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Sailing past 45 Wharf rd.
Sailing past Waitara, Wharf Road
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45 Wharf Road, Birchgrove NSW 2041
45 Wharf Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041, Australia
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Cover photo: Sailing past Waitara, Wharf Road — Date unknown
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- House typeCottage
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- Current statusDemolished
The story of this house
Waitara — demolished.
Site now occupied by the Thomas Birch Townhouses.
Demolition date not yet confirmed.
WaitaraWaitara at 45 Wharf Road was associated with Tay Lighterage, the harbour business of Norman and George Lycett and George Westerberg.
Pamela Jeffery records its move here in the late 1920s and construction of a wharf across the waterfront.
Norman and Catherine (Kate) Lycett later made Waitara their family home.
Their relatives George and Margaret Euphemia (Pheme) Lycett lived at Raywell, 144 Louisa Road.
Waitara remained in the family until 1966.
This record concerns the historic property.
Its construction date remains unverified.
The photograph is a distant waterfront context view, captioned by the Lycett family blog as a sabot sailing past Waitara; it does not establish the identity of every building visible.
Pamela Jeffery, “Birchgrove: 1796–1985”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.
15 (1986), p.
26.
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Family photograph and recollections, posted by kaylycett, 24 May 2016.
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- Late 1920s — Tay Lighterage moves to Waitara
The journal records the company moving to Waitara and building a wharf along the waterfront.
- 1966 — End of Lycett family ownership
Jeffery records Waitara remaining in the Lycett family until 1966.
- Late 1920s — Tay Lighterage moves to Waitara
The journal records the company moving to Waitara and building a wharf along the waterfront.
- 1966 — End of Lycett family ownership
Jeffery records Waitara remaining in the Lycett family until 1966.
Memories, sources & further reading
Memories
TWO CITIES - a memoir Ralph Lycett Tyrrell FOREWORD It's September 2014 and I'm standing at the end of Louisa Road in Yurulbin Park, Long Nose Point, looking up Sydney harbour towards…
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