Little Manly again

This photo makes an interesting comparison with the one posted a few days ago. It shows Little Manly in April 1965, from the same vantage point as the 1920 photograph. How much change has taken place. Subdivision has resulted in blocks of units being built, and the Eastern Hill is now a mass of housing. The boatshed at Little Manly is approaching 50 years old here. Still visible are the roof-line of Elim in Addison Road, and the large house on the right hand side, with its verandahs enclosed.

Little Manly and the Eastern Hill

This view of Little Manly and the Eastern Hill dates from, we think, circa 1920. It was taken from no 63 Stuart Street. Little Manly boatshed, built in 1916, is still in new-looking condition. Bruce Avenue has not yet been formed on the Eastern Hill, following the subdivision of the Manly Point Estate in 1928. It's easy to picture Manly's little penguins finding burrows along the rocky foreshore at this date. The Little Manly Wharf was controlled by the Port Jackson Steam Ship Company, but was only intermittently used, eventually being demolished and the land subdivided. Not many of the grand houses on the Eastern Hill survive, but one which is still in situ is Elim, at 44 Addison Road, with its distinctive central chimney.

Thanks to Mrs Ingram for the donation of this fascinating photo.