Suburb No 27: Strathfield

This week I headed to the inner-west suburb of Strathfield, 14 km from the city centre. On my way
there I counted up the number of things I knew about the place. I got to one: it had grand old homes.

Turns out the suburb is covered in mansions, built in the early 1900s when Strathfield was country
and wealthy families required rural retreats. They are handsome but what really sent my camera
snapping were some of the ridiculously grand old institutional buildings - Santa Sabina College
and the Australian Catholic University in particular. 

Aside from the beauties, Strathfield has its fair share of crappy old apartment blocks and crappy
new million-dollar homes. 

People-wise I met Koreans mostly - and a handful of Russians at their local church.

Let's Go Strathfield...

Part 1: A school and a uni

their motto, 'veritas' - truth

impressive lines

'Holyrood'

blue and yellow

 
a conventional beauty (Australian Catholic University)


 

 
nice tiles







 nice curves :: 1







nice curves :: 2







pressed flowers



In South Strathfield I also stumbled on the former methodist Leigh College, now an Islamic college,
and its neighbour, the E.Vickery Memorial, now used by the Sri Babar people as their temple.






reborn - Methodist to Islam and Sri Babar







a sepia moment






Part 2: Strathfield's flowers, real and imagined



orange and blue






flower window







day of the triffids







i love a man in lilac







Sunday best :: 1







Sunday best :: 2






rosebud lips







fake and real







like my meadow?







where there's light, there are flowers






soft yet thorny





Part 3: Little Korea



so still







maybe







cartoon characters






star and stripes








vintage vehicles







panda philosophy







check please




Part 4: The Russian Church

Unlike my experience in Lidcombe's Russian Orthodox Church, I was allowed to take photos. But only
from the back as I wasn't wearing a skirt (note to self: camera, tripod, skirt).


house of god and house of a mere mortal (Sts Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Cathedral)








take a pew - if you can find one







different faiths, same idea







standing up for what he believes in







rule of thirds






Part 5: All change at Strathfield



nice trimmings







walking under trains







church and state (rail)








sunlight






Part 6: Randomness



not in mint condition







hey, did you get my tweet?







patterns







fishing




Part 7: Rainbows

First trip to Strathfield last week I met a Korean woman with coloured curlers buying coloured
'Rainbow Cake'. Last trip out there I saw a rainbow. What it means who can tell.



rainbows :: 1







rainbows :: 2




Beauty? Usually one for the smaller details, I did enjoy the big stuff in Strathfield. I just hope they
don't knock down too many more old dears to put up those wicked new houses. Wicked I tell you.

See you next week.