. Originally known as 'Goburra', it was completed in 1900 in the Federation style. The house was built for Theodore Williams, owner of the Reliance Knitting Company, a pioneer in the manufacture of knitted goods in Australia supplying the defence department with knitted goods for the Australian Imperial Force during World War 1.
'Belmont' is a heritage listed house located along Wollongong Road, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. It was built in the late 1800s in the Victorian style. The property is associated with Thomas and Alexander Milsop who made their fortunes in the Kurrajong Goldfield near Forbes. Their other property on the same block is 'Fairview'.
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Fairview' is a heritage listed house located along Wollongong Road, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. It was built in the late 1800s in the Victorian style. The property is associated with Thomas and Alexander Milsop who made their fortunes in the Kurrajong Goldfield near Forbes. Their other property on the same block is 'Belmont'.
