The Witches’ Houses of Annandale

Journal Number 2

Annandale Urban Research Association launch

Local authors will showcase images of the majestic houses that stand on Johnston Street, Annandale, between Rose Street and Kentville Avenue.

Hear some of the extraordinary women associated with the houses including:

• Bertha Blackmann from “Oybin”

• Elizabeth Young with “Claremont”

• Sister Dorothea with “St Basil’s Home”

• Betty Mason (The Annandale Association) that saved the block from further demolitions – and

• Sir Henry Parkes, who was living at Kenilworth at the time of his death