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History Week 2013….Picture This…… Rozelle Brides

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ROZELLE BRIDES – Exhibition at Balmain Library September 1 -30

State Library of NSW has recently digitised a small portion of the Sidney Riley Photographic Studios collection of glass plate negatives. As part of History Week 2013- Picture this we present Rozelle Brides a small collection of Inter – war Wedding and couple photographs taken at 687 Darling Street Rozelle between 1939 -1945.

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1928 Add for Sidney Riley Studio.

Some local residents recall having their childhood photographs taken there they recall big wedding groups going up to the studios after weddings at the local churches and family members who made wedding veils featured in the photographs.  If you have any memories of the Sidney Riley Studios we would love to record your story to add to our collection.

Please share your stories in the comments box below this post.

Wedding Photos taken at Sidney Riley Studios, Rozelle 1939- 1945

Wedding Photos taken at Sidney Riley Studios, Rozelle 1939- 1945
Image courtesy of the State Library of NSW

For a complete list of the full Sidney Riley Studio Collection Click Here

 

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Many people often ask about the The origin of the name for ROZELLE

Back in the 1890s when Balmain West was a quickly growing suburb, the local Post Office was Rosellabird2often confused with Balmain Post Office. When the Post Master general decided to build a new post office at the corner of Darling Street and Weston Road (now Victoria Road) he was adamant that the name must be changed to end the confusion.

Some residents did not take kindly to the idea and protested strongly. Some wanted it to be called Garry Owen but many wanted the name left as Balmain West. RozellePO

By 1907, however the post office AND the suburb were known as Rozelle – shopkeepers, local people and newspapers all used the name Rozelle. The name of the school was changed from Darling Road Superior Public School to Rozelle Superior Public School.

No one knows for certain where the name Rozelle comes from. The area no doubt, took its name from Rozelle Bay (sometimes called Rozella Bay on old maps) which had been used since the 1840s. Whether the Bay was named after the Rosella parrot or the Rosella plant, an hibiscus, has not yet been determined.

Either the bird or the flower is a colourful derivation for the name of the suburb ROZELLE.

 

 

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